STRATEGY, TRANSFORMATION, CONSULTING
Our Leaders
Our Technology Advisory & Transformation Practice Helps to Realize Exceptional Business Value from Technology Investments.
The leadership team at CIOAdvisory.ai Group boasts a collective experience of over 200 years in various domains, including Digital Technologies, End-to-End Transformation, Customer Experience (CX), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Intelligent Automation Strategy, Advisory services, and Business Process Transformations. Their expertise has been instrumental in assisting Fortune 500 clients, global CXOs, and corporate innovators in shaping technology roadmaps and fostering corporate innovation
Our Leaders
Jayanta Lahiri
Global Chief Advisor and Consulting Partner
Jayanta has over 30 years of global experience in tech, outsourcing, and consulting, excelling in driving large-scale digital transformations, technology strategies, and roadmaps. He's held key CXO/CIO/CTO roles at Accenture, Wipro, Infosys, AXA-Technologies, Firstsource, and Startek.
Jayanta has led multiple advisory, transformation and consulting roles in diverse technology areas such as multi-cloud migration, global contact centers, application modernization, AI, analytics, automation, and cybersecurity to empower business growth, innovation, and resilience for global fortune 500 clients and consulting partners.
Vid Byanna
Chief Advisor - Americas (USA, Canada and Latam)
Vid is a change agent to help organizations drive technology transformation with measurable benefits. With a proven record successfully delivering technology consulting projects and as the former CTO of Accenture’s IT organization, he brings a broad perspective in all facets of the IT lifecycle - business case development, architecture, implementation, deployment and operations.
After 27 years at Accenture, Vid has spent the past six years conducting over 250 IT due diligence projects for private equity firms and performing IT strategy and transformation planning for companies in various industries.
Sanjay Prasad
Global Chief Advisor & Partner
Sanjay is a seasoned business technology professional with over 35 years of experience in enterprise IT and digital interventions across both sides of the table as CIO as well as P&L Head for IT Services. He uniquely blends the experience of an enterprise technology leader (Tata Power, CESC, Citigroup, Unilever, Colgate and Tata Motors) and IT/ITES service provider (TCS) across large enterprises spanning varied verticals as BFS, Power and Utilities, CPG and Manufacturing, of a mentor to startups, and of an influencor in trade and statutory bodies. In these apex IT roles, in the above-mentioned sectors, either internally or partnering with clients to deliver operational and transformational value thru a curated roadmap in IT & Digital Governance, outcome-based innovation framework, business process automation, cybersecurity and customer experience. He also holds as an inventor, patents in the area of automation.
Rajnish Virmani
Global Chief Advisor - Organization Tranformation
Rajnish Virmani has been in CEO, COO and CIO roles for over 12 years. Now a Management Consultant, Rajnish is a truly Global Leader having about 40 years of international experience in large multinational organizations. He has led European, American and British teams of over 1,000 staff, and Indian teams of over 10,000 staff.
Rajnish currently takes on consulting assignments on strategic planning, leadership development, establishing greenfield operations, Change Management, Operational excellence, Right Sizing organizations, Linking company vision to leadership OKR, etc.
Tim Montgomery
Global Advisor - Technology & Transformation
Tim has extensive experience leading IT organizations on the customer side and managing global P&Ls on the vendor side. His leadership roles include positions at GE, Stanley, Cigna, Satyam, Virtusa, and CIBER. As CIO at GE’s Equipment Division, Tim managed IT across diverse global businesses. He also led Directlink Technologies as MD, established Cigna's Global Outsourcing Program, and drove double-digit growth at Satyam. At Virtusa, he built a Global Managed Services Business, and at CIBER, he transformed a 6,800-person staffing firm into a global outsourcing organization. Tim holds a BS in IT from Union College and an Executive MBA from RPI.
Bhupendra Gupta
Global Chief Advisor - Customer Experience, Intelligent Automation and Transformation
Bhupendra is a seasoned business transformation leader with 30+years of experience. He Has established Intelligent Process Automation, Interaction Analytics & Digital Practices. A proven record of enhancing customer experience and reduce unit cost to serve through process transformation across multiple organizations through varied digital solutions.
Also a certified Black Belt Trainer and has expertise in instituting Innovation & Continuous Improvement Culture.
Atul Deshpande
Global Advisor
Atul Deshpande brings in over 25 years of expertise in cutting edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Big Data, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Cloud.
Atul is a seasoned leader with expertise in leading large multi-cultured international teams in India, US and Nordic region.
He has designed and developed some of the most complex data centric applications for various global customers in the Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Contact Center, Ecommerce, Retail, Telecom and Healthcare domain.
Atul has a hands-on expertise in designing and implementing complex Industrial IoT solutions for the manufacturing industry (Process & Discrete manufacturing)
He also works as a technical advisor to Industry leaders to formulate enterprise data strategy, digital transformation roadmap, business use cases and ROI.
Joji John
Global Advisor - Infrastructure & IT Operations
Joji is a dynamic leader with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, specialising in IT Infrastructure and Operations. Served as a BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) System Integration practice head, overseeing the design and deployment of innovative banking solutions.
As Practice Head - Enterprise Managed Services at HCL for over a decade, I drove operational excellence and automation for global Service Transformation. In the last six years as Director - Service Delivery at SymphonyAI, I led the design and deployment of AI-enabled enterprise service management solutions, encompassing ITSM, ITAM, ITOM, and Orchestration for major clients in India, the Middle East, and South East Asia.
Vijay Raman
Global Advisor - COEs & Capability Centers
Vijay Raman is a dynamic Global Advisor known for his exceptional expertise in technology transformation and product engineering. With a distinguished career in driving global businesses to success, Vijay excels in establishing and pioneering global innovation centers. His visionary approach effectively combines deep technical knowledge with strategic acumen, significantly contributing to the development of global capabilities and centers of excellence. Vijay's leadership and insight have been instrumental in positioning organizations at the forefront of transformative solutions, demonstrating his commitment to driving excellence across international landscapes. His role as a Global Advisor is marked by an impressive ability to navigate and lead complex, cross-border initiatives, showcasing a unique blend of technical proficiency and global strategic leadership.