Vindo Bhat

Vinod Bhat

CIO & Chief Ethics Counsellor
Vistara

A business leader with 29+ years of extensive experience in Driving Business Transformations leveraging Digital technologies across 15+ industries, Managing Relationships at Board & CXO level, P&L ownership for Global business, Driving Business Strategy & Planning, Sales, Delivery, Operations with deep understanding of the Industry and Global team dynamics.

As Chief Information Officer at Vistara, he is driving 3 broad objectives:

  1. 1. Elevate Vistara Experience further to the customers & staff by leveraging digital technologies across
        the value chain.
  2. 2. Improve Operational Excellence through automation interventions and process improvements,
        with the right balance of cost and value.
  3. 3. Enable Transformation in the IT infrastructure & InfoSecurity by driving future ready
        transformations across platforms & tools for better resilience, adaptability, security, and scalability.

He has worked in multiple geographies (USA, UK, Europe, APAC) performing various roles. He has spent considerable time of 10 years in North America and has worked closely with key IT & business leaders at CXO level for more than 20 years.

He spends time in building next level leadership and believes in open door policy. Vinod is a frequent industry speaker and specializes in driving Digital Transformations for business-critical initiatives. He is winner of several awards including CIO100 2021 Award, IDC Industry ICONIC Innovation Award 2021, CIOPower List 2021 & 2022, Mint-TechCircle Business Transformation Award 2021), CIO1000 APAC Award 2021, CXO Tech Excellence Award 2021, BIG CIO Show 2022, InfoSec Maestros 2022, Dataquest Digital Leadership 2022, CXO Cloud Summit 2022, Express Computer Technology Senate Award 2022, CSO100 2022 Award. He has also won 'Knight of the Town Award' from General Electric (GE) Information Services USA for exemplary performance. He is PMP and CSQA certified. He is passionate about health & fitness, CSR and enjoys music in free time.

Keynote Title

Emerging Technologies Driving Business Transformation