With 25+ years of experience across IT & communications, finance, sales, and business consulting, Krishna is a seasoned business leader known for managing and scaling operations across the US, Canada, Ireland, and India. He has a proven track record in setting up and scaling profitable businesses, and has led high-impact transformational initiatives globally across IT, finance, sales, supply chain, cloud, data, and digital domains. His leadership in business strategy, digital disruption, and change management is backed by strategic agility and a deep understanding of core technologies and value realization. A passionate advocate for aligning technology with business outcomes, he excels at connecting people, processes, and platforms to drive sustainable transformation.
His areas of expertise include value creation, digital strategy and transformation, finance, business strategy, leadership, global capability centers (GCCs), outsourcing, and modern farming. He is particularly passionate about modern farming, business transformation, customer experience, digital disruption, future-proofing, and ESG initiatives. Over the years, he has held leadership roles in leading organizations such as Orange Business, Equant, AON-Hewitt, Exult, Syntel Inc, BDO, and Hotmail/Navin Communication, with work experience spanning India, the US, and Europe.
He is a Chartered Accountant (CPA), holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce, and earned a Global Executive MBA from Cranfield University (UK) and Emlyon Business School (France).
The Future of AI in the Workplace - Leading Beyond the Algorithm
AI won't transform your workplace - your willingness to let go of control will. Drawing from own experience leading a large-scale shift from a traditional "Extended Office" model to an Autonomous Centre of Excellence. Session is to unpacks what it really takes to operationalize AI at scale, lead in an age of autonomous teams, and protect the human edge - judgment, taste, curiosity - that no algorithm can replicate. "Agile" for a world where the tools evolve faster than the teams using them. A session for anyone who wants to lead the disruption, not just survive it.