Transformation and Digital Innovation Leader
PartnerCIO-CTO
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology & Digital Officer – Upbound Group
Chief Digital & Information Officer – Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Company
Managing Partner and Chief Digital & Technology Officer – Stride Growth Partners
Global Vice President and General Manager, Digital Transformation – Hewlett Packard/HPE
Vice President and Global Head, Enterprise Mobility – Infosys
Global Vice President and Business Unit Head (Retail/CPG) – Cognizant
Sudeep leads with a decisive, mission‑driven mindset in environments where technology, speed, and uncertainty collide. He drives digital transformation with strategic clarity and operational discipline, delivering results in both stable and rapidly evolving conditions. His industry experience spans retail, aerospace, CPG, industrials, and services across Fortune 100, small-cap, turnaround, and private‑equity settings. Known for simplifying complexity, Sudeep guides teams through high‑stakes challenges with the change agility and adaptability shaped by his advanced leadership training. He aligns enterprise systems to bring people, architecture, and execution together in ways that accelerate organizational progress. His diligent efforts to strengthen IT governance and cybersecurity enable the responsible adoption of emerging technologies. Sudeep partners with clients to deploy Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions that transform customer engagement, pricing, and operations.
As a proven CIO, CTO, and CDO, Sudeep brings a broad perspective and bold ideas to solving technology challenges. He specializes in enterprise transformations in the age of AI, applying an industry agnostic, impact driven approach. Known for architecting technology enabled change across operations, digital, and data, he pairs strategic insight with a practical, execution focused mindset. His steady leadership provides clarity in complex, uncertain, and turnaround situations, enabling tough decisions that lead to positive results. Throughout his career, Sudeep has demonstrated versatility, and he now leverages his diverse experience to help companies drive large initiatives, scale operations, and adopt new systems with confidence.
Sudeep graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from RV College of Engineering and earned a Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Dallas. He continued his professional development with coursework in strategy, management, and finance at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he is a graduate of Thayer Leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a program that develops values based organizations and leaders of character worldwide. Outside the office, Sudeep is a competitive CrossFitter and is steadily progressing toward the Seven Summits, with successful ascents of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Aconcagua.