Vivek Datt

25 years of leadership (CEO, EVP) driving technology businesses, enterprise digital transformations and global operations across IT majors, industrial conglomerates and start-ups. Demonstrated record in scaling P&L, creating AI/ Industry 4.0 product portfolio and building high performance GDCs/ Digital COEs across global markets.

Advisory & Investment Roles Present

• Board Advisor – AI Robotics startup, guiding early/ growth stage ventures on product strategy, GTM and operations
• Board Advisor – Fractional CXO Platform – Building CXO network, shaping client framework & advisory capabilities
• Investor & Mentor – Digital & AI ventures, and digital transformation programs

• Scaled grounds-up into a full-service I4.0 smart factory COE/ AI GCC serving global manufacturing
• Setup enterprise transformation consulting and delivery capability in emerging tech - AI/ML, IOT & robotics
• Built 20+ key enterprise and PSU relationships with repeatable deployments and SaaS-based revenue growth
• Recognized for breakthrough AI/ML innovations and first-in-industry use case deployments
• Driving expansion into Data Centre and AI GCC service models to unlock adjacent market opportunities

• Executive committee member, led group-wide I4.0 digital strategy execution, via Smart Factory COE & GDC
• Elevated group’s digital maturity and delivered bottom-line impact, operational visibility & improved CX.
• Leveraged JBM plants as innovation test bed, and replicated proven deployments with external clients.

• Core strategy team member, driving GTM, product/partners, consulting, execution, CXO engagement and P&L
• Led edge-to-experience smart factory platform in AI/ML vision, AR/VR, supply chain, and geospatial intelligence. Conceptualized and launched CEO Digital Command Centre
• Led digital transformation at L&T Group’s Energy/RE, Manufacturing & Heavy Engg. Divisions, and with global clients

VP - Digital & Cloud Business Solutions, IBM APAC Jan’15 – Sep’16

• Managed APAC consult-to-operate enterprise cloud services portfolio with P&L
• Integrated cross-IBM capabilities—cloud consulting, digital platforms, enterprise apps, and process operations, into scalable GCC model. Delivered client value through analytics, automation/RPA, and cognitive solutions.
• Managed cross-functional and multi-geography teams across sales, solutions, SMEs and delivery. 

• Managed P&L for a large strategic IT outsourcing contract covering 15 countries and 700 staff.
• Structured and executed landmark transformation outsourcing deal for a global telco.
• Established IBM’s first multi-country multi-lingual GDC for customer support, back-office and analytics. Re-badged 500+ staff, managed IT infrastructure & processes migration and drove delivery excellence.

• Led complex deals (multi-process, multi-lingual, multi-location) in banking (cards, loans, trade finance, risk), Healthcare (Payor) and Telecom and horizontal domains – Trax processing, Tech support, Collections, F&A.
• Consolidated and scaled global off-shore sales support and deal costing COE.

Cornell Executive Leadership Program

Post-Graduate in Business Administration (Sales & Marketing)

Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Telecom)