About me
Award Winning Technology & Business Leader with 31 years of industry experience. Ranked among the Top Global CXOs, a Frequent Industry Speaker, An Author and a Motivational Leader. Currently working as Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Vistara Airlines reporting to the CEO, with the additional role of Chief Ethics Counsellor (CEC) with board-level visibility. Worked with CXOs over the last 21 years driving Digital Transformations, Managed P&L ownership, Business Strategy & Planning, Sales, Delivery, and Operations with a deep understanding of the Industry and Global team dynamics. Worked abroad (outside India) for over 15 years. As Chief Information Officer at Vistara, he is driving 3 broad objectives: Elevate Customer Experience, Improve Operational Excellence & Enable Transformation in the IT infrastructure & CyberSecurity. He drives usages of key digital technologies like AI/GenAI/Immersive/Data Insights/Cloud/Edge for business transformation.
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 the CXO level for more than 20 years. He spends time building next-level leadership and believes in an open-door policy. Vinod is a frequent industry speaker and specializes in driving Digital Transformations for business-critical initiatives. He has introduced several Industry-first airline solutions at Vistara. In the last 3 years, Vinod has won 30+ industry awards, for driving Digital Transformation at Vistara. It includes the likes of IDC/Foundry – CIO100/CISO100 Hall-of-Fame, EconomicTimes CIO/CISO, HindustanTimes/Mint, DataQuest, CORE Media (CIOPowerList) and so on. He has been part of the grand jury & advisory council for multiple industry/technology forums. He is also a frequent speaker at academia/IIMs. He has won the '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, and CSR and enjoys music in his free time.