Braj P.

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 8 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in digital transformation for Fortune 500 companies.
Proven track record in AI and analytics implementation.
Leader in agile transformation and high-performance teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Digital Transformation Leader in Healthcare and IT Services.

Contact

brajpanda@hotmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Digital TransformationAgile TransformationDelivery Excellence

Other Skills

AIAnalyticsMartechSalestechEnterprise ArchitectureAPIAgileChange ManagementLow-Code PlatformsProject ManagementPerformance OptimizationWeb DevelopmentWeb ServicesRequirements GatheringE-commerce

About

<Grateful for outreach, only replying to relevant messages due to volume. Thanks for understanding.> • Expert CIO/CDO with 22 yrs of experience helping organizations reimagine the role of technology in business, future-proofing the core-tech foundation and transforming business processes to create competitive advantage • Engineering Leader with hands-on experience in creating successful digital-led business strategies and developing actionable execution roadmaps for Fortune 500 companies across industries in APAC and North America • Adept at redefining IT operating models, forming strategic partnerships, and managing technology budgets • Champion of innovation and rapid digitization, leveraging AI, analytics, low-code platform-play, and design thinking for user-centric, cloud-native products • Passionate about building high-performance multi-geography Agile squads and fostering a culture of digital-native thinking

Experience

Dr. reddy's laboratories

4 roles

CIO, Emerging Markets & Global Head of Digital

Promoted

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Sr VP, Global Head of Digital, Digital Workplace, AI & Analytics

Jan 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Expanded portfolio:
AI in Drug Discovery, Plant incident investigation; Conversational Bots for Employee Productivity; Gen-AI adoption across the org (business use cases, employee playground)
Wearables and Robotics in plants and labs
Martech & Salestech Transformation for B2B Business
Transformation of Hire-to-Retire Processes
Analytics & Business Insights Products

Sr VP, Global Head of Digital, Enterprise Architecture, Master Data Mgmt

Apr 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Expanded portfolio:
Setup of EA Practice, API-based Enterprise Integration ecosystem, Global Master Data Management Practice
Transformation in Product Selection-to-Launch, Regulatory Filing, Plant Efficiency, and Lab Automation
Org-wide Agile transformation; Projects-to-Products; Capability building and Change Management at scale

Sr VP, Global Head of Digital

Aug 2021 – Mar 2022 · 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Established business-backed tech-led Digital Transformation framework
Digital Product Engineering & Delivery Excellence
Rapid Digitization via Low-Code Platform-Play
Cognitive Process Automation
User-centric digital products via Digital Design

Birlasoft

Director, Global Digital Practice

Nov 2020 – Aug 2021 · 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Head of Digital Business Consulting & Enterprise Architecture Practice
Digital Transformation | Smart Manufacturing | IIoT | Industry 4.0

Mckinsey & company

2 roles

Digital Expert | India Automation Guild Leader

Jan 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Digital Transformation | IT Delivery Modernization
Skills: Enterprise Architecture, DevSecOps, Agile, Cloud Adoption, API, Microservices, Containers, Automation (RPA, AI/ML), Site Reliability Engineering, ITSM (ITIL), IIOT
Role: CXO Advisory, Technology value assurance, Engineering excellence, and Program management.
Digital Transformation
Strategy, pilot and at-scale execution of business-backed Digital Transformation programs, including:
Creating strategic roadmaps
Running pilot programs and lay foundation across Technology, Data, Talent/Capability and Agile Delivery
Scaling-up transformations across organization
IT Delivery Modernization
IT Delivery Modernization programs at Tier-1 & 2 IT-Services in India aimed at cost optimization via multiple levers such as Engineering Excellence, Lean & Automation, Productivity enhancement in a work-from-anywhere model, Modernization of recruitment and resource management.

Digital Specialist

Jan 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Digital Transformation | Enterprise Architecture Modernization and API transformation | DevOps transformation | Cloud Adoption

Emids

Solution Architect

Nov 2013 – Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Architecture | Delivery Excellence | Pre-Sales
Critical Project Turnaround: Rapid development, performance optimization, and streamlined change & release management for delayed projects.
Delivery Excellence: Tech architecture reviews, cloud-native solution design, code quality assurance, and CI/CD pipeline implementation.
Pre-Sales & Solutioning: Product engineering, solution architecture, technology evaluation, and vendor selection.
Team & CoE Building: Cultivating high-performance engineering teams and establishing Centers of Excellence (CoEs).