Mr. Dheeshjith V.G.

Dheeshjith V. G. (Jith) is a Management Consultant in Leadership, new age Technology and entrepreneurship.Earlier, Jith was the CIO of Infosys and was responsible for defining and implementing the IT strategy for the organization guided by Infosys business strategy to enable revenue growth, cost optimization and innovation at the workplace. His responsibility included management of the IT Infrastructure, Processes and Systems worldwide for the entire organization of 200,000+ employees and connectivity to client’s infrastructure.

Jith was a member of the board of two of Infosys’ subsidiaries – Infosys Technologies (Australia) Pty Limited (Nov 2007 to Apr 2018) and Infosys Technologies (China) Co. Limited (Jan 2008 to Mar 2015).

Prior to CIO role, till March 2015, Jith was the Head of “Growth Markets” business unit that provides Consulting, IT and BPO services to clients in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region. He was responsible for P&L, sales, marketing, delivery and client & employee satisfaction for this business and led a team of country and regional heads. Jith was the global head of the Life Sciences vertical from May 2011 to Sep 2013. He headed the business unit that focused on clients in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Canada from November 2007 to May 2011 with additional responsibility for the incubation of Infosys’ Enterprise SaaS and Learning Services. From 2003 to 2007, Jith led the business unit that focused on Transportation, Media, Leisure and Business Service sectors for the North American region. From 1999 to 2003, He was the head of delivery for the Asian and Australian markets. He headed the Infosys’ Millennium Services unit during 1998-1999, which was designed as Infosys’ entry strategy into a larger client base.

Jith has received the Infosys Excellence Award five times for his contributions towards the Infosys Millennium Services unit, his role in enhancing client relationship management at Infosys, for delivering outstanding client value and for Best performing unit. He was honoured with “Chief Information Officer of the Year (Information Technology)” award at 2016 Leaders Awards (Enterprise Edition) by 24MRC network. Under his leadership, Infosys has been awarded as 2017 CIO 100 Honoree at 30th Annual CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony at Colorado Springs, USA by IDG. He was awarded the “Most Admired Leader for Information Technology of the Year” at 2017 Leaders Awards in New Delhi by 24MRC network.

Jith has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore specialized in Signals & Systems and has done his Master’s project in Artificial Intelligence. He has undergone several executive training programs such as “Effective Negotiating” with Dr. Chester L Karrass in 1997, “Leading Professional Service Firms” at Harvard Business School in 2004, and “Media & Presentation Training” from TJ Walker in 2006. Jith has also completed a special Management program on leadership with Jack Welch, legendary CEO of General Electric, titled “Two days with Jack Welch” in 2008.