Speaker and podcast guest. Senior Director of IT, Maximus.
I help large organizations make AI work for the people who use it.
I've spent 17 years inside enterprise IT, at Maximus, Accenture, TCS, HCLTech, IBM and Genpact. On stage and on podcasts I talk about what actually gets AI from pilot to production, how to build platforms people want to use, and why experience should be the scorecard for technology.
- 17 years
- in enterprise technology
- 6+ industries
- federal to oil and gas
- 2025 HDI Award
- enterprise transformation
As featured in
The AI Journal
All Tech Magazine
APMdigest
Analytics Insight
HDI Service & Support WorldHarrisburg University
Talks
What I speak about
Each talk comes from work I've done inside large enterprises, not from a slide library. Any of them can run as a keynote, panel, fireside chat or podcast conversation.
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Where AI meets the enterprise
Most AI programs stall between the demo and the business. This talk covers what it takes to move from pilots to production: the data, knowledge and platform foundations underneath, and the operating model that keeps AI useful after launch.
For CIOs, CTOs and transformation leaders
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Modern IT management: running technology like a business
The shift from IT as a cost center to IT as a product organization. Funding by outcomes, designing around the customer, and measuring the business value technology creates.
For executive teams and boards
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Platforms people want to use
Why platform strategy is now experience strategy. How consolidating and simplifying the enterprise platform makes AI, automation and self-service possible, and how to get adoption, not just deployment.
For platform, product and digital leaders
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Experience is the strategy
Customer and employee experience as the real scorecard for technology. Designing journeys, AI assistants and self-service that people choose, and connecting experience to revenue, productivity and trust.
For CX, EX and digital transformation audiences
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Leading AI responsibly
Augmentation over replacement, bias as the most overlooked risk, and the governance leaders need to scale AI with confidence across employees and customers.
For leadership teams, risk and HR leaders
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From Tura to Houston
My story of growing up in Meghalaya, starting over in a new country, and building a career in technology leadership. For students, early-career and community audiences.
For universities, ERGs and podcasts
Formats
- Keynote · 30–45 min
- Panel or moderator
- Fireside chat
- Podcast guest
- Executive workshop
- University & student talks
In person (Houston-based, available to travel) or virtual.
Good fit for
- AI and technology leadership conferences
- CIO and CTO roundtables and executive offsites
- Platform, CX and digital transformation events
- Universities, ERGs and first-generation communities
For podcast hosts
Questions I answer well:
- Why do so many enterprise AI projects stall after the demo?
- What does a modern IT operating model look like in the AI era?
- Should technology be measured by cost, outcomes or experience?
- How do leaders build trust in AI with employees and customers?
- What did immigrating teach you about leading global teams?
Experience
Where I've worked
Global consulting, federal services and enterprise platforms. This is the range I bring to every stage and conversation.
Companies
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Maximus
Senior Director, IT
2023 – present
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Accenture
Client delivery leadership
2013 – 2022
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TCS
Client Partner, via SharpEdge Solutions
2022 – 2023
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HCLTech
Technology consultant
2008 – 2013
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IBM
Technology consultant
2008 – 2013
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Genpact
Technology consultant
2008 – 2013
Industries
- Federal & public sector
- Oil & gas
- Restaurants (QSR)
- Travel
- Insurance
- Retirement services
- and more
Recognition
2025 HDI Award, enterprise transformation
Speaking & mentoring
Speaker
Superhuman or AI: The Evolution of Intelligence and Our Role in It
Speaker
Don Bosco College
Student talk
Mentor
E-Cell, IIT Bombay
Mentor to student entrepreneurs
Member
MBCS
Professional member, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Credentials
Download speaker sheet (PDF)Education & membership
- MBCS, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
- M.S. Information Systems Engineering & Management, Harrisburg University
- MBA, Systems & Operations, IMT Ghaziabad
- B.S. Physics, North-Eastern Hill University
AI & cloud
- MIT Professional Education: AI & Machine Learning (in progress, 2026–2028)
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Moveworks · ServiceNow Now Assist · Amazon Bedrock · Microsoft Copilot · Power Automate · Power BI
Platforms & delivery
- ServiceNow
- ITIL: Service Operations
- Leading SAFe 6.0
- ICAgile Certified Professional
- Agile
- Crucial Conversations
On stage
Talks and interviews on video
From humble beginnings in Tura to success in the US
Reading list
What the industry is reading
Recent pieces from ITSM and IT leadership publications I follow.
Titles, short excerpts and links only, from public RSS feeds. All content belongs to its publishers; each link opens the original article.
About
About me
I'm a Senior Director of IT at Maximus, where I lead enterprise technology and global teams. My work sits where AI, platforms and experience meet: modernizing enterprise platforms, putting AI to work in employee and customer self-service, and building operating models where technology is judged by what it delivers.
Before Maximus I spent nine years at Accenture leading delivery for energy and restaurant clients, and I started my career at HCLTech, IBM and Genpact. I grew up in Tura, Meghalaya, and live in Houston. I write regularly on Medium and LinkedIn about AI, enterprise technology and leadership.
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Speaking, podcasts and interviews
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- Keynotes, panels and fireside chats
- Podcast and media interviews
- Executive briefings, university and community talks
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