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
Jisu Dasgupta speaking at the HDI Service & Support World podium
HDI Service & Support World, accepting the 2025 HDI Award

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.

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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?
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Experience

Where I've worked

Global consulting, federal services and enterprise platforms. This is the range I bring to every stage and conversation.

Companies

  • Maximus

    Senior Director, IT

    2023 – present

  • Accenture

    Client delivery leadership

    2013 – 2022

  • TCS

    Client Partner, via SharpEdge Solutions

    2022 – 2023

  • HCLTech

    Technology consultant

    2008 – 2013

  • IBM

    Technology consultant

    2008 – 2013

  • 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

    HAIDA

    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

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

Talk · HAIDA · Sep 2026

Superhuman or AI: The Evolution of Intelligence and Our Role in It

Student talk · Northeast Media Hub · Apr 2026

From humble beginnings in Tura to success in the US

Jisu Dasgupta with HDI award recipients and presenters on stage
HDI Award 2025 · Enterprise transformation
Jisu Dasgupta with colleagues at the Sphere in Las Vegas
With the team, Las Vegas

Writing

Articles, interviews and essays

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.

Portrait of Jisu Dasgupta

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.

Based in
Houston, Texas
Speaks on
Enterprise AI · Platforms · Customer & employee experience · Modern IT management
Member
MBCS, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

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Speaking, podcasts and interviews

Tell me about your event or show. Your note comes straight to me and I reply personally by email.

  • Keynotes, panels and fireside chats
  • Podcast and media interviews
  • Executive briefings, university and community talks

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