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Chinar Deshpande – Career Profile

2009

Executive Summary

With over 6 years of enriching experience as a CIO (out of total 19 years of professional tenure in the field of information technology), Chinar has lead various complex and innovative IT initiatives with direct business impact. Leadership with his team and with business teams (who have been his internal customers) has been his forte and he has been very successful in effecting change management at an organizational level.

Chinar brings with him a deep experience in variety of latest technologies (including RFID) and advance business solutions and has effectively developed relationships with top IT companies including the likes of SAP, IBM, HP, Microsoft, Accenture, PwC and the likes, at the global platform.

Chinar is confidant that he would make the difference for any growing organization, especially with the kind of global work experience he has with various countries having different socio-economic cultures and dynamic work environments.

Chinar DeshpandeCEOCreative IT IndiaAge: 41 years

Professional Experience SummaryCreative IT India Pvt. Ltd. CEO Sept. 2007 – till date

Pantaloon Retail (Future Group) Group CIO May 2004 – Aug 2007

Dodsal Group - Global CIO (ex. Director – IT) Aug 2001 – Mar 2004

Hindustan Lever Ltd. Sr. Systems ManagerSystems Manager

Sep. 1999 – Aug. 2001Dec. 1997 – Aug. 1999

William M. Mercer, inc. Project Leader & Sr Programmer Analyst

Jun. 1993 – Oct. 1997

University of Louisville Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant Jan. 1992 – Jun. 1993

Crompton Greaves Ltd. Graduate Trainee Engineer Jul. 1990 – Jan. 1991

Current Responsibility

Industry Exposure

Creative IT India Pvt. Ltd. IT Services, Management Consulting

Future Group (ex Pantaloon) Retail, Apparel Manufacturing, Property Management, Brands, Insurance, Healthcare, Communications

Dodsal Group Engineering, Procurement and Construction, Fast Food Chain

Hindustan Lever Ltd. FMCG (Multi-National)

Crompton Greaves Ltd. Heavy Electrical Engineering.

University of Louisville Education, Image Processing, Distributed Computing

EducationMBA University of

Louisville, USA 1994-97 GPA (3.9/4.0)

MS (Computer Sc.) University of Louisville, USA 1991-93 GPA (3.9/4.0)

B.E. (Electrical) V.J.T.I., Mumbai 1986-90 GPA (3.2/4.0)

Training & Development

Design Management Course – Prof David Griffith (Faculty in many Universities in Europe)

Workshop for IT professionals “Process & Customer Satisfaction Through Consulting Skills” - Faculty– D. Spiller, R. Hirons & M. Taylor (From HP & Unilever, UK)

Sr. Manager’s Course at HLL Training Center Faculty – Prof. Balakrishan & Dr. Zahid Gangjee (IIM, Ahemdabad)

Leadership Course at HLL Training Center Faculty - Dr. Zahid Gangjee

Special Training on Recruitment and Tutoring. – HLL Training Center

Successfully completed 1-week course in Advance VC++ programming at Boston, USA, 1996.

Awards & RecognitionCIO 100 Award for 2006

President, AIRC (American International Relations Club), UofL, 1992.

“Distinguished Exhibit Award” on Engineer’s Day, University of Louisville (UofL), 1992.

Jt. Secretary, EESA (Electrical Engineering Students Association), VJTI, 1988

Member of American Chung-Do-Kwon Tae Kwon Do Association (ACTA) - 1st Dan Black BeltOn the editorial advisory board of … “CIO” magazine and “CIO Decisions” magazineVisiting faculty at two renowned management schools teaching “IT in Retail”• Welingkar School of Management• St. Xavier’s Institute of Management

On the Admissions Panel of Welingkar School of Management

Founding Member of Technology Forum of RAI (Retail Association of India)

Key EventsPower Breakfast with Azim Premji (Top 10 CIO’s of India)

Speaker in several IT seminars such as RetechCon

Keynote Speaker at LIBA “Insight 2006”

Some of the marquee Accomplishments in

the past

Press & Publications

Front page of renowned magazines• CIO Decisions – December 2007• Voice & Data – March 2007

Key Articles & Interviews in IT & Business Magazines• CTO Forum (August 2005)• Network Computing (November 2004)• Computerworld (September 1999)• CXOToday.com (December 2005)

International Press• RIS Magazine, USA (2006)• SAP Annual Report 2005 – worldwide (Center Page)

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Newspaper clippings• several papers such as ET (Brand Equity), Times, Indian Express etc…)

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Chinar Deshpande, ex-CIO Pantaloon Group

Now, CEO – Creative IT India