Sameer Kishore

A 20+ year San Francisco Bay Area based Tech Industry Executive, Kishore was General Manager of the Financial Services business at IBM within the Global Technology Services division. While at IBM, Sameer built a high performing, innovative and collaborative team which managed a multi-billion dollar P&L and substantially improved customer satisfaction through pioneering solutions. Prior to IBM, Kishore was President of the Banking, Financial Services, Securities and Insurance (BFSI) vertical at NTT Data (formerly Dell Services) where he also built a strong team which created an innovative multi-service offering. The innovative solutions included infrastructure, consulting, applications, business process management and cloud services, while leveraging an approach that was highly employee and customer centric. Sameer began his career at Wipro where he spent close to two decades in a variety of roles including President and COO of Infocrossing, Wipro’s datacenter business. Kishore holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Math and Physics from Christ Church College and a Masters in Management Studies from SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. He is also the author of many widely published articles on Digital Transformation and Disruptive Technologies for the Financial Services Industry.