Venu Madduri

Venu Madduri has over 25 years of work experience in various leadership roles in the IT field. Currently, they are serving as the CIO at Smith & Wesson, where they are responsible for building the IT department in Tennessee and leading digital transformation initiatives. Prior to this, they worked as the CIO at Mears Group, Inc., where they played a crucial role in the company's digital transformation by implementing a field data capture solution. Venu has also held executive positions at Ignite Restaurant Group, NSL Group, Ruby Tuesday Inc, SIFY, Tata Communications, and Godrej & Boyce. Throughout their career, Venu has demonstrated expertise in IT transformation, business alignment, and providing world-class support to various functional departments.

Venu Madduri holds a Certificate in Management from Harvard University which was obtained in 2003. Prior to that, they completed their MBA (PGDM) specializing in Finance, Systems, and Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta between 1994 and 1996. Venu'seducational journey started with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, which they completed from 1990 to 1994. In addition, Venu Madduri obtained a Certificate in Global Oil and Gas Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management in 2016. There is no information provided about their schooling before college.