Deepak Srivastava

About Deepak Srivastava

I’m driven by a passion for learning, innovation, and turning ideas into practical, sustainable impact. With over 17 years of experience, I specialize in AI-led business transformation, shaping strategic technology roadmaps, and delivering measurable outcomes for global Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) enterprises.In my current role as Strategic Client Technology Lead | Global CTO, I partner with CXO-level stakeholders across some of the world’s largest Retail/CPG organizations. I lead the alignment of Microsoft’s technology capabilities with customer goals—helping them achieve digital transformation, business model innovation, and sustainability ambitions. Serves as a trusted technology advisor, lead Tech sales Team, aligning Microsoft’s solutions with customers\' business goals by acting as a de-facto CTO. Partnering with CXO leadership, develops strategic technology roadmaps to drive innovation, ensure compliance, and deliver measurable outcomes through Microsoft’s platform.My focus areas include- Generative AI for Retail and CPG, Intelligent Supply Chain and Connected Products, In-silico R&D transformation using Quantum Computing, AI Co-Pilots for Marketing, Finance, and Procurement, Cloud for Sustainability and Net Zero goals, B2B ecosystem partnerships and modern commerce enablement.I ensure customers realize maximum ROI from their multi Million investments in Microsoft technologies, driving key metrics like revenue growth, cloud adoption, and platform consumption.Recognized for role excellence and impact, I’ve received Microsoft’s highest honors—Platinum Club FY23 and Gold Club FY19.Outside work, I’m a frequent speaker at industry events (e.g, Future Decoded, Hybrid Cloud Day), a published author, and an advocate for community learning initiatives.Specialties:AI Strategy & Governance | Enterprise & Data Architecture | Copilot & Generative AI | Industry Clouds | Azure OpenAI & GPT | Microsoft Fabric | Ethical AI | Digital Sustainability | SAP on Azure | DevOps & GitHub | TOGAF | Agile & Lean | Thought Leadership in Retail & CPG

Experience

1. Strategic Client Technology Lead - Global CTO

   Microsoft

   Sep 2021 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Working as Global CTO for the Retail and Consumer Good Packaged Goods customers HQ in UK.Empowering the Large global retailers/CPG customers on their digital transformation journey with AI.Responsible for designing the strategy and architecture to drive digitalization and innovation agenda of our Retail/ CPG customers and acts as the Innovation and DT Thought Leader. With deep industry knowledge, broad technology skills connects industry/business priorities to technology strategy and develops value propositions which align with our customer’s business strategies, leveraging the rich portfolio of Microsoft and its partner ecosystem.

Education

• N.E.Rly.Senior Secondary School

  SSC, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

  1990 — 2002

• Institute Of Technology and Management

  B.Tech (Hons.), Electronics And Communication

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Datacenter Consolidation Technologies
• Team Management
• Microsoft Technologies
• Hp Products
• Pre-Sales
• Citrix
• Vdi
• Infrastructure
• Data Center
• Storage
• Microsoft Products
• Hyper-V
• Hp Blade
• Vmware
• Windows Server
• Hp
• Solution Architecture
• Cloud Computing
• Virtualization
• Servers