Samar Gupta
Group CIO | Winner of CII Digital Transformation Award 2025 | Ph.D Scholar AI IIFT | Harvard | MDI | OSU | Ex-Anand, Microsoft, Wipro, Stryker & Flex
- Role
- Group CIO at Spark Minda
- Location
- New Delhi, DL, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Samar Gupta
Samar is a strong believer of quote:\"YOU BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE\"Samar is proud to be lifelong dreamer, learner and traveller. He is avid learner and has been able to use that learning to drive his dreams. He loves to travel and meet new people. Samar is Winner of Prestigious CII Digital Transformation Award 2025. He is Group CIO and Sr. Vice President at Spark Minda Group.Samar was earlier Vice President and Head-Group IT for Anand Automotive Group and SUJAN hospitality. He also worked in many Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, Flex and Stryker. He is a PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (New Delhi, India), an MBA from Management Development Institute (Gurgaon, India), MS in Engineering from Oklahoma State University (USA), BE in Electronics and Telecommunications from Nagpur University (India) and Harvard (Singapore) alumni. His research interests include AI, Large Language Models (LLM), Blockchain, NLP, Reverse traceability, Machine Learning, and more.
Experience
Group CIO
Mar 2026 — Present · Noida, IN
Responsible for bringing the value of Information Technology for the Business Growth and Transformation- Strategizing and executing the short term and long-term strategy of the function aligned with the Organization Goals- Responsible to build the IT Function into a benchmark in the industry and contribute effectively in building the Data driven decision system and culture in the Spark Minda Group.
Education
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Management
Harvard Business School
Harvard Leadership Program, Organizational Leadership
Oklahoma State University
MS Telecommunication Management, Telecommunications, Management
Indian School of Business
Certificate Program for Reigniting growth and Innovation, General Management
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Master of Business Administration - MBA, IT, finance
Skills
- Project Management
- Crisis Management
- Negotiation
- Vendor Management
- Sla
- Pmp
- Itil Consulting
- Itsm
- Service-Level Agreements (Sla)
- IT Operations
- Itil V3 Expert
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Servers
- Itil
- Service Delivery
- IT Service Management
- Active Directory
- Team Management
- Windows Server
- Itil Service Management
- Management
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