Venu Madduri
CIO at Smith & Wesson
- Role
- CIO at Smith & Wesson
- Location
- Maryville, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Venu Madduri
Accomplished, Global CIO with 13+ years as Executive leadership roles of IT, spanning Oil & Gas, Retail, Manufacturing and Green Energy Industries. Led Digital Transformation initiatives that helped deliver millions in cost savings and $100s of millions of top-line growth, through M&A efforts, global expansion and retail expansion. Strong knowledge of public company responsibilities, aligning towards CEO and Board goals. Very strong expertise in Cyber Security functions (PCI, NERC-CIP, HIPAA, SEC reporting).Collaborative Execution and Service oriented approach have produced results and been the hallmarks of my leadership style. • Highly Results Oriented: Strong focus on execution and bringing speed & effectiveness to teams. • Excellent interpersonal style and strong people skills.• Proven ability in partnering with business to build transformational solutions using techWith a career spanning 28 years in IT, I have been able to leverage leading edge technologies to deliver business results. A few recent wins include AI driven solutions, RPA based automation, Mobile & QR code solutions. ML for Big Data, that have led to achieving more with less. Winner CIO10•••12 India, twice Finalist HoustonCIO Enterprise category. Nominated to the TennesseeCIO of the year Award.
Experience
CIO
May 2022 — Present · Maryville, TN, US
With the recent move of Smith & Wesson HQ to Maryville TN, we have embarked on the journey to build the IT department in TN from the ground up. With the help of an awesome group of IT-Directors/Managers in my team, I was able to navigate this challenge. My team has helped deliver many Digital Transformation initiatives in the recent years. They span across multiple domains and platforms including, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud Engineering, Security solutions, Hardware / software management, Big Data and Analytics, and most recently AI driven solutions.
Education
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
1990 — 1994
Harvard University
Certificate in Management, Management
2002 — 2003
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
MBA (PGDM), Finance, Systems & Marketing
1994 — 1996
Skills
- Consulting
- IT Service Management
- Technology Leadership
- Governance
- Sdlc
- Cloud Computing
- Pmo
- Pmp
- Leadership
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Project Portfolio Management
- Software Project Management
- Crm
- Business Analysis
- Program Management
- Vendor Management
- IT Strategy
- Business Transformation
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Management
- Business Intelligence
- Software Development
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Enterprise Software
- Project Management
- Outsourcing
- Pre-Sales
- Strategy
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