 Mr. Arun Gupta
Customer Care Associate and Group Chief Technology Officer,
Shoppers Stop
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| MR. Arun Gupta has been providing IT leadership since 1994 to Companies spread across diversified sectors including Pharmaceuticals, Telecom, Logistics, Merchant Banking & Asset Management and Shipping. In March 2007, he joined Shoppers Stop Limited as Customer Care Associate and Group Chief Technology Officer. Shoppers Stop won the India Retail Forum 2007 award for “Best Technology Usage”.
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He is recognized as a “Business friendly” CIO and a leader in aligning IT and business. He was featured by Economic Times as “The CIO who never spoke Technology”. He is the recipient of CIO Bold 100 award in 2008 and CIO Giant 100 award in 2006 organized by CIO Magazine, an IDG publication. Shoppers Stop won the Storage Award 2008, during the CIO symposium in September 2008. He specializes in “IT-Business alignment” and turning around IT functions from pure operations to forging strategic business relationships, which he has successfully executed in most of his roles.
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His career spanning over 25 years includes positions such as Vice President – IT & ISP, Hughes Telecom (now Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited), National IT Manager, DHL Worldwide Express, India, Vice President – Technology at DSP Merrill Lynch and Head IT, Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited.
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Arun is an invited speaker globally and has presented on varied subjects on technology and business internationally. He is a member of Advisory Board of CIO Magazine, CSI CIO Club, CIOL CIO Club, and IMRB CTO Panel.
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Arun holds a Bachelor of Science from Mumbai University and Post Graduate in Software Technology from NCST. His personal interests include photography, music and reading.
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