Chinar Deshpande is a 43-year-old CEO of Criti, an IT services company, with over 22 years of experience in information technology. He has held leadership roles at multinational companies, successfully implementing large-scale projects and developing relationships with major IT vendors. As CEO of Criti, he has grown the company 100% annually for the past 3 years serving customers globally.

1. Chinar Deshpande, CEO, Criti, Age: 43 years
Contact: 98200-45493, 93240-40051
Email: chinardeshpande@gmail.com
Executive Summary
 With over 22 years of enriching experience in the field of information
technology, Chinar has played a leadership role at various high-profile
multinationals in the capacity of CIO. Chinar has spearheaded many complex
and innovative IT initiatives with direct business impact. By influencing
technology and business teams, Chinar has been very successful in effecting
change management at an organizational level.
 Chinar brings with him a deep experience in variety of latest technologies such
as RFID, mobile computing, cloud computing and social collaboration. Chinar
has successfully implemented variety of large-scale ERP solutions and has
effectively developed relationships with top IT companies including but not
limited to SAP, IBM, HP, Microsoft, Accenture, Deloitte, PwC , Fujitsu and the
likes, at the global platform.
 As a Director and a CEO, Chinar currently runs a global delivery center and a
commercial IT services business of a US-based technology company, Criti.
Under his stewardship, company has grown 100% year-on-year for the last 3
years having serviced customers in US, Europe and India. Chinar’s vision has
lead Criti to develop 3 intellectual properties in the field of retail, healthcare
and identity management.

2. Education
University of
MBA 1994-97 GPA (3.9/4.0)
Louisville, USA
University of
MS (Computer Sc.) 1991-93 GPA (3.9/4.0)
Louisville, USA
B.E. (Electrical) V.J.T.I., Mumbai 1986-90 GPA (3.2/4.0)
Professional Experience Summary
Criti CEO Dec. 2007 – till date
Pantaloon Retail
Group CIO May 2004 – Aug 2007
(Future Group)
Dodsal Group - Global CIO (ex. Director – IT) Aug 2001 – Mar 2004
Sr. Systems Manager Sep. 1999 – Aug. 2001
Hindustan Lever Ltd.
Systems Manager Dec. 1997 – Aug. 1999
Project Leader & Senior Jun. 1993 – Oct. 1997
William M. Mercer, inc.
Programmer Analyst
Research Assistant and
University of Louisville Jan. 1992 – Jun. 1993
Teaching Assistant
Crompton Greaves Ltd. Graduate Trainee Engineer Jul. 1990 – Jan. 1991

3. Industry Exposure
IT Services, Management
Criti
Consulting
Retail, Apparel Manufacturing,
Property Management, Brands,
Future Group
Insurance, Healthcare,
Communications
Engineering, Procurement and
Dodsal Group
Construction, Fast Food Chain
Hindustan Lever Ltd. FMCG (Multi-National)
Crompton Greaves Ltd. Heavy Electrical Engineering.
Education, Image Processing,
University of Louisville
Distributed Computing

4. Training & Development
Design Management Course – Prof David Griffith (Faculty in many
Universities in Europe)
Workshop for IT professionals “Process & Customer Satisfaction Through
Consulting Skills” - Faculty– D. Spiller, R. Hirons & M. Taylor (From HP &
Unilever, UK)
Sr. Manager’s Course at HLL Training Center Faculty – Prof. Balakrishan &
Dr. Zahid Gangjee (IIM, Ahemdabad)
Leadership Course at HLL Training Center Faculty - Dr. Zahid Gangjee
Special Training on Recruitment and Tutoring. – HLL Training Center
Successfully completed 1-week course in Advance VC++ programming at
Boston, USA, 1996.

5. Awards & Recognition
 “Rashtriya Udyog Ratna” Award by NEHRDO - 2012
 “Quality Brands” Award - 2012
 “CIO 100” Award for 2006
 President, AIRC (American International Relations Club), UofL, 1992.
 “Distinguished Exhibit Award” on Engineer’s Day, University of Louisville (UofL),
1992.
 Jt. Secretary, EESA (Electrical Engineering Students Association), VJTI, 1988
 Member of American Chung-Do-Kwon Tae Kwon Do Association (ACTA) - 1st Dan
Black Belt
 Have been on the editorial advisory board of … “CIO” magazine, “CIO Decisions”
magazine
 Currently on the editorial advisory board of … “Retail Today” magazine
 Visiting faculty at two renowned management schools teaching “IT in Retail”
 Welingkar School of Management
 St. Xavier’s Institute of Management
 On the Admissions Panel of Welingkar School of Management
 Founding Member of Technology Forum of RAI (Retail Association of India)

6. Awards & Recognition

7. Key Events
Power Breakfast with Azim Premji (Top 10 CIO’s of India)
Speaker in several IT seminars such as RetechCon, SAP Sapphire
Keynote Speaker at LIBA “Insight 2006”
Keynote Speaker at “MITHI collaboration retreat 2011”

8. Press & Publications
Front page of renowned magazines
• CIO Decisions – December 2007
• Voice & Data – March 2007
Key Articles & Interviews in IT & Business
Magazines
• CTO Forum (August 2005)
• Network Computing (November 2004)
• Computerworld (September 1999)
• CXOToday.com (December 2005)
International Press
• RIS Magazine, USA (2006)
• SAP Annual Report 2005 – worldwide
(Center Page)
Newspaper clippings
• several papers such as ET (Brand
Equity), Times, Indian Express etc…)

9. Professional
Experience Details …

10. CEO, Criti (US-based technology company), 2007 – till
date (www.criti.in)
 CEO of a Global organization providing Technology & Business Transformation
services. As a part of the board of directors, Chinar efficiently handled the
responsibility of setting up and expanding business across US, Europe & India
geographies.
 Under his leadership, company has built innovative products in Retail,
Healthcare & Biometrics verticals. The retail industry product "Spectrum" is
already running across 4 countries in Europe. Spectrum has been successfully
launched in the US at NRF 2011 as well as at IRF in India.
 Chinar has built a state of the art Global Delivery Center in India and a robust
on-shore/off-shore model to cater to any challenging technology work.
Currently his unit supports multiple international customers. Chinar has been
instrumental in building a strong collaboration with high profile management
and technology institutes in order to attract and retain niche talent.
 Chinar has forged long-term relationships with key technology players such as
IBM, SAP, Microsoft and Fujitsu. With a aggressive joint-go-to-market
strategies with the partners, Chinar is poised to grow business in Africa and
middle-east.

11. CIO, Future Group, 2004 – 2007
 Worked as the Head of Information Technology for the entire Group. Future Group
has multiple lines of businesses including retail (all formats), property
management, textile & apparel manufacturing, home solutions, communications
product business, venture funds etc...
 As a Group CIO I was responsible for developing and implementing long term IT
strategy for all the businesses. Successfully managed IT Infrastructure and
Enterprise Application Setup of entire Future Group (formerly known as Pantaloon)
with following scope:
 Group Head Office in Mumbai with team of 87 people engaged in strategic initiatives that are
managed centrally.
 350+ Business Operations Sites (Including stores of all retails formats such as Big Bazaar,
Pantaloon, Food Bazaar, CENTRAL, Fashion Station, aLL, Depot, Mela, eZone, Collection-I, m-
Bazaar, Health Village, Home Town etc…, all warehouses, zonal offices, factory outlets, corporate
offices of all group companies & manufacturing units)
 Spearheaded the successful implementation of SAP IS retail across all formats
 Launched e-Commerce initiative
 Transformed PoS and Customer Loyalty Program solutions to work on cutting edge
technology platform and fully integrated with SAP
 Deployed online, real-time management dashboards to the executive committee
 As a part of “Management Committee”, lead many internal initiatives such as
Campus Recruitment, Management Trainee Mentor Program, Design Management
Program, Food-Bazaar On Call …

12. CIO, Dodsal Group, 2001 – 2004
 Worked as the Head of Information Technology for the entire
Group. Dodsal had 3 lines of businesses (EPC, Restaurant, and
Infrastructure). With operations in over 5 countries in India,
Middle East and Europe. As a CIO, was responsible for developing
and implementing long term IT strategy for all the businesses.
Spearheaded the complete business process re-engineering
program with Accenture, followed by SAP implementation.
 Skillfully managed IT Infrastructure and Business Application Setup
of entire Dodsal Group with following scope:
 3 Corporate offices in Mumbai & Dubai (with a Team of 17
Professionals)
 12 Project Sites (2 Support Engineers per site)
 14 Pizza Huts and 2 KFC (1 Support Engineer per Site)

13. Senior Manager - IT, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., 1997 – 2001
 Managed company-wide ERP solution called Mfg-Pro, which encompasses
HLL’s, entire supply chain. Responsible for group financials and central
consolidation of financial result. Also implemented various cost allocation tools
and evaluated e-B (web version of Mfg-Pro)
 Implemented PeopleSoft HRMS encompassing four main HR function of HLL
namely Management Resource Planning, Remuneration, Recruitment and
Training. Successfully completed migration to PeopleSoft version 7.5.
 Due to his success in the project and the experience gained, had been chosen
as Key Team Member of Project Garuda (Worldwide PeopleSoft implementation
for Unilever). Responsible for designing Common Core Data Architecture for
Unilever and setup central Data Consolidation Unit in Rotterdam. Also
instrumental in setting up PeopleSoft Excellence Center in Unilever, US (Lipton
House, New Jersey)
 Developed Web-based query system (with HLTML/ASP) on top for “Shares
Management System” to provide top of the line Investor Services at all metros.
 Successfully implemented Citrix Solution for remote connectivity and thin-client
computing.
 Successfully managed Y2K compliance projects for over 64 small and large-scale
systems at HLL.
 Managed the Brooke Bond Lipton India Limited merger with HLL with regards to
Shareholders’ database and exchange of share certificates. Provided complete
IT-support for AGM ’98.
 Implemented a security system for Shares Department with the help of TATA
Honeywell. Security system consists of swipe card access points, strong room,
fire detection mechanism and a Central Operating Station, which gives a 3D
view of the facility and indicates the problem location on the screen
immediately.