CIO
Reworld
Srini Gudipati is a visionary technology executive with a legacy of leading and aligning cross-functional teams to drive complex end-to-end enterprise initiatives and deliver impactful digital solutions that scale business, drive operational excellence, and revolutionize the customer experience.
With 25+ years of experience in the supply chain and logistics industry, Srini has been recognized as a technical thought leader in innovative software development, digital transformation, and IT portfolio and program management, with expertise in consumer-packaged goods (CPG), manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, logistics, and transportation.
In his current role as CIO at Reworld, Srini directs an operating budget of $32M and $15M of capital budget, providing leadership for 100+ direct and indirect reports.
As a forward-thinking change agent, Srini delivers transformational results by building bridges across functions, revitalizing IT organization performance, and empowering teams to “up their game” to exceed performance expectations. Srini aligns cross-functional teams around a unified vision to develop and deploy digital products that create competitive advantage, increase business agility, and enable organizations to generate multimillion dollars in revenue and deliver excellent customer service.
He is also focused on increasing application scalability, reliability, and performance while minimizing corporate cybersecurity risks and costs by championing the latest trends in digital technology and data-driven processes, modernizing outdated network infrastructure, building autonomous cloud-based data warehouse/data lake platforms, and accelerating migrations of legacy systems to the cloud. As a testament to his leadership and digital transformation achievements, Srini was recognized with a CIO100 Award (Business Intelligence).
As a caring and inspiring people leader, Srini raises the performance bar and coaches for success to meet challenging corporate goals while providing career growth and advancement opportunities. He is proud of the leaders he has developed, creating diverse and inclusive cultures that foster innovation and collaboration to deliver unmistakable value for the company and its customers.
Srini’s academic credentials include a Master of Science in Computer Science from Villanova University, a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, a PMP certification, and several professional development courses in leadership, communication, operational excellence, warehouse & distribution, and logistics.