Devendra Gupta Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Mh, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

I specialize in providing strategic advisory services on AI governance, digital trust, and responsible AI implementation, aligning with global laws and frameworks. My work focuses on enabling organizations across diverse sectors to integrate AI into their digital governance strategies while ensuring compliance, ethical use, and innovation. I collaborate with clients to design Digital Governance frameworks that enhance trust, accountability, and future readiness. Passionate about leveraging AI to shape secure and transparent digital ecosystems worldwide.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

- Orchestrated the conceptualization, architecture, and oversight of the Arrka Privacy Management product development lifecycle, successfully transitioning teams to a product-centric model for virtual-CISO/virtual-DPO services. This has been rolled out for ~80 clients across the multiple sectors and geographies.- Spearheaded the formulation of business requirements and workflows for 24 modules within the product like maturity assessment, vendor compliance, internal audit, Risk Management, Breach Management, Personal Data Management- Drove the creation of platform content for Security and Data Privacy, encompassing 22 global laws and frameworks, including ISO27001, ISO27701, India DPDP, GDPR, and CCPA.- Currently, at the helm of a geographically dispersed 10 members team of developers, testers, content writers, security and data privacy experts, propelling the growth of the practice and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to elevate client delivery efficiency.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Played a pivotal role in designing and implementing a comprehensive risk management framework that spanned multiple regions, including Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Europe, USA, and Canada. This encompassing framework covered risk management, information security, business continuity, and health and safety protocols. As a mentor to fellow business leaders, I shared my expertise on the importance and benefits of robust risk management practices and their practical applications. I ensured that the organization had a holistic understanding of interconnected risks, encompassing areas such as FX risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, cyber risk, reputational risk, and regulatory risk.Furthermore, I cultivated productive partnerships with third-party entities and regulatory authorities, consistently upholding high personal and corporate ethical standards and unwavering integrity.

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Held executive and board-level accountability for overseeing risk management, Information Security, business continuity, people health and safety, governance, and compliance. I nurtured collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams, ensuring rigorous adherence to regulatory standards, corporate policies, and global best practices. Leading a diverse team of 11 members, I managed Governance, Risk & Compliance, Information Security, business continuity, and health and safety. My contributions extended to designing solutions for Aadhaar-based payment systems, entailing meticulous documentation and risk mitigation. Additionally, I represented the Risk team in the successful execution of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and BBPS projects, effectively managing risks throughout the project lifecycle, further showcasing my proactive approach to risk management.

Pune

Managed end-to-end Information Security, Business Continuity, and Operational Risk for 4500 FTEs across 11 sites, spanning Aviva's GI, L&P, Healthcare, AD&M, and F&A businesses. Oversaw a 6-member team, ensuring vendor compliance with the Master Service Agreement. Pioneered an offshore governance framework for IT vendors (annual spend £70m), resulting in an 80% reduction in governance costs. Additionally, contributed to the design of risk models for various pricing strategies, including unit transaction and outcome-based pricing models.

Pune

Pune Area, India

Responsible for providing IT advisory services to varied industry sectors like Banking and Financial, IT & ITES, Telecommunication, Manufacturing, Knowledge Processing and Pharmaceuticals.  Developed and implemented a scalable enterprise Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform and capabilities to monitor and correlate security events with known vulnerabilities for a Stock Exchange Developed IT Strategy for a bank for their ATM Switch operations Carried out application architecture and design review for 5 banking applications including functional and unit testing Consolidation of vendors including RFP designing, defining SLAs / penalty clauses and vendor evaluation for one of multinational bank in India IT security review of the Outsourced Development Center, IT infrastructure for JPMorgan Chase and American Express Bank Review of the selected information technology components of Siebel CRM, Internet Banking and Network infrastructure of the bank from an IT general controls and application controls perspective and highlight control weaknesses for a bank Consultant for ISO27001 and BS25999 implementation and audit for 17 organizations

Mumbai

Worked as Associate Consultant with Wipro. I was responsible for providing IT advisory services in the areas of IS Governance (ISG) including ISO 27001, BS25999 advisory, continuity including Business Continuity Management and IT Controls Review