Sanjay Chintalapalli is a technology, engineering, product management and IT operations executive with broad experience in retail, fuel convenience, payments, loyalty, hospitality, manufacturing, supply chain and distribution verticals.
Sanjay has over 25 years of experience deploying strategic leadership for business-critical initiatives in digital transformation, operations and execution excellence by leveraging cloud computing, IoT/Edge, AI and ML. He has a proven record of establishing retail technology centers of excellence, development centers and high-performing partner ecosystems that accelerate innovation, enhance capabilities and optimize cost. Over the last two decades, he has delivered multiple retail platforms and products to the industry.
Sanjay is a Vice-President and Consulting Expert at CGI, a global IT and business consulting firm. In this role, he helps retail clients achieve their digital transformation goals by leveraging expertise in SaaS development, cloud computing, AI, ML and IoT.
Sanjay has hands-on expertise in retail store and enterprise operations across multi-department, grocery, luxury and fuel convenience segments, coupled with product development expertise with leading OEMs. This has uniquely positioned him to provide advocacy to global retailers in addressing the operational pain points and challenges unique to the industry.
Sanjay has established the Retail Center of Excellence (COE) for NCR and the Global Capability Center (GCC) for Gilbarco in India. He has been instrumental in hiring, coaching and mentoring hundreds of associates in the retail domain and delivered world-class products to the industry. He has partnered with clients worldwide and managed global teams across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and New Zealand.
