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    Thursday, September 03 · 12-1 PM IST · Virtual

    From Automation to Autonomy - How GCCs Are Becoming the AI Engines of Enterprise Value Subheading

    A virtual fireside roundtable with senior AI, Data, and Technology leaders from Best Buy, Stryker, and McCain Foods — an honest, practitioner-led conversation on how Global Capability Centres are moving beyond delivery and automation to become the strategic engines driving enterprise-wide AI adoption.
    Speakers from Best Buy Stryker McCain Foods
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    Series 2 Speakers & Host
    Meet the Minds Behind the Conversation
    Senior AI, Data, and Technology leaders who have built, scaled, and transformed enterprise capabilities inside some of the world's most complex global organisations. Hover each card to learn more.
    Guest Speaker
    Rajiv Soni
    Rajiv Soni
    Sr. Director - IT Head | Global Application Development & Innovation
    Stryker
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    Rajiv Soni
    Sr. Director - IT Head | Global Application Development & Innovation
    Stryker
    A multinational IT leader with a strong track record in GCC transformation, digital innovation, and AI-led engineering at scale. As Site Lead and IT Head for Stryker India, he leads a 350+ member organisation, driving GCC strategy, growth, talent, and executive relationships while positioning the India GCC as a strategic innovation and capability hub for global markets. He has spearheaded the adoption of AI-first software engineering practices across the SDLC, embedding AI copilots, automation, and data-driven decision-making into how Stryker builds and delivers globally. A graduate of ISB’s Leadership with AI programme, Rajiv is a strong advocate for GCCs evolving from “automation to autonomy” & becoming engines of strategic ownership.
    Guest Speaker
    Vipul Soni
    Vipul Soni
    VP, AI Application Engineering & Operations & GCC Head
    McCain Foods
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    Vipul Soni
    VP, AI Application Engineering & Operations & GCC Head
    McCain Foods
    A veteran technology executive with over two decades of experience building and scaling Global Capability Centres across CPG, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. As VP, AI Application Engineering & Operations and GCC Head at McCain Foods, he leads the development of McCain’s second global GCC, including its Global AI Centre of Excellence, agentic AI factory, and enterprise applications strategy. Previously, he built and led the GCC/GBS organisation at Axalta as VP IT APAC and Chief Information and Digital Officer, following leadership roles at HCL Technologies and Accenture. Vipul brings a practitioner’s perspective on building AI-first GCCs and transforming them into strategic global capability hubs.
    Guest Speaker
    Vishal Nagpal
    Vishal Nagpal
    Director of AI and Data
    Best Buy
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    Vishal-Nagpal
    Director of AI and Data
    Best Buy
    A recognised AI and data leader with two decades of experience building AI, GenAI, ML, and data solutions across e-commerce and retail. As Director of AI and Data at Best Buy India, he leads enterprise AI initiatives across personalization, fraud detection, customer marketing, and operations, with a strong focus on translating AI into measurable business value. Previously, Vishal held senior AI and data leadership roles at Amazon and American Express. Recognised among India’s Top 1% Leaders at The Guru Forum and named among 40 Under 40 AI Builders, he brings a practical perspective on scaling AI, driving business impact, and knowing when technology needs to evolve—or be retired.
    Host — Series 2
    Host
    Shiraz Mishra
    Shiraz Mishra
    Business Head - International Markets
    POLESTAR ANALYTICS
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    Shiraz Mishra
    Business Head - International Markets
    POLESTAR ANALYTICS
    A senior business leader with 20+ years driving growth across software, manufacturing, and industrial automation. Currently Director and Business Head - EMEA at Polestar Analytics. Previously led global ecosystem strategy at ABB, building partnerships with SAP, Microsoft, AWS, IBM, and Dassault Systèmes. Earlier, scaled enterprise services as General Manager at Wipro with full P&L ownership across global teams. Known for a collaborative leadership style and a sharp focus on customer value — and for creating the conditions where honest, high-quality conversation happens.
    Session Agenda
    What We'll Cover
    Topics drawn directly from what GCC and AI leaders are navigating right now — no slides, no vendor pitches, just honest conversation from the people building it.
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    From Automation to Autonomy: Redefining the GCC Mandate
    How GCCs across retail, healthcare, and CPG are moving past execution and cost-efficiency to take strategic ownership of AI, product, and business outcomes — and what that shift demands of leadership and operating models.
    02
    Building AI-First Engineering Organisations
    From AI copilots and agentic workflows embedded across the SDLC to enterprise AI factories built from scratch — a candid look at what it actually takes to institutionalise AI-first practices inside a GCC, not just pilot them.
    03
    Trust, Risk & the Cost of Getting AI Wrong
    As AI takes on more customer-facing and consequential decisions, how do leaders think about the cost of failure — operational, reputational, and regulatory — while still moving fast enough to matter?
    04
    Centralised vs. Democratised AI: Finding the Right Operating Model
    The tension between enabling broad, team-led AI experimentation and building high-stakes, customer-facing AI through a centralised expert group — and how leading GCCs are landing on a federated answer.
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    Talent, Culture & the New GCC Value Proposition
    How GCCs are shifting from being seen as execution centres to genuine capability and innovation hubs — and what that means for the kind of talent they can attract, retain, and grow.
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    What's Next: The GCC as a Strategic Differentiator
    A forward-looking conversation on how the most progressive GCCs are positioning themselves not just as delivery arms, but as a competitive advantage their parent organisations can't replicate anywhere else.
    Who Should Attend
    Built for Practitioners, Not Spectators
    This roundtable is for people actively building, scaling, and leading GCC and enterprise AI capability — real conversations, real experience, real takeaways you can act on the next morning.
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    GCC leaders and heads responsible for AI, Data, and technology transformation
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    CDOs, VPs of AI & Data, and enterprise analytics leaders driving capability at scale
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    Technology and engineering heads building next-generation GCC operating models
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    HR and talent leaders navigating the shift from execution roles to AI-ready capability
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    Business leaders exploring how GCCs can move from cost centres to innovation drivers
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    Anyone building the organisational foundation that makes enterprise AI actually work
    Why We Built This
    Why This Series Exists
    The GCC landscape is changing faster than most conversations about it. The most important decisions — how to structure AI capability, how to govern it, how to attract the talent to build it — aren't being made on conference stages. They're being made in rooms like this one.
    BODHI's GCC Roundtable Series was built for that conversation. No vendor pitches, no polished keynotes. Just senior practitioners sharing what they've actually learned — so the next person in the room doesn't have to learn it the hard way.

    This is Series 2. The conversation continues.