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Baskaran Balasubramanian

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CIO - Director. Workday Center of Expertise, Head of Engineering, Corporate affairs & Strategy at Deutsche Bank
📍 Pune, Maharashtra, India

Baskaran is a global product leader renowned for establishing and scaling Global Capability Centers. His expertise spans enterprise solutions like Workday and Oracle, with a current focus on Gen AI, HRTech, and product development at Deutsche Bank. He holds an Executive MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

He shows a strong interest in leadership development, recently engaging with ESMT Berlins programs on impact and innovation. Baskaran values direct engagement, believing in the unmatched impact of meeting stakeholders in person. Colleagues describe him as a level-headed, down-to-earth leader and an amazing mentor.

Unique fact: Baskaran co-founded a technology firm that conceptualized and developed an Industrial IoT and AI product for creating Smart Factories.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
CIO - Director. Workday Center of Expertise, Head of Engineering, Corporate affairs & Strategy
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Global Capability Centers
He has an outstanding record of establishing, scaling, and managing GCCs to drive value and operational excellence for multinational organizations.
Generative AI
His current headline and professional focus prominently feature his leadership role in Generative AI and product development.
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Career

Work history

9-2020
CIO - Director. Workday Center of Expertise, Head of Engineering, Corporate affairs & Strategy
Deutsche Bank
9-2019 - 9-2020
Global Head - HCM Products
Ramco Systems
9-2018 - 9-2019
Vice President - R&D Product Development
ADP India
12-2016 - 9-2018
Co-Founder
IOP Technologies LLP
8-2014 - 11-2016
Senior Director - Oracle Public Sector Cloud Applications
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd
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Education
2007 - 2008
Exec MBA
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
2005 - 2007
MBA
Pondicherry University
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