Dilip Krishna

Visionary
DISC Type : Ds

Global CTO - Sustainability at Deloitte

Winter Garden, Florida, United States

Overview

Dilip Krishna is Deloittes Global CTO for Sustainability, leading the firms technology vision and engineering solutions for clients climate and sustainability challenges. An alumnus of IIT Bombay and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), he has deep expertise in applying AI, big data, and cloud technologies to transform businesses. Colleagues describe him as brilliant, sharp, and highly technical.

There is no publicly available information about Dilips personal life, hobbies, or interests outside of his extensive professional and academic work in technology, finance, and sustainability. His focus appears to be centered on his impactful career and thought leadership.

Unique fact: He is a senior editor and contributing author of the "Handbook of Financial Data and Risk Information, " and has been called upon to offer expert testimony to the United States Congress.

Personality Overview

Objective Evaluator

Risk Tolerant

Fast But Thoughtful

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.  They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

AI in Sustainability
His current role as Global CTO for Sustainability focuses on engineering tech solutions, particularly using AI and cloud, to address climate change and serve client sustainability needs.
Human-AI Collaboration
He recently posted that AI rollouts fail due to poor "interaction design, " not weak models, emphasizing the need for purposeful human-AI collaboration for real value creation.
AI Governance
He advocates for moving beyond purely defensive AI governance, urging boards to build frameworks that also enable business model disruption and create value.

Media Appearances

Dilip Krishna | Deloitte | Global Sustainability Chief Technology Officer. Featured in Deloitte

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Work History

6-2022
Global CTO - Sustainability at Deloitte
5-2020 - 5-2023
Chief Product Officer CortexAI at Deloitte
6-2018 - 5-2020
Chief Technology Officer and Technology Products Portfolio Leader at Deloitte
1-2009 - 1-2012
Partner, North-East Financial Services at Teradata
9-2007 - 2-2008
Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Capital Markets at NCR Teradata

Education

1988 - 1992
M.S from The Ohio State University
1984 - 1988
B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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Insights For Selling To Dilip

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • During followups, use phone or text if needed, they should be fine
  • Suggest clear next steps with confidence, don't be vague or hesitant
  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return

DONT's

  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building
  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Dilip is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Dilip

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Dilip move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Dilip take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Dilip

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