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Amit Sinha is a technology and transformation leader with 24 years of experience building Data, BI, and AI capabilities for the CPG & Retail industry. His work sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, consumer understanding, and enterprise intelligence, helping organizations turn data into decisions that drive meaningful business impact.

As Senior Director of Business Intelligence, Strategy & Transformation at PepsiCo, Amit leads large-scale initiatives across Foods & Beverages business. His focus is on modernizing the Business Intelligence & decision ecosystem through AI-for-BI platforms, KPI harmonization, reporting simplification, and the creation of contextual, persona-centric insight products.
He has shaped performance systems across Business Preperformance, Go-To-Market, Retail Execution,Perfect Store, Revenue Growth Management, Category Leadership, Pricing & Promotions, Media & Advertising, and Frontline Sales — areas essential to CPG growth.

Amit’s depth in Data, BI & AI is matched by hands-on experience with cloud ecosystems (Azure, AWS), Databricks, CDP architectures, SFA platforms, enterprise data models, and GenAI/LLM-based intelligence solutions. His work bridges CPG domain needs with advanced analytics, helping organizations shift from fragmented reporting to unified, action-oriented insight systems.

His early work in AI was nationally recognized when one of his solutions was selected as a Top Innovative AI Application at the NASSCOM India Artificial Intelligence Game Changer Awards 2018. This recognition underscored his long-standing commitment to responsible, creative, and business-first application of AI.

Amit brings a human-centered lens to transformation, blending Design Thinking, Lean Start-up (GEMBA), Scaled Agile (SAFe), and applied AI to build high-performing product teams and accelerate digital innovation. His core belief: intelligence systems succeed when they empower people, not overwhelm them.

Beyond corporate leadership, Amit contributes to academic and professional communities. He recently presented two AI-focused research papers at the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (ICCICN-25), advancing conversations on the future of AI-native business intelligence.

Amit is also a recognized keynote speaker on AI driven BI, Data & Analytics transformation, Product Management, Design Thinking, and the future of intelligent enterprises. His thought leadership is known for its clarity, practicality, and deep grounding in CPG realities.

Above all, Amit is passionate about shaping organizations that think, feel, learn, and act with purpose — and helping leaders harness Data & AI to make faster, smarter, more human decisions.

Education                

Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering – National Institute of Technology, Warangal, AP, India

Executive Program in General Management (EPGM) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management, Boston, USA

Advanced Certification Program in Computational Data Science (Class of 2022) – Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India