The career, the craft, and the throughline.
Two decades in enterprise technology. 8 published books, 1 more on the way. One way of paying attention.
Hello, I'm Sandeep.
I've spent the last 2 decades inside the engine room of enterprise technology — selling and shaping digital transformation, AI, and cybersecurity strategy for Fortune 500 companies across India, the UK, and Europe. I currently lead Digital Transformation & Partnerships at Adani Enterprises, where I define go-to-market strategy for AI/ML portfolios and work directly with CxOs on GenAI adoption and Zero Trust architecture.
That's the career. The craft is quieter: The Alchemist Triangle, a science-mystery thriller about three friends and a centuries-old secret; Manzile - Ek Khwahish, a Hindi poetry collection written with my co-author, exploring love, ambition, and effort; and The Whitefield Breach, a CBI Cyber Cell tech-thriller about how easily the most trusted person in the room can become the most dangerous; and The Ashvin Heirs Saga, a mythological epic reimagining of the Mahabharata now two books deep — The Ashvin Heirs and Twins of Dharma, each published in English and Hindi — all under my own imprint, Sandeep Jain Global Publications, alongside one forthcoming title.
I don't think of these as separate lives. Strategy work trains you to find structure in noise. Fiction and poetry ask the same question from the other direction — what's the story underneath the facts? Both, done honestly, are a form of paying attention.
What Drives the Work
Three things that show up the same way in a boardroom and on a blank page.
Clarity
A transformation program and a chapter fail for the same reason: too much left implied. I'd rather say the true, specific thing plainly than the impressive thing vaguely — in a client deck or on the page.
Curiosity
Two decades in enterprise tech means constantly learning a new platform, a new domain, a new way a business actually makes money. That same restlessness is what sends me looking for the next story worth telling.
Discipline
Neither a certification nor a manuscript gets finished by inspiration alone. Both get finished by showing up on the days it isn't fun — early mornings, layovers, the last hour before the house goes quiet.
2 Decades, Five Companies, Three Continents
Learning, Certifications & Honors
Education
- INSEAD — Certification, Generative AI & Blockchain (2025)
- Harvard University — Certification, Data Science: Machine Learning (2023)
- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore — Certification, Strategic Management (2021)
- Pacific University Udaipur — M.Tech, Computer Science (2011–2013)
- Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies — Master's, Operations Management (2009–2011)
Honors & Awards
- Next100 Future CIO of India 2026 — ET Edge, The Times Group & CIO&Leader, August 2026
- Best Leadership & Emerging Author Award — Scientific International Publishing House (SIPH), February 2025
- Early Adopter Recognition — Clever Fox Publishing, December 2024 (10-copy sales milestone for The Alchemist Triangle)
- TCS Brand Ambassador, UK/Europe
- Customer Appreciation Award
- Initial Learning Program Kudos Champion
Professional Publications
- "Securing Communications in Cloud Computing Model"
- "Cloud Computing Security Foundation"
Beyond these honors, Sandeep holds 100+ professional certifications across cloud, AI/ML, sales accreditation, and governance — earned over two decades.
View All CertificationsThe Personal Side
A few things that don't show up on a résumé or a book jacket.
Running & Fitness
I started running for the most ordinary reason — a way to clear my head between back-to-back calls — and it turned into something I genuinely look forward to. There's a particular kind of quiet on a race morning, before the crowd starts moving, that I don't get anywhere else in the week. Marathons also scratch the same itch as a long writing project: nobody finishes either one on a good mood alone. You train in the weeks nobody's watching, you hit a wall somewhere past the halfway point, and you finish anyway because you told yourself you would. That's a lesson I keep relearning, on the road and on the page.
On the Road
The other place I find that same quiet is on a motorcycle. A long ride up to Ladakh strips things down to essentials — the road, the altitude, the next town on the map — in a way that's oddly restorative after a stretch of back-to-back meetings. It's the same reset button as a race morning, just with better scenery.
Family & Friends
More family, travel, and friends photos are in the Gallery.