Hillsborough, NJ, November 2026 — The Institute for Digital Transformation is pleased to announce that Venkatesh “Venki” Mahadevan has joined the Institute as an Institute Fellow and Executive Advisor.
Venki is a global business transformation leader, board advisor, executive educator, and speaker with more than three decades of experience helping organizations navigate technology-driven change across India, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and North Africa.
“Venki brings a truly global perspective to the Institute,” said John Palinkas, CEO of the Institute for Digital Transformation. “Throughout his career, he has worked at the intersection of technology, leadership, and organizational transformation. His commitment to developing leaders and helping organizations navigate meaningful change makes him a tremendous addition to our Fellow community.”
A Fellow of the British Computer Society and the International Software Product Management Association, Venki has been inducted into the Global Technology Hall of Fame and honored as IT Person of the Year. He also serves as a leadership mentor at Columbia University and Northeastern University.
As an Institute Fellow, Venki will contribute his experience and perspective to the Institute’s thought leadership, research, executive discussions, and programs focused on helping leaders successfully navigate transformation.
“Every transformation has a technology story. The memorable ones also have a human story. I'm delighted to join the Institute Fellow community to explore both—and to contribute practical insights that help leaders navigate change with confidence, curiosity, and purpose,” said Venkatesh Mahadevan.
Venki is also the founder of CIO Mirror™, a not-for-profit executive development program designed to help senior technology leaders prepare for C-suite leadership. He serves on several boards and mentors entrepreneurs and technology executives around the world.
The Institute welcomes Venki to its growing community of Fellows and looks forward to the insight, experience, and global perspective he will bring to the transformation conversation.
The Institute for Digital Transformation is an independent authority helping leaders turn digital and business transformation into lasting business impact. Through research, advisory, and leadership capability development, the Institute addresses transformation as an enterprise challenge, connecting leadership, culture, technology, adoption, and execution to help organizations make better decisions, take meaningful action, and achieve measurable outcomes.
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