About
In my 34-year career, I’ve led enterprise transformations that modernized operations…
Experience
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Education
Licenses & Certifications
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CEO Academy
Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, PA
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Next Generation CIO Academy
Deloitte University
Issued
Volunteer Experience
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National Cybersecurity Committee Member
Private Directors Association®
- Present 2 years 1 month
PDA is a national organization focused on improving the growth of private companies through board governance.
Member of the Cybersecurity Committee.
Promote the Cybersecurity Committee charter to increase cybersecurity literacy, skillsets, and capability across private company boards, business owners, executives, and the C-suite. -
C-Suite Faculty
World 50 Group
- Present 2 years 5 months
C-suite faculty member and speaker focusing on cross-functional leadership, culture transformation, and digital excellence to drive profitable growth.
World50 is an exclusive, invite-only peer-to-peer network and knowledge exchange platform serving senior executives at leading corporations. The world's 50 faculty members consist entirely of CEO and C-suite leaders and sitting board members. -
Board Member and Investment Committee Member
Junior Achievement of Dallas, Inc.
- Present 5 years 11 months
JA Dallas is a nonprofit organization that impacts students' lives by teaching life skills in budgeting, careers, and business start-ups. Junior Achievement of Dallas' mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy through a volunteer-delivered curriculum.
Chair of the Investment Committee.
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Board Member
Texas Ramp Project
- Present 1 year 4 months
The Texas Ramp Project is a nonprofit that provides free wheelchair ramps to low-income older adults and people with disabilities. Ramps are built with volunteer labor, keeping costs to a minimum. Ramps are built without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, age, or gender. Our vision is that no Texas resident shall lack safe access because of financial limitations.
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Council Member
CIO Executive Council from IDC
- Present 2 years 4 months
Member of the CIO Executive Council. In addition, I am an Executive Coach and Advisor for CIOs and their teams to guide them in developing business acumen, enabling innovation, and navigating complex c-suite dynamics to drive large-scale transformation and business growth.
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Global CIO Research Advisory Board Member
IDC
- Present 4 years 2 months
A member-led executive organization with business leaders impacting business, technology, and strategy. IDC is a global market intelligence and consulting firm that provides data, events, and advisory services for the IT, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets.
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Advisory Board Member
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
- Present 2 years 11 months
Education
Organizing committee member with a focus on expanding CIO community engagement. Providing strategic guidance on annual themes and panels.
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Innovation Task Force Member
Dallas Regional Chamber
- Present 1 year 11 months
DRC supports the launch and growth of state-of-the-art innovation, collaborating with entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, and the business community in the Dallas Region. DRC Innovation Task force supports Dallas Innovates, Texas Research Alliance, HackDFW, DEC (Dallas Entrepreneur Center) Network, Venture Dallas, Dallas Startup Week, North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA)
https://www.dallaschamber.org/why-dallas/innovation-startup-community/ -
Board Member
INDIA FESTIVAL USA
- Present 14 years 8 months
Arts and Culture
http://indiafestivalusa.org/
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Executive Education - Guest Speaker
MIT Sloan School of Management
- Present 2 years 2 months
Education
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Advisory Board Member
The University of Texas at Dallas
- Present 11 months
Education
At UT Dallas, the Center for Information Technology and Management (CITM) serves as the central hub for industry engagement within the Jindal School of Management. It is dedicated to empowering students, researchers, and industry leaders through cutting-edge education, applied research, and collaborative initiatives in information technology and management, data and analytics, cybersecurity, application of AI, and digital innovation.
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Dallas Heart Walk Executive Leadership Team
American Heart Association
- 1 year
Health
Dallas Heart Walk committee member. Our Dallas Heart Walk has always been about coming together, getting hearts pumping, honoring survivors, raising lifesaving funds - and having fun along the way.
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Dallas CIO Governing Body Co-Chair
Evanta, a Gartner Company
- 2 years
A regional Governing Body leads the Dallas CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
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Advisory Board Member | Programs Co-Chair | CIO Mentor
DallasCIO
- 2 years
DallasCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of North Texas
chief information officers. As part of the national InspireCIO Leadership Network,
DallasCIO exists to help CIOs thrive in today’s most challenging C-suite executive
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C Suite Champion for Minority Business Enterprises (MBE)
Dallas-Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council Inc
- 2 years 1 month
https://dfwmsdc.com/team-showcase/vipin-gupta/
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Advisory Board Member - Department of Computer and Information Science
Cleveland State University
- 7 years 2 months
Education
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Executive Sponsor - 13th KeyBank / Fisher College of Business Minority MBA Case Competition
The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
- 1 year
https://fisher.osu.edu/diversity-inclusion/keybank-case-competition
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Hackathon Judge
Case Western Reserve University
- 1 month
Science and Technology
2018 hackCWRU V - Cleveland’s premier annual student run hackathon at Case Western Reserve University.
https://hackcwru-v.devpost.com/
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Board Member
Ingenuity Cleveland
- 3 years
Arts and Culture
https://www.ingenuitycleveland.org/
Publications
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IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps
CIO.com (Beth Stackpole)
See publicationWhen a woman on a TFS team didn’t apply for a particular job that Gupta thought she was qualified for, he reached out directly to encourage her to make a move. She did, getting that position and a subsequent promotion. “It’s all about day-to-day nudging, managing, and influencing our own people in our organizations,” he says.
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Why CIOs May Soon Be Getting Their Own Academy Awards
Forbes
See publicationSpeaking at the Forbes CIO Summit in Half Moon Bay, California last month, TFS’s chief information & digital officer Vipin Gupta said competition for talent remains intense–a verdict borne out by data from tech trade association CompTIA, which reported there were more than 443,000 open tech-oriented roles in the U.S last month, a 40% increase over the same time last year. He also stressed this situation makes it more important than ever that CIOs focus on upskilling existing tech workers…
Speaking at the Forbes CIO Summit in Half Moon Bay, California last month, TFS’s chief information & digital officer Vipin Gupta said competition for talent remains intense–a verdict borne out by data from tech trade association CompTIA, which reported there were more than 443,000 open tech-oriented roles in the U.S last month, a 40% increase over the same time last year. He also stressed this situation makes it more important than ever that CIOs focus on upskilling existing tech workers through academies and other initiatives.
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Many Titles, One Top Tech Leader, ‘Bullying Is Not Leadership’ And More For C-Suite Leaders
Forbes
See publicationThe CIO brand is inextricably linked to a time when the job was to collect and distribute information. Today’s CIOs want to do more—and they do.
Just look at Toyota Financial Services’ Vipin Gupta: In January he traded his CIO title for that of chief innovation and digital officer, a role that’s found him helping to lead technology, yes, as well as corporate strategy and research. -
The Rise Of The E Pluribus Unum 'out of many, one' CIO
Forbes
See publicationTitles lengthen when tech leaders are given broader roles inside a company, which is happening more and more often. Vipin Gupta, who was Toyota Financial Services’ CIO until January of this year, is now the auto lending giant’s chief innovation and digital officer, having been given responsibility for things such as corporate strategy and research in addition to his technology role.
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CIOs Are ‘Architecting the Future’
The Wall Street Journal
See publicationEnterprises are increasingly looking to their IT leaders to shape the evolution of their organizations in the coming years, says the Toyota Financial Services CIO
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Digital product factories enable a new business model at Toyota Financial Services
CIO.com (Martha Heller)
See publicationRecently I spoke with Gupta about the transformation he has helped to lead, the strategy behind the new architecture, and how he has added digital skills to his team. What follows is an edited version of our interview.
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MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces Winner of the 2021 CIO Leadership Award
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
See publicationThe 18th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium today announced that Vipin Gupta, CIO, Toyota Financial Services (TFS), is the recipient of the prestigious 2021 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award. Over the past fourteen years, the Award has recognized Chief Information Officers (CIOs) who lead their organizations to deliver exemplary levels of business value through innovative use of IT.
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Coronavirus Pandemic Rewrites Job Description for Some CIOs
The Wall Street Journal
See publicationInformation technology leaders are taking on a wider range of responsibilities during the coronavirus pandemic, said two chief information officers in an event organized in part by academic leaders at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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IT leadership for the next normal: New HBR Analytic Services report
Harvard Business Review
See publicationNew research identifies four key areas CIOs should focus on as they help design and build organizations poised to prosper moving forward.
Learn why Toyota Financial Services CIO Vipin Gupta says CIOs are now “the builders of the enterprise” – and how his organization shrunk its digital transformation timeline from 10 years to three to five years and created a new private-label business at the height of the pandemic. -
Toyota Financial Fosters Digital-Savvy Workforce
Auto Finance News
See publicationToyota Financial Services has launched an internal digital learning program for its employees and business partners called TFS Digital Academy, Auto Finance News has learned.
Honors & Awards
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The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award
Asian American Business Development Council
The award recipients represent a microcosm of the best Asian American entrepreneurs, professionals, and corporate executives who are engaged in a wide range of business interests, all of whom have a role in driving the U.S. economy.
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CIO Hall of Fame
CIO.com
The CIO Hall of Fame was created in 1997 to spotlight outstanding IT leaders who had significantly contributed to and profoundly influenced the IT discipline, the use of technology in business and the advancement of the CIO role.
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Forbes CIO Next 50
Forbes
Forbes CIO Next 50 recognizes 50 top tech global leaders who are redefining the CIO role and driving game-changing innovation and who have embraced this broader vision of their role.
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Learning in Practice
ChiefLearningOfficer.com
Esteemed honors are awarded to leaders and organizations demonstrating greatness in the design and delivery of enterprise education initiatives achieving excellence in workforce learning and development programs through a combination of qualities, including leadership, vision, business acumen, and strategic alignment.
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MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award
MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
The MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award honors one executive globally, who led their organizations to deliver exemplary levels of business value through innovative use of IT. The Award, considered most prestigious in CIO community, was established in 2008 and draws global applicants from a wide diversity of industries, countries, and backgrounds.
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Business Transformation 150
Constellation Research
Constellation's Business Transformation 150 (BT150) is an elite list that recognizes the top global executives leading business transformation efforts in their organizations.
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Global Leadership Institute Awards
HMG Strategy
The Global Leadership Institute Awards recognize those who have reimagined and reinvented themselves to place their organizations on the fast track to groundbreaking transformation in dynamic times.
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2021 Orbie - Dallas CIO of the Year Awards (Finalist)
Inspire CIO
The ORBIE Award signifies exceptional leadership, innovation, and vision; representing the characteristics and qualities that inspire others to achieve their potential.
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CIO Ones to Watch and Standout Winner in Innovation
CIO.com
Through this award, CIO Executive Council, recognizes the next generation of IT leaders and the CIOs who’ve never stopped investing in their talents. With our Standout awards, we highlight those Ones to Watch honorees who have excelled in leading innovation, business strategy, project execution, team building or organizational change.
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