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Rishikesh speaks with Amit Saxena, Vice President — Information Technology (CIO) at Millennium Semiconductors, about driving large-scale IT transformation across India and Africa. Amit shares hands-on lessons from ERP rollouts, supply-chain digitalization, analytics-driven demand forecasting, connectivity & BCP design, and how CIOs should prepare for the AI era while keeping fundamentals strong.

In this episode you’ll learn:

How regional context (India vs Africa) changes transformation strategy.

A practical ERP / center-of-excellence case study across multiple African countries.

How to architect resilient IT: connectivity, MPLS → SD-WAN, DR/BCP and security.

Analytics & demand forecasting: realistic accuracy targets and inventory impact.

People, change management and the push-and-pull adoption model for digital initiatives.

3 tactical rules for future CIOs: fundamentals first, continuous upskilling, ROI-driven adoption.

🔎 Key Topics / Takeaways

Build fundamentals first (infrastructure, processes, governance) before layering AI.

Localize transformation: culture, language and country-specific ways of working matter.

Use analytics (demand forecasting) to reduce dead stock and prevent stockouts — realistic target: 60→75% accuracy ramp.

Design resilient connectivity & DR: central datacenter approach, MPLS → SD-WAN, documented BCP.

People & change management: hybrid push + pull adoption, continuous learning, ROI storytelling.

🕒 Chapters / Timestamps

00:00 — Intro & welcome: Amit Saxena
01:09 — Amit’s career snapshot: India → 14 years in Africa → back to India
03:15 — How Africa shaped Amit’s CIO mindset (people & culture)
07:24 — India vs Africa: infrastructure, adoption and vendor maturity
09:15 — ERP & COE story: centralizing best practices across African countries
11:19 — Designing resilient IT for unstable infrastructure (BCP, connectivity)
14:17 — AI, analytics & demand forecasting — practical implementations and results
17:56 — Demand forecasting outcomes: accuracy, inventory & business impact
18:08 — Three lessons for future CIOs: fundamentals, people, adoption
21:16 — Closing remarks & final thoughts


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