Executive Advisory for Technology, Transformation, and AI‑enabled scale.
Advising boards and executive teams on operating models, global capability, data strategy, and modern product organizations that deliver measurable business outcomes.
Leadership Experience
Executive leadership across global product, engineering, data, and enterprise technology organizations.
Chief Product & Technology Officer leading global product, engineering, data, cybersecurity, and enterprise technology.
Senior technology leadership across global platform and product engineering for large-scale digital learning systems.
Led media software engineering and digital distribution transformation across global media workflows and platforms.
Architecture and platform leadership across consumer portals, identity systems, broadband, video, and self-service experiences.
Industries
Experience across sectors where technology, content, scale, and customer experience intersect.
Media & Publishing
Digital subscriptions, advertising, content platforms, personalization, and audience growth.
Education
Global digital product platforms, content systems, and data-driven learning experiences.
Telecom & Consumer Platforms
Identity, self-service, broadband, video platforms, and highly available customer-facing systems.
Data & AI
Enterprise data foundations, ML-powered products, and practical AI adoption at scale.
Services
Advisory engagements designed for clarity, speed, and measurable outcomes.
Board & CEO Advisory
Trusted guidance on technology strategy, operating models, transformation roadmaps, and executive decision-making.
Technology & Product Strategy
Align platforms, teams, and roadmaps to business priorities—modernizing where it matters and simplifying where it doesn’t.
Global Capability Centers
Design and scale global delivery hubs with the right governance, talent model, and execution structure.
Data & AI Strategy
Build the data foundations and AI portfolio to drive growth, efficiency, and better decision-making.
Cost Optimization & Rationalization
Reduce run costs while expanding capacity through vendor strategy, cloud optimization, and platform simplification.
Advisory Approach
Diagnose & Align
Rapid assessment of technology landscape, operating model, and executive priorities.
Define Strategy & Roadmap
Clear, actionable transformation roadmap aligned to business value and execution capacity.
Execute & Scale
Support leadership teams through operating model change, capability build-out, and delivery discipline.
Media, publications & reports
A featured keynote, a publication, and an industry report—explore the full library on the media page.
Sanjay Bhakta details Condé Nast's complete digital reinvention by migrating 800+ properties to AWS infrastructure with partners like Databricks and Snowplow, transforming from data-rich/insights-poor to cloud-native, personalized content delivery.
How Global Product, Technology & Data enabled the Met Gala live stream and digital experience across Vogue and partner brands—pre-event through post-event engagement.
Briefing paper from HBR Analytic Services on AI and the future of content discovery. Sanjay Bhakta is quoted in this report.
About Sanjay Bhakta
Sanjay Bhakta is a technology executive with over 25 years of experience leading global product, engineering, data, and enterprise technology organizations. His work has focused on digital transformation, global operating models, data platforms, and AI-enabled business capability.
He has served in executive leadership and C-suite roles, partnering directly with CEOs and boards on strategy, long-range planning, and transformation execution.
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