AI Strategist · Writer · Photographer

I make AI strategy actually happen.

13+ years turning ambitious technology bets into shipped outcomes — today shaping AI strategy for Lenovo’s global services business, after 100 months at PwC. Off duty, I write about AI and wait very patiently for wildlife.

Swagat Siddhartha
“Explain it simply.”
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Professional work

AI Strategy — Service Delivery

Lenovo, Solutions & Services Group
2026 — Present · Global / AP / India

Shaping how a global technology leader deploys AI across its end-to-end service operating model: current-state assessment, competitive benchmarking, and the roadmap and governance to make transformation stick.

Manager, Cloud & Digital Strategy

PwC
2018 — 2026 · 100 months

Led transformation offices for Fortune 500 banks and media platforms, designed operating models and agile governance for global clients, built $50M+ business cases, and supported 20 strategic pursuits — winning 11. Scaled the strategy practice from 40 to 100+ consultants.

Consultant

Cognizant
2015 — 2018

End-to-end digital transformation for luxury retail and consumer brands: omni-channel commerce builds, marketing-stack launches, and process redesign that cut fulfilment time by 25%.

Senior System Engineer

Infosys
2010 — 2013 · then PGDM, IIM Mumbai

Built personalization platforms for high-net-worth travel and digitized 100,000+ legal case files — the engineering foundation under the strategy career.

13+ yrsStrategy & transformation across 9 industries
$50M+Transformation investments shaped for CXO decisions
Harvard & GoogleAI Essentials (HBS Online) · GenAI Leader certified
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What colleagues say

A balance of strategic vision and practical execution — designing long-term roadmaps while establishing the governance, processes, and KPIs that deliver measurable results. He brought clarity and structure to the most complex initiatives.

Michael Urban
Technology Executive · former PwC Strategy& Director

A unique combination of intelligence, reliability, and creativity — a pivotal role in architecting some of the firm’s largest and most complex solution plans. Simply put, supremely talented.

Fernando Aviles
Cloud & Digital · Tech Strategy & Delivery Excellence
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Writing & building

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Play

A small browser game — one office corridor that never ends, and everyone in it wants something from you. Dodge the interruptions, mind your patience, see how many floors you last.

Arrow keys or drag to dodge. Click the game first, then press space to start.

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Photography

Swagat Siddhartha beside his exhibited wildlife photographs in a gallery

Exhibited wildlife & travel photography.

Sloth bears, ibises, migrations — framed on gallery walls. Strategy teaches you to move fast; wildlife teaches you to wait for the one honest frame.

Full archive on Instagram

Let’s talk.

AI strategy, enterprise transformation, building with AI — or a good book recommendation. My inbox is open.

Or email directly: swagat.siddhartha.work@gmail.com