Kiran joined Driscoll’s in 2017 and was promoted to Global Chief Information Officer within a year. Kiran’s tenure has seen a dramatic organizational and digital transformation through implementation of various mission critical global platforms for our sales, planning and operations teams to support Driscoll’s growth. Currently he is working on standardizing processes across all business units through implementation of a single global ERP platform.
Prior to joining Driscoll’s, as the Associate CIO and VP of Global Business Applications for Herbalife International, Kiran spearheaded the unification of all technology operations. He founded shared service centers in Poland, Mexico, India, and the US and built a global technology team of more than 1,000 members. He also catalyzed manufacturing insourcing by implementing new systems. His last initiative with Herbalife entailed orchestrating a multimillion-dollar ERP upgrade and unification project across 94 countries.
Kiran began his career as a programmer, foregoing his first management opportunity in favor of broadening his business understanding and experience in tech lead roles across various departments. After producing deliverables and leading teams through two multimillion-dollar implementation projects, Kiran accepted the Senior Manager position with EMC.
Kiran earned a Masters in Industrial Engineering at the University of Toledo, and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Sri Krishnadevaraya University.