Gargi B. Dasgupta is the Chief AI Officer for IBM Automation. In her role as CAO, Gargi is responsible for representing and communicating IBM Automation’s overall technical vision & AI strategy with key stakeholders across the globe – from developers and start-ups to key clients, analysts, media, and industry experts.
Prior to this role Gargi was the Director for IBM Research in India and the CTO for IBM India/South Asia. In her role as Director, Gargi is responsible for establishing and executing the technical agenda of IBM’s India Research Lab in collaboration with IBM’s worldwide research labs and business units. In her role as CTO, Gargi is responsible for representing and communicating IBM’s overall technical vision & strategy with key stakeholders across the India/South Asia ecosystem – from developers and start-ups to key clients, analysts, media, and industry experts.
Gargi also served as a strategist for IBM Research, working closely with IBM’s Hybrid Cloud and AI business and global services businesses to take innovative solutions to clients across the globe. She helped establish new research directions in AI led Operations and Automation at the intersection of service science, text analytics, and AI. Gargi has been with IBM since 2004 when she joined as a Research Staff Member. Gargi is an ACM Distinguished Speaker and an alumni of University of Maryland, Baltimore County.