Biography

Sudhakar Gudala heads Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) Consumer Packaged Goods and Distribution business unit. From strategic revenue management and supply chain management to hyper-personalization and new business models, he partners with the world’s leading household consumer brands to build resilient, agile and consumer-first value chains to compete and grow their enterprises.

No problem is too big for Sudhakar. A 30-year industry veteran, he has a proven track record of solving just about any business challenges presented to him with a fresh, new approach. He has built, from the ground up, TCS’ Consumer Packaged Goods and Distribution industry unit into a globally recognized leader, which today works with seven out of the world’s top 10 CPG brands. His foresight gave birth to multiple award-winning digital platforms, including TCS RevenuePrime™ for revenue growth management, TCS Envirozone™ driven by sustainability-as-a-service solving critical challenges in sourcing, managing carbon footprints and compliance, TCS Green and Connected Ecosystem solutions for a sustainable, traceable CPG value chain, agency collaboration platform TCS Agency Marketplace, and cloud-based distributor management platform TCS Digitized Supply Chain Collaboration. These platforms cater to the key imperatives of CPG companies and evolving consumer preferences in today’s world.

For Sudhakar, building a culture of innovation starts with always challenging and transforming himself as a leader. He also takes personal interest in people and prioritizes relationships, so work brings more meaning than just better financial performance for his clients, his teams and himself alike.