Shailendra Sharma, Associate General Manager, Systems at Asian Paints - A passionate and accomplished Digital Transformation leader from NITIE with 15 years of experience with Asian Paints to drive business growth by developing and implementing cutting-edge decision-making & collaboration technologies across Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing & Manufacturing domains.

He engineered the world-class Industry 4.0 into the mega factories of the future for Asian Paints from ideation to realization and coupled them to work on one of the largest direct distribution networks, servicing almost 1.3 Lac+ dealers of Asian Paints with a strong B2B Commerce backend.

Asian Paints has embarked strongly in the Décor space with end-to-end Interior Design Services and Categories like Furniture, Modular Kitchen, Furniture, Furnishing, and Décor Lighting under various brands and Beautiful Homes being the umbrella brand. Currently, he is driving Digital Transformation in Consumer Engagement and Marketing areas including e-Commerce and retail Décor business for Asian Paints.

Shailendra strongly believes that democratization and open platforms will drive growth exponentially and organizations marching early on and leveraging their data and analytics be the key differentiating growth vector for the industry over the next few years.