Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine March 2020 | Page 131

Jimit Dattani
of his own digital strategies he has implemented during his career . “ When I develop my strategies , 99.9 % of the time they are based on four concepts : customer engagement , empowering employees , optimising operations , maintaining alignment with company goals and increasing productivity ,” he says . With this in mind , he goes on to explain that , when he joined XSEED Education , the company was a pre-digitised organisation that ran its sales team on legacy financial systems and Excel . “ In order to digitally transform XSEED Education , I took a holistic view of the business strategy to build an integrated strategy that connected its customers , consumers and internal functions .” With XSEED Education rapidly expanding globally , the strategy incorporated a move from legacy systems to 100 % paperless and cloud-based ERP system

Jimit Dattani

EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Jimit is recognised as an intrapreneurial technology leader with extensive experience in designing and implementing business transformation strategies that increase shareholder value . Jimit has worked with companies across the globe , developing trusted partnerships on account of his powerful blend of technology vision and business acumen coupled with experience in the travel , FMCG , education , logistics , ecommerce and hospitality sectors . Over his 17-year career , Jimit has successfully progressed up the ranks in leading roles from Analyst , Project Manager , CTO and CIO , including an advisory role on large-scale critical projects for MNCs and government agencies . PMP certified , his experience encompasses using design thinking concepts to drive innovation , modernisation and automation , business transformation and start-ups , among others
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