Gautham Pallapa
Gautham Pallapa
Global CTO
VMware
Dr. Gautham Pallapa is passionate about improving the quality of life of humans, reflected by his mantra “Transform with Empathy” and his Ph.D. in smart technologies for assisted healthcare. He partners with enterprises on their digital and business transformation, focusing on business outcomes, customer-centricity, and employee empathy. He employs 15+ years of combined experience in both academia and IT to drive Lean, Agile, and DevOps methodologies at various organizational levels for achieving sustainable success.

Dr. Pallapa is an agile coach, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a SAFe Agilist, and a DevOps Institute Ambassador. He writes/talks/works on transformation, elevating humans, helping underprivileged people, and giving back to the community. He was awarded the 2018 Tech Leader of the Year award by AIM for his transformative contributions and community engagements. He actively coaches and mentors executives and professionals on goal success, purpose, and happiness using empathy, lean, and agile methodologies.