Shriram Deshpande leads Internet of Things practice as a General Manager - IT Innovation at John Deere India. He has 20 years of IT leadership experience in financial and manufacturing domain.General ManagerHe is a passionate about technologies and open innovation. Shriram built various innovative technology concepts for Smart Connected Enterprise at Deere. He also built a matured Enterprise Architecture Capability at India GIC.He built a framework of open innovation ‘Techno-Champ’ and collaborated with students across Indian Universities for research and Innovation. Prior to his assignment at John Deere, Shriram worked in US for 10 years at various financial organizations like JP Morgan Chase, Citi Bank and Fidelity as a Techno Manager.