Summary
Nitin Datar is a seasoned IT business leader with over 30 years’ experience building and scaling technology businesses between India and Japan, currently serving as a Partner at KPMG Japan. He co-founded and grew Vertex Software to 400+ employees, developed the company’s Japan market single‑handedly and exited via acquisition by NTT Data, then led manufacturing and BFSI sales and new business development at Infosys. Fluent in Japanese and English, he combines deep cross-cultural negotiation skills with hands-on experience across consulting, sales leadership and executive board roles. An executive educator in AI applications and Columbia/Kellogg executive programs alumnus, he brings a rare mix of entrepreneurial grit, corporate-scale delivery and practical AI/industry insight. Less obvious: he started his career as a software engineer, giving him a pragmatic technical sensibility that informs his commercial and transformation strategies.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B.E., B.E. at COEP Technological University
MBA, MBA at 国際大学
Sou. Vimalabai Garware High School
Executive Education, Executive Education at Columbia Engineering
Certificate Course on AI Applications for Growth, Certificate Course on AI Applications for Growth at Kellogg Executive Education
International University of Japan
English, Japanese, Marathi