๐ŸŽ“ IICA Certified Independent Director

Aayantika Choudhury

Aspiring Independent Director โ€” SaaS Operations & Responsible AI Governance
IICA Independent Director Proficiency (Qualified)  ยท  B.E. Computer Science  ยท  PGDHRM  ยท  23+ Years in Enterprise SaaS & Technology Operations
Aayantika Choudhury
23+
Years in SaaS & Tech Ops
โ‚น500Cr+
ARR Book Governed
2,500+
Enterprise Customers
90%+
Retention & SLA Delivered
Who I Am

Governance Grounded in Operating Reality

Every board faces a question that gets harder as technology moves faster: is the company's customer-facing tech actually working, or just reporting that it is? When retention slips, when a partner model fails under volume, when AI tools deployed in live operations create risk no one mapped beforehand โ€” those problems reach the board too late.

Twenty-two years across SaaS, managed services, and enterprise technology provide that depth. At Sprinklr, a โ‚น500 crore-plus ARR product success book was governed across three geographies: retention moved from ~80% to 90%+ by diagnosing adoption gaps and rebuilding the delivery model. Sprinklr's first-ever outsourced support arrangement was designed and executed โ€” a 100-person Cognizant partner team at 90%+ SLA by Q2. A 2,000-agent regulated BFSI deployment was run under user-governance and access controls a banking compliance team could stand behind.

"For a board, this means customer risk signals readable before they show in NRR, the difference between vendor governance that satisfies an audit and governance that actually holds, and the right questions about AI deployment asked and pressed."

The value on offer is oversight: accurate information to the board, the right questions raised, and decisions that protect the company's capacity to perform.

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IICA Independent Director Proficiency

Ministry of Corporate Affairs โ€” Qualified, July 2026. IICA Data Bank registered (Lifetime).

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Published Author

"The Power of Belief" โ€” a book on mindset and leadership, available on Amazon India.

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AI & ESG Governance Voice

Active thought-leadership series on LinkedIn since June 2026, connecting AI regulation to operational reality.

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Sprinklr Practitioner Mastery

Platform and product-delivery governance certification, earned in role.

Core Competencies

Board-Ready Expertise

Operational experience, not theory โ€” each area below is grounded in something built, fixed, or governed at scale.

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Technology & Digital Oversight

22 years in enterprise SaaS and tech operations. Ran omni-channel digital transformation across chat, email, voice, and community for 2,500+ customers at Sprinklr.

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Customer Risk & Retention Governance

Moved managed-services retention from ~80% to 90%+ on a $90โ€“100M book by rebuilding delivery around value realisation. CSAT held at 9.5/10 across 13,500+ monthly tickets.

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Operational Governance & SLA Accountability

Designed and ran SLA governance across 110+ support engineers and a 100-person partner team. Process manuals, escalation frameworks, and quality-audit systems built from scratch.

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Third-Party & Vendor Risk Management

Conceived and executed Sprinklr's first-ever outsourced support arrangement โ€” onboarding, certification, and 90%+ SLA compliance delivered by Q2.

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AI & Emerging Technology Risk

Operational experience deploying AI-enabled support tools and omni-channel automation. Active thought leadership on AI governance for boards since June 2026.

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Human Capital & Succession

Built and scaled delivery teams from zero at two organisations. Designed capability pathways and certification programmes for 150+ engineers.

Career Journey

22 Years of Operating & Governance Impact

OCT 2019 โ€“ PRESENT

Vice President โ€” Technical Support, Managed Services & Product Success

Sprinklr ยท Enterprise SaaS, US-listed, โ‚น5,000 crore+ revenue
  • Governed a โ‚น500 crore-plus ARR product success book across 2,500+ enterprise customers in three geographies
  • 13,500+ monthly support tickets tracked against CSAT (9.5/10), SLA (90%+), and โ‰ˆ2-day TTR
  • Moved retention from ~80โ€“85% to 90%+ via a retention-recovery programme rebuilt around value realisation
  • Designed and executed Sprinklr's first-ever outsourced support arrangement โ€” a 100-person Cognizant team at 90%+ SLA by Q2
  • Presented commercial narrative directly to CROs, CDOs, and economic buyers; renewal at 110%, adoption at 70%+
JUL 2018 โ€“ OCT 2019

Business Operations Manager (de facto Operations Head)

Unidolabs Technologies LLC ยท Managed Services Provider to Sprinklr, Bengaluru
  • Built an entire managed services operation from zero โ€” job descriptions, sourcing, onboarding, SOPs, SLA delivery
  • Maintained 90%+ product retention and 70%+ consumption across regulated verticals including banking
  • Operation later absorbed in-house by Sprinklr
MAR 2015 โ€“ JUL 2018

Social Media Advisor & Analytics Delivery Lead

Dell Technologies ยท Bengaluru Delivery Centre
  • Real-time social listening, analytics, and actionable insight across Dell-owned channels globally
  • Built skill-based-routing and self-serve content programmes from analytics intelligence
  • Earned a Silver Award for real-time reporting during peak retail events (Black Friday, Cyber Monday)
MAY 2012 โ€“ DEC 2013

Manager โ€” Social CRM

BlueOcean Market Intelligence ยท Social Intelligence & Digital Analytics, Bengaluru
  • Conceptualised and operationalised the Social Media Effectiveness Index, ranking Fortune 500 brands before social measurement had an established playbook
  • Built an offshore delivery team end-to-end: recruitment, training, transition, live delivery
NOV 2003 โ€“ MAY 2012

Operations Manager โ€” Financial Services & Technical Support

Dell Technologies ยท Bengaluru Delivery Centre
  • Eight years in regulated Financial Services and Technical Support contact-centre operations
  • Managed up to 18 L2/SME resolution specialists; sustained SLA at 90%+ and CSAT at 85%+
  • Designed and delivered the THRIVE people-development programme
Board Value

What I Bring to the Boardroom

A customer-growth and digital-transformation lens on governance โ€” scaling organisations, improving customer outcomes, and navigating complex stakeholder environments, with an emerging focus on responsible AI.

Sector & Committee Fit

B2B SaaS Enterprise Technology Digital Platforms Managed Services FinTech Customer Experience
Strategy & Transformation Technology / Digital / AI Risk Management ESG / Sustainability Customer & Stakeholder Experience

Board-Level Questions I Raise

  • Is our growth scalable, profitable and sustainable โ€” or are we simply increasing volume?
  • Are technology investments creating measurable strategic advantage?
  • Where are we using AI, what risks does it introduce, and who is accountable?
  • Are customer value and retention treated as leading indicators of enterprise value?
  • Does the organisation have the leadership and operating model to execute the strategy?
Recognition & Involvement

Thought Leadership & Community

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Published Author

"The Power of Belief" โ€” a book on mindset and leadership, available on Amazon India.

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AI & ESG Governance Series

Ongoing LinkedIn content since June 2026 โ€” a 20-post topic bank on customer operations governance, retention risk, and AI oversight for boards.

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Mentorship

Active mentor to professionals across product, implementation, project management, and services functions.

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Communities

IICA Alumni Network ยท NASSCOM ยท SaaSBoomi ยท iSpirt ProductNation ยท Women in SaaS India ยท ICSI Bengaluru Chapter

Academic Credentials

Education & Certifications

IICA Independent Director Proficiency Certificate

Ministry of Corporate Affairs / IICA โ€” Qualified, July 2026. IICA Data Bank registered (Lifetime).

PGDHRM โ€” Human Resources Management

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Bengaluru, 2006

B.E. โ€” Computer Science & Engineering

Jorhat Engineering College (Dibrugarh University), Assam, 2002

Sprinklr Practitioner Mastery Certification

Sprinklr University โ€” product delivery and platform governance certification, earned in role.

Digital Marketing Certification

Industry-recognised digital marketing and analytics credential.

Finance for Directors (In Progress)

Covering audit committee responsibilities, financial statement analysis, and going-concern risk.

Let's Connect

Ready to Collaborate

Open to board roles, advisory engagements, and thought-leadership conversations across SaaS, enterprise technology, and managed services.