Upendra Giri
Founder and CEO
Upendra Giri is a world-renowned business leader, serial entrepreneur, coach, trainer, consultant, and a high impact keynote speaker recognized globally with over 30 years of experience in providing exceptional business management services across industry sectors. Upendra is known for his productizing mindset with a rare blend of innovation and unwavering determination to bring products to market, known for influencing change, building great talent, monetizing opportunities, and executing relentlessly with customer-centricity.
Upendra founded AstroWix Corporation in 1999 in Silicon Valley and later he founded PMI North India Chapter New Delhi which led him to establish Project Management discipline in India. Upendra “Received prestigious Eric Jennet Award by PMI® for his Outstanding Contributions to Global Portfolio, Program and Project Management Profession in 2009 made him first Indian and youngest professional to be bestowed with this honor.” Later he architected and implemented Program Management Framework for Indian Postal Services, National Irrigation Program, National E-Governance Program, and National Police Modernization under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
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He formulated the implementation framework for “Badalta Banaras” and Ayodhya Development Authority. Upendra conceived, developed, and launched India’s first storefront for Education with Samsung “Samsung Smart Learning in 2012 which laid the foundation for the EdTECH revolution in India. An Environmental Engineer by profession, Upendra firmly believes that there is a symbiotic relationship between sustainable business and technology & innovation strategy: one delivers the other and if aligned correctly, with just one pocket of spending. Once aligned, the ability to define a direction and measure progress against commonly recognized KPIs which deliver environmental, social and governance advances as well as financial performance – at pace – is key for this decisive decade as we address climate adaptation. Upendra brings extensive cross-industry expertise in complex organizational change and redesign; ESG initiatives, Sustainable Infrastructure enabled through digital and green tech innovation, with a particular focus on value chain stewardship.
Upendra’s passion lies in helping organizations identify a clear path to realize meaningful and impactful outcomes in their journey towards a more sustainable and regenerative way of working by inspiring and helping individuals in the organization to align around a shared vision where sustainability and circularity are at the core, enabling the organization to achieve the outcomes necessary to effect impactful change. Climate Change, Circularity and Sustainability is currently his biggest priority. He is currently working on two fronts. Non-profit movement, THE BIG CIRCLE – he is working on Education, Advocacy, Evangelism and Outreach for awareness and creating a Sense of Urgency for saving the planet. He is working on bringing Sustainable Strategy Execution Framework called VALUENOW under his new venture, UpBUILD Global Inc. He aims to help individuals, teams and enterprises build a sustainability roadmap that goes beyond compliance to address board and consumer expectations.
Inspired by the proven Objectives and Key Results (OKR) goal-setting methodology, and his twenty-five years of thought leadership in Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Upendra aims to build UpBuild Global Inc, a mission-driven organization to build a safer, better, and sustainable future. His goal? Provide clarity of strategy and execution across teams, functions, and business units. Upendra earned his MS in civil (environmental) engineering from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA, in 1994 and B.Sc. in civil engineering in 1991 from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India. Born in 1969 in a village in northern India, Upendra now resides in Silicon Valley, US, and is one of the most sought-after consultants by CEOs of big multinational companies and also an inspiration for budding entrepreneurs.
