Influencer Editorial Team
Dinesh Panigrahi has officially been named the Tech Excellence Award winner at the Influencer Magazine Awards 2025, honoring his decades-long commitment to agile innovation, digital transformation, and technical leadership across some of the world’s most recognized organizations.
A seasoned Agile Delivery Specialist, Dinesh has built a reputation for delivering high-impact technology solutions within dynamic and complex environments. His career includes pivotal roles at American Express, British Petroleum, AXA PPP, Nationwide Banking Society, and Tata Consultancy Services, where his strategic guidance and technical acumen have consistently driven measurable business outcomes.
At British Petroleum, Dinesh led comprehensive business solution rollouts, expertly aligning cross-functional stakeholders across timelines, budgets, and shifting priorities. Known for balancing structure with adaptability, he has played a critical role in modernizing legacy operations and steering multi-layered digital initiatives toward success. His ability to translate big-picture vision into focused, deliverable strategies has made him a trusted partner in executive suites and engineering squads alike.
Dinesh’s strength lies not just in delivery, but in cultivating high-performing agile teams that thrive under pressure and grow through feedback. During his time at Tata Consultancy Services, he mentored teams in agile principles and best practices, embedding a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation that unlocked new levels of efficiency and creativity. His leadership style is people-first and performance-forward, empowering developers, product owners, and clients to co-create resilient, scalable solutions.
A hands-on technologist, Dinesh has led key cloud migration projects, managed CI/CD pipelines, and navigated the intricate world of backlog prioritization and cross-functional change requests. His expertise bridges both the technical and managerial realms, making him an asset not only in systems architecture but in stakeholder engagement and strategic planning. Throughout his journey, Dinesh has remained deeply passionate about customer-centric delivery. His north star is simple yet powerful: create meaningful software solutions that serve real human needs, while maintaining the discipline and agility required in today’s fast-moving digital economy.
With a calm presence, razor-sharp insight, and the ability to bring clarity to chaos, Dinesh Panigrahi is more than a technologist, he’s a builder of people, systems, and long-term success. Congratulations, Dinesh Panigrahi, for this well deserving title of ‘Tech Excellence Award’ at IMA 2025. Your leadership, vision, and pursuit of excellence are setting a new standard for what’s possible in technology and transformation.
