Daman Dev Sood | Profile

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Join date: Apr 25, 2021

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With over 38 years in the industry and over 18 years in the Resilience domains, I am a Certified International and Corporate Trainer with over 15500 hours of training/ teaching experience, achieving 100% NPS, and holding 18 copyrights, a CPD Member, 2 courses are CPD certified, 5 courses are on Udemy, and am an author of 10 published books on Resilience.

In my professional journey (TCS, Xansa, Continuity & Resilience, Cityinnovates, EY/ HSBC, SAFE, Chitkara University), I have played various senior roles (Principal Consultant, Group Head, Practice Head, COO, CIO, VP, Board Member, Program Director, Professor of Practice etc.).

I have travelled/ worked to/in over 20 countries and am an International Speaker.

I have served clients in various industry sectors like Government, IT, Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, Marine, Manufacturing, Pharma, Media, Trading, Power and Water etc.

I have won multiple national and global awards and have also been inducted into BCI Hall of Fame.

I am currently a Professor of Practice (Chitkara University), Director (DBD Training & Consultancy) and serve in Cybersecurity, Operational/ Organisational Resilience, BCM, Risk, and Crisis. I am Past Chair – PR&P Standing Committee IEEE Delhi Section, and IEEE Ambassador.

Posts (91)

Sep 30, 2026 ∙ 5 min

The AI Imperative: From Innovation to Resilient Innovation

Why the real AI question is no longer only what AI can do — but what happens when AI cannot. Artificial Intelligence is moving rapidly from experimentation into real business processes. It is helping organisations analyse, decide, automate, predict and respond at a scale that was difficult to imagine only a few years ago. That creates enormous opportunity. But it also creates a question that deserves equal attention: what happens when AI does not work? This is where the conversation needs to...

Jun 29, 2026 ∙ 4 min

The Biggest Risk Your Risk Register Does Not Measure

A New Dimension to Risk Management - the SPI "The greatest surprises are rarely caused by unknown risks. They are caused by familiar risks behaving in unfamiliar ways." Please read this LinkedIn post to know the seeds of this blog - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7476083704260386816/ For decades, organisations have invested heavily in Enterprise Risk Management. They identify risks. Estimate likelihood. Assess impact. Implement controls. Review dashboards. Present...

May 20, 2026 ∙ 5 min

When War Clouds The Horizon

When news of a war breaks out anywhere in the world, the first concerns are naturally humanitarian. Loss of lives. Loss of livelihoods. Supply chains collapsing. Essential resources running out. Energy supplies tightening. These fears are real. Yet interestingly, in many recent conflicts, the situation has not unfolded in the catastrophic way many initially feared. Perhaps this is what some analysts call “precision warfare” — targeted strikes, controlled escalation, and limited geographic...