Rahul Ashok Velapure — Head of IT & CISO at Brueckner Group India Pvt Ltd. Seventeen years leading global IT, cloud, and security programs where availability, governance, and measurable business outcomes are the standard, not the aspiration.
For over 17 years I have led enterprise IT through the moments that decide whether technology becomes a liability or an advantage — global rollouts, security incidents, audits, migrations, and the quiet, disciplined operations in between.
As Head of IT & CISO at Brueckner Group India, I own the strategy and the accountability: global operations spanning India and international sites, a security posture built to ISO 27001, and an infrastructure estate engineered for availability rather than luck.
My work sits where manufacturing precision meets modern cloud — Microsoft 365, Azure, and Intune under governance that survives a real audit, automation that removes cost instead of adding tools, and an AI adoption path measured in outcomes, not hype.
A program built to ISO 27001 that holds up under real audit, not just on paper.
Accountable for IT across India and international sites, treated as one estate.
Automation and AI adopted for outcomes and ROI, governed from day one.
From board-level IT strategy down to the incident bridge at 2 a.m.
From hands-on infrastructure to enterprise security and strategy — each stage built on the discipline of the last.
Brueckner Group India Pvt Ltd
Own global IT strategy, security posture, and infrastructure for the India entity and its international footprint.
Enterprise Manufacturing & Engineering
Scaled infrastructure and security operations from single-site to multinational.
Enterprise IT Operations
Built the operational discipline that later carried enterprise-scale programs.
Nine disciplines, one operating model — depth where it protects the business, breadth where it moves it forward.
Validated expertise across networking, security leadership, service management, and the Microsoft cloud.
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Executive Security Leadership
Service Management
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Enterprise systems, security architecture, and automation — each with a defined problem, stack, and measurable impact.
Re-architected enterprise endpoint management on Microsoft Intune with a zero-trust posture, replacing legacy imaging and manual patching.
Impact — Cut device provisioning from days to hours and closed a class of endpoint compliance gaps.
Migrated core workloads and collaboration to Azure and Microsoft 365 under a phased, risk-managed plan with defined rollback.
Impact — Reduced on-premise footprint and improved recovery objectives while holding cost flat.
Built a network operations monitoring platform giving a single operational view across sites, links, and critical services.
Impact — Shifted operations from reactive tickets to proactive detection and faster mean-time-to-resolve.
Designed and delivered an internal portal that digitized manpower requisition and approval workflows across departments.
Impact — Replaced email-and-spreadsheet approvals with an auditable, role-based workflow.
Implemented a centralized attendance and access platform integrating hardware, identity, and reporting.
Impact — Consolidated fragmented attendance data into one governed source of truth.
Established an automation and generative-AI capability targeting repetitive IT and business operations with measurable ROI.
Impact — Removed recurring manual effort and set a governed pattern for further AI adoption.
Delivered cross-platform mobile applications extending enterprise services to a mobile workforce.
Impact — Put key workflows in employee hands without duplicating platform effort.
Ran a structured hardening program across endpoints, servers, network, and identity aligned to recognized baselines.
Impact — Reduced attack surface and produced evidence that stands up to external audit.
Created an executive-facing IT dashboard translating operational telemetry into leadership-ready KPIs.
Impact — Gave leadership a clear, trusted view of IT health, risk, and delivery.
Each milestone marked a shift in scope — from keeping systems running to steering the enterprise.
Began in infrastructure and systems engineering within manufacturing environments.
Led virtualization, networking, and datacenter programs across production sites.
Moved security and compliance to the center of IT strategy; adopted ISO 27001 practice.
Drove Microsoft 365, Azure, and secure remote-work architecture for a hybrid workforce.
Assumed accountability for the enterprise security program and global IT operations.
Established an enterprise automation and AI-adoption program tied to business outcomes.
Years in Enterprise IT
Manufacturing to cloud
Users Supported
Across global operations
Enterprise Projects
Delivered end to end
Infrastructure Availability
Core services SLA
Global Locations
India & international
Led enterprise digital transformation initiatives end to end.
Implemented cybersecurity frameworks aligned to ISO 27001.
Delivered cloud migration programs with controlled risk.
Deployed Microsoft Intune across enterprise environments.
Reduced operational cost through targeted automation.
Designed resilient enterprise infrastructure.
Managed multinational IT operations across regions.
Established a governed AI adoption program.
Placeholder testimonials — replace with real quotes from executives and partners.
“A rare technology leader who is equally credible in a board review and a 2 a.m. incident bridge. Turns IT from a cost line into a strategic asset.”
“Brought real discipline to our security program. The ISO 27001 audit was the calmest we have ever had.”
“Our cloud migration landed on time with no drama and no data loss. That does not happen by accident.”
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