About CXO Lounge
A multi-platform ecosystem built for CIOs and technology leaders
CXO Lounge brings together technology, people, ideas, enterprises and opportunities, so CIOs meet as peers and partners meet them in a setting built on trust.
Kamal Goel
Founder, CXO Lounge
Experience includes
Our story
Built by a CIO who has sat on both sides of the table
Kamal has led technology as a CIO and worked closely with vendors and partners, so he knows what CIOs value, and what partners need from an audience.
He watched CIO engagement turn into a commodity: dozens of forums, the same cocktail dinners, and very little that lasted. CIO Lounge is his answer: a community where members invest to belong, partners sponsor without taking a cut, and the conversation is led by a CIO.
Our mission
Meaningful connections among CIOs and with the partners who serve them
Partners are customers. CIOs are peers.
Vendors and system integrators sponsor the platform; CIOs are members of the community. The two roles never blur.
No commissions, ever
We earn from sponsorships and memberships, never from the deals partners close with our members.
Nothing is free
Every member invests in the platform. It keeps the room serious and the conversations real.
Sponsors and delegates, side by side
No wall between the two. Partners take part on the same footing as CIOs, so networking is genuine.
One company, three platforms
What we run
CIO Lounge
The community
A multi-platform ecosystem for CIOs and technology leaders: professional engagements, learning, advisory, sport and lifestyle.
Learn moreCIO Studio
Where CIOs speak. Technology connects.
The voice of the community: perspectives, conversations and case notes from the people who run India's technology.
Learn moreCIO Foundation
Future social-impact initiative
The giving-back dimension of CIO Lounge, funded by 2% of CIO-vertical revenue.
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