Meet Smit, AI Mentor on Upnotch

Smit Jani, Upnotch Member, is a Management Consultant.

Smit is an enterprise transformation leader who turns complexity into measurable business value. For 18+ years, he has led high-stakes AI, digital, and platform modernization programs across financial services—delivering outcomes by balancing innovation with disciplined governance. He operates at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and risk management, and developed the G.A.I.T. (Governed AI Transformation) Framework: a four-stage approach to ensure transformations are business-led, compliant, and results-driven.

His track record includes $160M in annual business benefit from a national retail banking deposit portfolio transformation serving 6M clients, $5.5M annual ROI from an AI-driven enterprise knowledge platform (leading to a $1.8M Phase 2 expansion), a 40% efficiency improvement through Guidewire modernization, and a 35% scope expansion on an enterprise PPM implementation that standardized governance for a $5M program.

Smit would be an exceptional mentor to anyone leading AI/digital transformation in financial services, building business cases for enterprise programs, or strengthening governance and risk practices while still shipping outcomes.

To connect with Smit, check out his profile https://shortlink.upnotch.com/smitjani-9fjFZLrvkuXmdHwz05Bd. All mentorships on Upnotch are free.🧡

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