Dinesh Kumar is CTO at Mitovia, where he leads the research and engineering of knowledge-driven solutions for planning and managing cost, risk, and value of organizational capabilities, such as digital, security, people competency, and services management. He has over 30 years’ experience in technology business management, strategic planning, value measurement, capability modeling, and governance. Mr. Kumar has a patent pending on capability-driven, service-oriented planning. At Innovation Value Institute, he has developed capability models and practices for managing IT for business value. Mr. Kumar is an Adjunct Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he teaches technology business management and process innovation courses to MBA and MSIS students. He is a founding member and major contributor at The Value Council, a nonprofit organization focused on improving value management practices. Mr. Kumar is coauthor of Achieving and Sustaining Secured Business Operations, which articulates a practical framework for managing cybersecurity capabilities for competitive differentiation. Previously, he held a broad variety of sales, consulting, and management positions at Microsoft, Informix, and Unisys. Mr. Kumar has an MBA from Penn State University and an MS in computer science from Rutgers University. He can be reached via LinkedIn or dineshk@mitovia.com.