Sesh Tirumala

Chief Information Officer, Western Digital

Search every verified Sesh Tirumala interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Sesh Tirumala, Chief Information Officer at Western Digital, has discussed revenue leakage and cybersecurity in recent podcast appearances. In a January 2025 podcast, he defined revenue leakage as an unintentional loss of revenue often caused by operational inefficiencies, system issues, or siloed departments. He stated that companies should connect different departments and processes, and that "all roads lead to data," emphasizing the need to examine data, improve processes, and automate. He cited examples such as discrepancies in usage-based billing and challenges in managing pricing and discounting as common sources of leakage. In a September 2024 podcast, Tirumala discussed cybersecurity, noting that when he joined Western Digital a year prior, the company experienced a cyber incident. He stated that a key lesson was that security depends on "people, process, and technology" and that "unless you get all three legs of the stool in order, you're never safe." He also described his responsibilities as including IT, security (with the CISO reporting to him), data and analytics, and factory IT systems. He identified risk and compliance, particularly cybersecurity, as his top priority and outlined a focus on operational excellence, employee experience, and exploring business model shifts such as as-a-service offerings.