Chengappa leads the CIO Business function for CGI APAC, managing and implementing IT Infrastructure and corporate projects. He has over 30 years of IT industry experience in various roles, such as infrastructure management, automation, end-user services, telecom services, and application maintenance.

Chengappa holds an engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal. He is a Nortel Networks Certified Engineer, a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, and a PRINCE2 Practitioner.