Saibal Sen was born in India where he did his schooling and undergraduate degree in Electronics Engineering. He then moved to England for his Masters in Information Systems from the London School of Economics. His first job was as a software engineer in networking products for Digital Equipment Corporation in UK and France, and later became a technology consultant in the US office.

He transitioned to a Management Consulting job at Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, USA where he provided IT roadmaps for CXO level management for the Global 1000 companies. In 1995 he created his own consultancy firm, KUBER, that specialised in vendor selection and new technology deployment. His current company, ZENeSYS, founded in 2005, specialises in analytics-driven Vendor Management solutions. He lives in the vibrant and historical mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.