<h1><span class="h3">Prasad Sankaran</span></h1> <h5>President – AI Products and Platforms</h5>
<p>Prasad Sankaran is President, AI Products and Platforms at Cognizant. He is responsible for the end-to-end strategy, portfolio management, offerings, implementation and evolution of all Cognizant AI products and platforms. His team transforms the company’s proprietary AI research into market-ready software, incubating new software-based offerings, and deepening partnerships with leading AI technology providers and startups to strengthen Cognizant’s strategic position.</p> <p>Prasad has deep experience in leading and delivering large, complex IT projects across digital, cloud, infrastructure and applications, resulting in balanced technical and business skills. Previously, he served as President, Software and Platform Engineering at Cognizant for four years and led the strategy, offerings, solutions, partnerships, capabilities and delivery for digital engineering, digital experience, application development and management, and quality engineering and assurance.</p> <p>Before joining Cognizant, Prasad was Senior Partner at Bain and Company, a leader in the enterprise technology and private equity practices. Prior to that, he spent over two decades at Accenture, where he rose to the level of Senior Managing Director and held several senior leadership positions including Global Lead for Intelligent Cloud and Infrastructure, Technology Lead of North America and Global Financial Services Lead for Technology.</p> <p>He was also part of the core Accenture team that pioneered the establishment of offshore IT in 2001, which became the foundation of the global delivery model that extended to its network of global delivery centers.</p> <p>Prasad has a master’s degree in management information systems and an MBA in finance from Texas A&M University. He also has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Osmania University.</p>