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TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT ON LIFE SCIENCES

Life Sciences Fusion, a Cognizant Podcast

Insightful explorations of technology’s impact on life sciences with clear perspective, real-world insight and no hype.

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Life Sciences Fusion, a Cognizant Podcast is a new flagship podcast series

Advances in technology are rapidly evolving—including AI and quantum computing. But what’s hype and what’s ripe for real-world applications in science and healthcare?

Life Sciences Fusion, a Cognizant® Podcast is a pragmatic, C-suite show. Signal identified → decision made → outcome proven. No hype. Not just art-of-the-possible. Just what leaders saw, what they did and what was realized. This podcast series is focused on how industry peers and partners are leveraging technology to meet the challenges of change and innovate within a rapidly evolving life sciences environment.

Episode 2

From co-innovation to impact: The Multiplier Effect – Cognizant, NVIDIA and ServiceNow

From co-innovation to impact: The Multiplier Effect – Cognizant, NVIDIA and ServiceNow

In Episode 2, special guest host Gaurav Sharma, Life Sciences Market Innovator at Cognizant, moderates a discussion featuring ServiceNow’s Group Vice President of Global Partnerships & Channels, Ravi Asrani, and NVIDIA’s Principal Product Technical Lead for Enterprise GenAI, Marc Cuevas. The three have convened during a first of its kind tri-party summit between Cognizant, NVIDIA, and ServiceNow in which the three organizations established how to turn AI pilots into scalable programs that deliver trusted operational outcomes at enterprise scale. Focusing specifically on the life sciences industry, the three speakers discuss the co-innovation required to connect infrastructure, intelligence, data, models, agents, governance, workflows and outcomes. Together, Cognizant, NVIDIA, and ServiceNow help bridge the gap between AI ambition and operational impact. The result is the “multiplier effect” where trusted enterprise transformation that improves operational performance, accelerates innovation and helps life sciences organizations adopt AI takes place in a meaningful way.
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Gaurav Sharma

Life Sciences Market Innovator, Cognizant

Gaurav Sharma is a Life Sciences Market Innovator at Cognizant, bringing global leadership experience to complex client relationships and transformation programs. He helps life sciences organizations advance digital transformation by connecting strategy, innovation and execution to measurable business outcomes. Throughout his career, Gaurav has led and managed major life sciences accounts, built trusted stakeholder relationships and guided cross-functional teams through change. His expertise spans account leadership, client engagement, stakeholder management and people leadership. Known for a collaborative, results-focused approach, he works with clients to modernize operations, strengthen capabilities and create lasting value in a rapidly evolving industry across global markets.

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Ravi Asrani

Group Vice President of Global Partnerships & Channels, ServiceNow

Ravi Asrani, a key player at ServiceNow since August 2020, leads a dynamic portfolio of Strategic Global Partners, expertly navigating routes to market. With over 24 years of experience in Enterprise Technology, he excels in Sales, Partnerships, and Consulting within Cloud, SaaS, IoT, Augmented Reality and digital business solutions.

Previously, as Senior Vice President at PTC, Ravi drove significant growth in Global System Integrators and Management Consulting. His 6.5-year tenure at Hitachi Data Systems saw him build a high-performing Global Alliances team that generated substantial new revenues.

Armed with a specialization in Corporate Finance from UC Berkeley and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Mumbai, along with degrees in Electronics and Communications, Ravi combines academic excellence with a proven track record. His visionary leadership and strategic insights make him a driving force in Tech Partnerships and Innovation.

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Marc Cuevas

Principal Gen AI Product Technical Lead, NVIDIA

Marc Cuevas is Principal Product Technical Lead at NVIDIA, where he leads the technical partnership with ServiceNow, helping enterprises operationalize agentic AI. Before NVIDIA, he architected AI for drug discovery and robotic lab automation, drawing on nearly two decades in large-scale distributed systems.

Episode 1

CRMs in the age of AI

CRMs in the age of AI

In this inaugural episode, Bryan Hill, Vice President, Strategy & Transformation for life sciences at Cognizant and Dirk Ilius, Director of Live Sciences at Cognizant, dig into the practical realities of AI adoption in life sciences CRM: How to prime your platform for AI, where to start and how to measure early success before ROI becomes visible. Listen now. Runtime: 22 mins
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Bryan Hill

Vice President, Strategy & Transformation, AI Market Unit Head, Life Sciences, Cognizant

Bryan brings deep expertise in digital strategy and innovation across the health sciences sector, helping life sciences organizations turn emerging technologies into measurable business outcomes.

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Dirk Ilius

Director, Life Sciences, Cognizant

Dirk is a life sciences technology leader focused on CRM modernization and AI adoption, guiding pharma organizations through the operational and strategic complexities of platform transformation.

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