High-tech Step Up: Former Infosys President Ravi Kumar Named Chief Executive Officer at Cognizant
- The Indian American brings more than two decades of experience in the consulting, process, and technology transformation space to his new role.
Cognizant has named Indian American Ravi Kumar CEO and a member of the Board, effective immediately, the American multinational information technology services and consulting company announced on Jan. 12. He succeeds Brian Humphries in both roles.
Kumar joins Cognizant after a 20-year career at Infosys, “where he held various leadership roles, most recently serving as president from January 2016 through October 2022,” the company said in a press release announcing Kumar’s appointment. In this role, “he led the Infosys Global Services Organization across all global industry segments, driving digital transformation services, consulting services, technology services, engineering services, data & analytics, cloud and infrastructure, and enterprise package applications service lines,” the company added.
In a statement, Kumar said he’s “honored to join Cognizant, a company I have long admired for its dedicated client focus and its track record of innovation.” He said he looks forward “to working with Steve, the rest of the Board, and the leadership team to capture the many opportunities ahead..”
Kumar also serves on the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences and the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
As president, Kumar led the Business Process Management (BPM) Unit and was chair of the Board of Infosys BPM Ltd. He has overseen Infosys business operations in India, Latin America, Japan and China. He has also overseen the Infosys Public Services and Infosys Consulting Services Subsidiaries.
In addition, he championed and pioneered Infosys’ localization initiatives and built technology and digital talent pools in US, Europe & Australia to drive the creation of new Innovation and Digital Technology Hubs through collaboration with clients, the local state governments and academic ecosystems.
Previously, Kumar was the Group Head for the Insurance, Healthcare, and Cards and Payments unit at Infosys, where he drove client services, demand generation, next-generation service offerings, innovation, and a world-class delivery organization to support clients. Kumar also led the Global Delivery organization in the manufacturing industry group. Spanning a global clientele and other new incubating engines, he built the global Oracle and CRM practices for Infosys as well as played diverse roles across organizations within the CRM space for Oracle Corporation, building a next-generation customer relationship management practice at Cambridge Technology Partners.
He currently serves on the boards of directors of TransUnion, where he is a member of the Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration Committee and the Compensation Committee, and Digimarc Corporation, where he serves on the Compensation and Talent Management Committee and the Market Development Committee. Kumar also serves on the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences and the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Kumar earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Shivaji University and his M.B.A. from Xavier Institute of Management, India.