Ravi Kumar S to join Cognizant

Former Infosys President Ravi Kumar S will be joining Cognizant next year as President of Cognizant Americas. Ravi Kumar S had resigned from Infosys last week. It is reportedly said that Ravi Kumar’s appointment as President could be a precursor to becoming Cognizant CEO in the future.

He was formerly the company’s Deputy COO, and at the time of his resignation, led the Infosys Global Services Organization across all industry segments and drove digital transformation, consulting, traditional technology, engineering, data and analytics, cloud and infra services.

Ravi Kumar has over 20 years of experience in the consulting, process and technology transformation space. Along with him, Cognizant announced the appointment of Prasad Sankaran as the new head of the Software & Platform Engineering practice area.

Ravi Kumar wrote in a LinkedIn post, “During these 20 years, I was blessed to work with wonderful people, great leaders, an extraordinary mix of experiences, running a diverse set of roles globally, imbibed a lifelong learning culture and enjoyed the entrepreneurial spirit of this wonderful platform Infosys. I’m deeply indebted and very grateful to everyone involved in my journey. A lot of friends for life, great experiences, emotional moments, and so many milestones we celebrated together will stay forever in my memories.”