Gaurav Kumar

About Gaurav Kumar

I am a growth oriented professional with nearly 13 years of management Consulting, Business strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Digital transformation, GCC Strategy & operating models, Sustainable Business Development and Business Advisory Experience. I have attained proficiency in providing direction for developing organizational processes, framework, and methodology for various clients.Responsible for defining roadmap of digital transformation for the clients. Conducting IT due diligence, understanding clients business models, digital maturity, existing services, legacy applications, pain points and identifying opportunities to transform the business models, processes and operations to achieve business goals.I have worked extensively on Industry 4.0, merger and acquisition due diligence, improving operational efficiency, enhancing customer experience, creating new revenue streams and business model innovation for the clients by completing the following responsibilities over the years-Defining Digital Transformation strategy for the clients -Creating Go to Market and long to short term business strategy for the client-Conducting landscape review to identify addressable market opportunities for the clients -Assessing and Developing new digital capability -IT due diligence for merger and Acquisition -Conducting Synergy, digital maturity Assessment and creating Digital operating models-Formulating IT, data and Innovation Strategy for the clients -Evaluating degree of digitization, return on digital initiative and cost of containing digital riskMy dexterity lies in capturing As-Is process, Benchmarking, defining long and short term business strategy, creating target operating model, preparing documents, analyzing gaps and implementing solutions. Demonstrated excellence in facilitating industry analysis, capturing emerging organizational and technical trends, publishing the reports along with recommendations, & deploying continuous improvement initiatives in the client’s organization.

Experience

1. Associate Director (Gen Ai, Agentic Ai) & Digital Transformation Strategy at Cognizant Consulting

   Cognizant

   Apr 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical Engineering

  2009 — 2013

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General