Lokesh Bhagchand
Chief Operating Officer - Excelra
- Role
- Chief Operating Officer at Excelra
- Location
- Chennai, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lokesh Bhagchand
Summary Profile 27+ years in Life Sciences IT & Consulting, with a unique dual track of scaling billion-dollar enterprises and transforming niche firms Cognizant: Scaled a $1.5B / 25K FTE LS business as COO & BU Head, North America Agilisium: Designed & executed a transformation blueprint, driving LS to 65% of revenue, doubling run-rate in 8 quartersRecognized by Everest, ISG, AWS; Featured in forums, podcasts, articlesGrowth-oriented, Solution-driven, Collaborative, Win-Win, Culture building mindsetVison & AIM: Align talent, solutions, and services with Generative AI to: Redefine business models & processes Accelerate innovation & speed to market Deliver sustainable measurable valueCore CompetenciesLife Sciences Strategy & Capability BuildoutAgentic AI & Data SolutioningP & L Leadership, Business TransformationClient Engagement, Global Delivery & M&A IntegrationIndustry LinkedIn connections, 150+ Senior execs in Life SciencesRelationship with Pharma stakeholders across AstraZeneca, Abbott, J&J, Novartis, Pfizer, Amgen, Takeda – GCC & GlobalDeep connects with vendors: IQVIA, ZS, Axtria, CitiusTech, Saama, Real Chemistry, Quartz Bio, Endpoint Clinical, MedidataEcosystem: Relationship with AWS, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, VeevaThought LeadershipPanelist: Pharma CXO Roundtable 2025 HyderabadPanelist: Pharma CXO Roundtable 2024 BengaluruKeynote: ATLAS 2024 – Agilisium Labs LaunchWhitepaper: Mastering Data Quality in the Age of GenAI Express Computer 2024Podcast Guest: Trends & Success Stories in Life Sciences
Experience
Chief Operating Officer
Oct 2025 — Present · Chennai, IN
Education
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering
1999 — 2001
Arulmigu Meenkashi Amman college of Engineering
Engineering, Mechanical
1994 — 1998
Skills
- Consulting
- Change Management
- Software Development
- Management
- Business Development
- Project Management
- Governance
- Global Delivery
- Pmp
- Software Project Management
- Project Governance
- Project Planning
- Pre-Sales
- Sdlc
- Resource Management
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