Manikandan Venkatachalam

About Manikandan Venkatachalam

Global business and technology leader with 20+ years of experience in building and managing global business and technology operations.Digital transformation leader with a deep expertise driving global digital transformation initiatives that enable the business to revolutionize their offerings, create an omni-channel digital experience, and gain a competitive market advantage across the digital stackResponsible for delivering the revenue and TCV Targets ($2B+) across• Digital experience, strategy and design, content and marketing services, e-learning and omnichannel – allowing customers to touch and feel the brand to deliver the ultimate experience• Digital engineering, software and product development to ensure a successful digital transformation • Data, analytics and artificial intelligence to build a strong data and insights layer into business• Internet of things to ensure that they digital world works in the real world by enabling technology like wearables and smart building• Cloud and infrastructure to allow companies to scale their business exponentially whilst managing costsSkillsets:Digital Transformation * Experience Transformation * Consultative Selling * Healthcare * IT Strategy Current Focus Areas:Drive Revenue and TCV growth:• Own the achievement of the Revenue and TCV targets identified for the integrated digital and technology service lines in the Americas for clients in healthcare• Find growth pathways and plans to further deepen the Cognizant footprint within our client base• Stewardship of the shift to selling industry solutions that bring together digital and technology practice capabilitiesComplex Solutioning:• Direct planning and execution of winning sales strategies on complex engagements that address issues such as stakeholder management, competitive differentiation, and pricing to winManage team performance:• Build, direct and inspire a multi-disciplinary team of Service Line Sales Specialists

Experience

1. Vice President, Solutions and Sales Leader - Healthcare

   Cognizant

   Dec 2022 — Present

   Responsible for delivering the revenue and sales targets ($2B+) for the integrated digital and technology solutions covering Software and Platform Engineering, Data and Insights, Cloud, and Enterprise Platform Services.

Education

• Bharathidasan University

  B.E, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Skills

• P&L Management
• Vendor Management
• IT Outsourcing
• Project Management
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Account Management
• Healthcare
• Business Development
• Strategic Planning
• Business Strategy
• Program Management
• Relationship Management
• Outsourcing
• IT Strategy
• Pre-Sales
• Management
• Global Delivery