Spandan Mahapatra

About Spandan Mahapatra

TCS Leader within AI & Data and AI Service Transformation strategic leadership Team. Driving Agentic AI architecture, new use cases adoption at Customers, AI in BPS, AI in SaaS implementations. Responsible for North America recruitment for Agentic AI architects and engineers. Responsible for key strategic partnerships led business growth.Leadership role within Cognite’s Impact Leadership Team Leading industry innovation, industry templates, solutions, and focus on Cognite Atlas AI, Design and development of Multi- Agent Systems using Cognite Data Fusion and Atlas AI, Cognite Academy and community, Cognite Tool kit, Cognite marketplace. Working on the exciting intersection between global customer success and global delivery, product, and sales.In the past responsible in CTO roles for Architecting and propelling the development of STL Digital\'s Generative AI solutions fabric, developing new techniques and innovations on open-source platforms and libraries, including OpenAI\'s software, open-source Gen AI libraries on Hugging Face, Hyperscaler Gen AI services.Led the establishment of the Cognitive Center of Excellence at TCS\' Business Solutions Lab in collaboration with IBM Watson and subsequently all major leading Data, Analytics & PaaS software including Snowflake, Cloudera, Splunk, MapR, Cloudera, Red Hat Open Shift, driving the adoption of cognitive AI technologies across diverse customer transformation projects.I have harnessed Gen AI innovations early to fast track innovations and created IP for STL Digital and developed a differentiated point of view and set of solutions for the market. In multiple projects I have delivered embedded AI for creating innovative solutions across various sectors, enhancing customer engagement and operational efficiencies.I have incubated the team to utilize GPT, CNNs, and Transformer-based models for the development of knowledge bases and multi-modal experience applications, achieving advancements in AI-driven product and service offerings.With over 25+ years of experience in the Consumer, High Tech, Healthcare, Insurance & Financial Services industry, I am passionate about driving digital transformation and innovation for clients across various domains.I have a major passion for planting native large trees.

Experience

1. Ai & Data Leader, Vice President at Tata Consultancy Services

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Apr 2025 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   TCS Leader within AI & Data and AI Service Transformation strategic leadership Team. Driving Agentic AI architecture, new use cases adoption at Customers, AI in BPS, AI in SaaS implementations. Responsible for 1)North America recruitment for Agentic AI architects and engineers. 2) key strategic partnerships led business growth3) AI & Data Pipeline, Revenue and Customer Innovation4) AI for Business across all strategic industries

Education

• Bachelor of Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India

  BE, Bachelor of Engineering

  1993 — 1997

• MBA (School of International Business), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

  MBA, Supply Chain Management, International Trade, eBusiness

  1997 — 1999

Skills

• Project Management
• Erp
• Pre-Sales
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Itil
• Sap Erp
• Business Process
• Business Analysis
• IT Strategy
• Business Process Improvement
• Analytics
• Leadership
• Sap R/3
• Software Development
• Sdlc
• Project Delivery
• Databases
• Enterprise Software
• Requirements Analysis
• Sap
• Strategy
• Management
• Business Transformation
• Business Intelligence