Cognizant appoints new chief operating officer

BANGALORE: Tech services and consulting firm Cognizanthas appointed SridharThiruvengadam as its new chief operating officer. In this role, Sridhar will provide strategic leadership for developing the blueprint to strengthen and scale Cognizant's global backbone to meet the future demands of the business.
Specifically, he will be responsible for making the company's people functions, internal systems, technology, and other core infrastructure solid, secure and scalable.
Sridhar has been with the company since its inception and held many leadership positions, anchoring and catalyzing Cognizant's forays into newer growth segments and geographies and building new solution offerings and competencies. The company was originally founded as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet in 1994.
Prior to his current position, Sridhar served as Cognizant's Executive Vice President, providing direction for Cognizant's global delivery network and managing global delivery for several high-growth business units.
Sridhar obtained his Bachelor's degree in engineering from University of Madras, Chennai, and Master's degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.