Girish is a Vice President within Cognizant Consulting and he leads the Consulting business for the Consumer, Retail and Manufacturing businesses for the Americas. Girish is an experienced professional in the CPG/Retail industry with a deep understanding of these domains. In a career spanning close to 30 years, he has handled key leadership roles in the industry as well as on the consulting side across North America, Middle East and Asia. He joined Cognizant in 2008 and has over the years led several large transformational programs for some of the world’s largest companies. Prior to Cognizant, Girish worked with leading multi-national firms like PepsiCo, Marico and Manhattan Associates. In recent years he has built a strong Digital supply chain transformation practice helping customers adapt to the rapid changes driven by the new digital economy. He has been working with customers on transformational programs in the area of Omni channel commerce, supply chain, sales and marketing, smart manufacturing etc.