Ashok Pai — CEO
Ashok Pai is Senior Vice President at TCS and heads Enterprise Cognitive Business Operations (CBO). Enterprise CBO service practice at TCS helps customers in their journey towards Autonomous Business Operations by embedded AI to transform the enterprise functions including Finance & Accounting, Supply Chain, Sourcing & Procurement, Human Resources and Customer Experience Management. In the world of Business 4.0, where enterprises must deliver superior business outcomes to grow at an accelerated pace, he leads efforts to reimagine business operations into a strategic differentiator through automation, analytics, contextual insights, and cutting-edge AI technologies. Ashok led the conceptualization and design of TCS Cognix™, an AI driven human-machine collaboration suite of pre-built digital solutions, to drive agility in operations transformation. Having lived and worked across the globe, Ashok brings a strong global perspective, understanding of different cultures and business practices. Ashok is passionate about Yoga and has done his Masters in Science (Yoga) from Swami Vivekananda University (S-VYASA) Bengaluru. He is also an avid long-distance runner and an ultra-marathoner.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 33 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Business Transformation
- Ai Technologies
Career Highlights
- Expert in transforming business operations with AI.
- Led development of TCS Cognix™ for operational agility.
- Strong global perspective with diverse cultural insights.
Work Experience
Tata Consultancy Services
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Cognitive Business Operations (2 yrs 8 mos)
Senior Vice President, Cognitive Business Ops | Digital Transformation Services - New Growth Markets (1 yr 1 mo)
Vice President & Global Head, TCS Cognitive Business Operations (5 yrs 1 mo)
Global Head, TCS Domain Business Process Services (4 yrs)
Chief Operating Officer, TCS Australia & New Zealand (1 yr 3 mos)
Head, TCS APAC Delivery & Operations (3 yrs 9 mos)
Deputy General Manager, TCS Japan (1 yr 9 mos)
Global Operations Leader for a Large Customer Relationship (3 yrs 2 mos)
Business Relationship Manager (3 yrs 2 mos)
IT Consultant (6 yrs 11 mos)
Post-Graduate Trainee (11 mos)
Education
Master of Science - MS at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
Master of Technology at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bachelor of Engineering (Machine Tools) at KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar