Michael has 35 years of experience serving clients in a variety of roles and is currently the SVP, Head of Cognizant Consulting Americas. In this role, he oversees a 3,000+ person consulting organization that drives an industry-based agenda infused with leading-edge processes and technology capabilities for Fortune 500 firms. Cognizant Consulting’s priorities focus on helping clients implement digital transformations and accelerate their growth by creating new operating and business models.

In addition, he is responsible for crafting the overall strategic plan for the unit focused on bringing together the market elements and industry capabilities into a cohesive strategy, including the overall M&A strategy. To drive this strategy, he is focused on enhancing overall client-centricity focus in the Americas, including the account model and coverage.

He joined Cognizant from IBM Global Business Services (GBS), where he was the Senior Client Partner on the Vodafone/IBM Cloud Venture. This venture focused on innovative market solutions bringing together the connectivity and multicloud strengths of the two organizations.