Pooja Raikar is a Product Consultant at Cognizant. She is proficient in English, Hindi, Konkani, French and Kannada. Colleagues describe her as "Pooja was always a pleasure to work with - with a ‘can do’ attitude which helped us on multiple occasions in a complex multi year project. She joined mid-project and hit the ground running, needing little to no supervision or direction. I would be happy to endorse her for any role she puts her hand to." and "Pooja started off in a tricky spot with a 2 week transition into her new role with the Stakeholder/ Client Business Owners (BO) Team over a year back. I found Pooja to be a highly motivated self-starter with keen attention to detail. It did not take her long to take on the initiative post-transition. She handled critical pieces which involved adjustment of amounts across the length and breadth of a particular claims system. In a short duration she was facing senior stakeholders across UK, France, US and most other parts of Europe - liaising over their problem statements, driving the initiative from elicitation to sign off and prioritization, handling BAU request coordination, not forgetting - handling a team of developers herself. Her clarity on topics helped both sides of the equation. I have no doubts that she will continue to be an asset to any organization that she chooses to progress with in her career."