Business leader who has led profitable growth of $400 million to $1.5 billion P&L in IT services. Prashant has 20+ years of leadership experience across management consulting, sales and delivery in IT Services across IBM, Cognizant, Wipro and Tech Mahindra. He also has global advisory experience having been consulted by BFSI customers on business transformation, IT strategy, outsourcing and cost optimisation. His leadership roles include Global Head of Insurance @Tech Mahindra, Insurance Industry Leader @IBM, AVP and P&L head in Mid-west US Insurance @Cognizant, Consulting Partner@Wipro among others. He spent 13 years in US across New York and Chicago before coming back to India in Bangalore in 2017.Prashant is recognized as a global thought leader in the Insurance industry especially around application of Web 3.0 technologies like metaverse, generative AI, blockchain, quantum computing, cognitive automation etc. in Insurance and financial services. Prashant is a speaker in various industry forums and has also worked with Silicon Valley and India based startups on application of their Web 3.0 solutions in Insurance. Key Awards and recognitions include 10 most promising business leaders in India in 2000, co-authored a handbook on risk management at ICICI Bank, Best Trainee award at Infosys, multiple recognitions and awards for sales excellence and P&L leadership at Wipro and Cognizant, among others. In 2020, he was inducted into IBM's Industry Academy in recognition of his internal and external eminence in Insurance. He has a MBA from IIM Bangalore and BTech in Chemical Engineering from NIT Trichy.