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Hari Kannan

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Vice President, Consulting - Automotive, Manufacturing & Healthcare at Akkodis
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Hari Kannan is the Vice President of Consulting at Akkodis, where he leads the Automotive, Manufacturing, and Healthcare verticals. He focuses on driving growth and operational efficiency by transforming client engagements. Colleagues consistently describe him as a visionary, transparent, and effective leader.

He holds a Diploma in Electronics and Communications.

At his prior role with Cognizant, Hari managed a Cloud services business with P&L responsibility for $200M.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Vice President, Consulting - Automotive, Manufacturing & Healthcare
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Priorities

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IT Transformation
He specializes in transforming client engagements into turn-key, multi-year programs and has deep experience transforming IT service delivery for large pharma and biotech clients.
AI in Manufacturing
Shared interest in learning how AI is shaping manufacturing and transforming industries, indicating a focus on emerging technologies within his vertical.
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Career

Work history

11-2022
Vice President, Consulting - Automotive, Manufacturing & Healthcare
Akkodis
1-2021 - 10-2022
Senior Director, Cloud, Digital Workplace and Security Services
Cognizant
10-2017 - 1-2021
Director & Portfolio Delivery Leader - Cloud, Infrastructure and Security Services
Cognizant
2-2015 - 9-2017
Engagement Director, Infrastructure Services
Cognizant
1-2014 - 1-2015
Associate General Manager - Infrastructure Services
HCL Technologies (Infrastructure Services Division)
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Education
Diploma in Electronics and Communications
Department of Technical Education
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