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Karan Chauhan

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Account Executive, Life Sciences at Cognizant
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Karan Chauhan is a strategy and sales professional serving as an Account Executive in the Life Sciences division at Cognizant. Educated at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, he has extensive experience running GTM strategy programs and creating transformation solutions for life sciences organizations in the US market.

He has an expressed interest in how decentralized clinical trials can overcome geographical barriers for patient participation. Karan believes that in the knowledge economy, the investment and acquisition of talent should be capitalized as a core business asset, reflecting a forward-thinking approach to human capital.

Unique fact: He advocates for capitalizing human capital, viewing talent acquisition not as an expense but as a core investment.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Account Executive, Life Sciences
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Karan shows up

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Assertive
Curious

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Priorities

Topics Karan cares about

Life Sciences Transformation
His career, including his current role at Cognizant and previous work at HCL, is focused on creating transformative solutions for Life Sciences organizations.
Decentralized Trials
He highlighted the benefits of decentralized clinical trials in overcoming physical and geographical barriers for patients after a Cognizant virtual summit.
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Career

Work history

12-2020
Account Executive, Life Sciences
Cognizant
4-2019 - 10-2020
Sales Director
Tech Mahindra
11-2017 - 4-2019
Client Partner
Hexaware Technologies
7-2016 - 11-2017
Area Sales Director
HCL Technologies
1-2015 - 6-2016
Senior Business Manager, US Life Sciences
HCL Technologies
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Education
PGDM
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Bachelor of Technology
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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