Satish Lakshmanan

Satish Lakshmanan is a seasoned technology executive currently serving as the Global Partner for Cloud First Data & AI at Accenture, where responsibilities include driving revenue and growth in Data and AI strategy and managing a global team focused on client transformation through AI adoption. Prior to this role, Satish acted as the EVP Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Lumen Technologies, overseeing a $10.5 billion portfolio. Experience at Amazon Web Services includes roles as Chief Revenue Officer for AI and ML, and Managing Director for Global Storage Sales, significantly contributing to the company's growth and market strategy. Additional roles encompass strategic advisory at Quest 2 Excel, leadership at NetApp in Edge IoT and General purpose Storage, after gaining a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.