Rajiv Phougat

Rajiv Phougat is a seasoned Technology Executive with 20+ years of extensive experience and expertise in leading Digital Transformation of businesses by applying leading-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain and Cloud. He currently works at Eli Lilly & Company since February 2019 as the Advisor of Strategy & Architecture in the CTO organization.

Before joining Lilly, he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Automotive Industry at IBM where he led the Digital Transformation of multiple automotive clients by delivering solutions to transform products/service, operations and customer experience, resulting in double-digit revenue growth for IBM. He also served as Technical Strategy Leader of IBM Watson focused on delivering Cognitive Solutions that significantly improved the operational efficiency of businesses and provided a competitive edge. He has held technical leadership positions in many global IT consulting and technology research organizations with responsibilities over multi-billion dollars P& L, several million dollars of budget and large multi-country teams of hundreds of employee.

Rajiv holds an MBA (Kelley School of Business, IU), Master’s in IT and BS in Computer Science. He is an advisory board member at Krenicki Center for Business Analytics & Machine Learning, Purdue University. He is founder and chairman of Any Girl Can – a 501(c)3 NGO focused on girl education & empowerment.