Hareesh Edireswarapu

Hareesh Edireswarapu has over 23 years of work experience. Hareesh is currently the Head of Data Management at VISTRA, a position they have held since July 2021. Prior to that, they worked at Cognizant for a total of 19 years. At Cognizant, their roles included Business Transformation Manager, Business Transformation Champion, AMS CoE - Managed Services Transformation Champion, AMS CoE - MS Engineering & Frameworks, MLEU Delivery Lead, and Oracle Lead for a British multinational energy and services company. Hareesh also had multiple roles in Life Sciences & Healthcare. Before joining Cognizant, Hareesh worked as a Developer at Kumaran Systems and as a Programmer at Chennai Petroleum Corp Limited (CPCL), formerly known as Madras Refineries Limited (MRL).

Hareesh Edireswarapu obtained an MCA degree in Computer Science from the Indira Gandhi National Open University from 2000 to 2002. Prior to that, they completed a GNIIT degree in Computer Science from NIIT from 1995 to 1998. In addition to their degrees, they have obtained several certifications including Digital Business Transformation Management, PSPO1, DevOps Foundation Certification, CSM, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), DevOps Foundation, ITIL Expert, ITIL Expert Managing Across the Lifecycle (ITIL-MALC), ITIL Service Strategy (ITIL-SS), ITIL Continual Service Improvement (ITIL-CSI), ITIL Service Design (ITIL-SD), ITIL Service Operation, and ITIL Service Transition (ITIL-ST).