Abbas I

Abbas I is an experienced IT professional currently serving as General Manager and CISO for Business IT at Wipro since May 2021. Prior to this role, Abbas worked at Cognizant from August 2005 to April 2021, advancing through positions including Director, Principal Architect, Senior Architect, and Architect-Technology, where responsibilities included application security solutions and project management for a major financial institution in the US. Abbas's earlier career includes roles at Wipro Technologies as Technical Lead, focusing on identity and access management product development, and as a Software Engineer at Planetbay Technologies, National Aerospace Laboratories, and as a Lecturer at Priyadarshini Engineering College. Abbas holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, completed in 1997.