Jai Ganesh, previously with Cognizant Technology Solutions and Infosys, has joined Mphasis as Vice-President and Head of Mphasis Next Labs.
Mphasis Next Labs is a strategic initiative by Mphasis to research and innovate on emergent and future paradigms related to Mphasis’ focus areas through disruptive world class innovations, thought leadership and industry relevant solutions.
In his current role, Ganesh will lead Mphasis Next Labs to focus on disruptive and transformational innovations in the Social, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud), IoT and Automation space through applied research, IP Creation, thought leadership and new product, service, platform and solution development.
Ganesh joins Mphasis from Cognizant Technology Solutions where he was the director, SMAC Solutions. In his role Jai had leadership responsibilities in the SMAC (Social, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud) space across innovation, technology strategy, research, IP Creation, thought leadership and new product development. He led the creation of the Customer Engagement Platform, which is a patent pending Big Data Analytics platform that transforms enterprise decision making.
Ganesh has extensive experience in inventing, conceptualising, building and commercializing successful product and service innovations across SMAC (Social, Mobility, Analytics & Cloud) areas. Mphasis Next Labs will work with Academia, Research Labs, Start-ups and New Technology Partners.
“Jai Ganesh has extensive experience in inventing, conceptualizing, building and commercializing successful product, IP creation and service innovations across SMAC (Social, Mobility, Analytics & Cloud) areas,” Gopinathan Padmanabhan, president, global delivery and HP channel sales stated in a company’s official release.
“I am immensely excited to be part of Mphasis and its strategic initiative-Mphasis Next Labs. With a talented team, we look forward to bringing the best in research and innovation on emergent and future paradigms related to Mphasis’ focus areas and meeting the evolving industry needs”, said newly appointed Jai Ganesh, vice president and head at Mphasis Next Labs.
Ganesh is a PhD from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). He is a recipient of the Chevening Rolls-Royce Science and Innovation Fellowship at the University of Oxford.