Rajiv Phougat is CTO for Automotive, Aerospace & Defense Industry Solutions at IBM Corporation. He is charged with defining innovative industry solutions and strategy with global OEMs and related clients using cutting edge Technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain&IoT. Before moving in this role, Rajiv was global Technical Strategy Leader for Watson group and designed several Cognitive solutions for clients across different industries. Rajiv also drove technology and operational innovation for a strategic account as Global Technical Advisor and oversaw strategic partnership; technical solution proposals; the integration of various IBM capabilities; deliver integrated and persuasive architectural thought leadership; and the alignment of account sales strategy with client’s business/IT strategy.
Rajiv is “The Open Group”™ Distinguished certified and IBM Thought Leader level certified architect. He is a member of IBM Academy of Technology (http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/academy/index.html) . Rajiv has held several technical leadership roles in IBM since November, 2006. Before joining IBM, Rajiv has worked for several Fortune 100 companies in US, UK and India since 1998.
Rajiv holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Master of Information Technology degree and MBA from Kelley School of Business (Indiana University). He is a board member at Business Information & Analytics Center – Purdue University. He has served on government initiatives, industry advisory boards, and charitable and international academic organizations. He has authored, co-authored and presented numerous papers and articles in international conferences, journals and magazines.