Salil Punalekar
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John Walters
Salil and I have worked on over a dozen of the most strategic, high value and platform based deals generating over $5B in total contract value in the last several years. We have known each other for about 8 years and I have reported to Salil as part of Cognizant’s global BPaaS (Business Process as a Service) sales capability. He is an outstanding leader and has created a collaborative and productive environment. Salil is a strategic thinker and is excellent at working with C-level executives. He has an ability envision a business solution and understand the implications on required capabilities and capital investments. Salil has created some very lasting relationships inside and outside of Cognizant and has created a strong team environment where everyone sees and feels their contribution. I would highly recommend Salil for his understanding of people, his grasp of business concepts, emerging markets as well as his strong ability to lead.
Raj Krishnamurthy
If consulting is "art", Salil is "Da Vinci". His extraordinary ability in framing and strategizing complex, macro challenges, providing meaningful outcomes and creating trusted partnerships with C-level executives makes him one of the best in this domain. I have learnt a lot from him and I certainly look forward to such an opportunity again.
John Walters
Salil and I have worked on over a dozen of the most strategic, high value and platform based deals generating over $5B in total contract value in the last several years. We have known each other for about 8 years and I have reported to Salil as part of Cognizant’s global BPaaS (Business Process as a Service) sales capability. He is an outstanding leader and has created a collaborative and productive environment. Salil is a strategic thinker and is excellent at working with C-level executives. He has an ability envision a business solution and understand the implications on required capabilities and capital investments. Salil has created some very lasting relationships inside and outside of Cognizant and has created a strong team environment where everyone sees and feels their contribution. I would highly recommend Salil for his understanding of people, his grasp of business concepts, emerging markets as well as his strong ability to lead.
Raj Krishnamurthy
If consulting is "art", Salil is "Da Vinci". His extraordinary ability in framing and strategizing complex, macro challenges, providing meaningful outcomes and creating trusted partnerships with C-level executives makes him one of the best in this domain. I have learnt a lot from him and I certainly look forward to such an opportunity again.
John Walters
Salil and I have worked on over a dozen of the most strategic, high value and platform based deals generating over $5B in total contract value in the last several years. We have known each other for about 8 years and I have reported to Salil as part of Cognizant’s global BPaaS (Business Process as a Service) sales capability. He is an outstanding leader and has created a collaborative and productive environment. Salil is a strategic thinker and is excellent at working with C-level executives. He has an ability envision a business solution and understand the implications on required capabilities and capital investments. Salil has created some very lasting relationships inside and outside of Cognizant and has created a strong team environment where everyone sees and feels their contribution. I would highly recommend Salil for his understanding of people, his grasp of business concepts, emerging markets as well as his strong ability to lead.
Raj Krishnamurthy
If consulting is "art", Salil is "Da Vinci". His extraordinary ability in framing and strategizing complex, macro challenges, providing meaningful outcomes and creating trusted partnerships with C-level executives makes him one of the best in this domain. I have learnt a lot from him and I certainly look forward to such an opportunity again.
John Walters
Salil and I have worked on over a dozen of the most strategic, high value and platform based deals generating over $5B in total contract value in the last several years. We have known each other for about 8 years and I have reported to Salil as part of Cognizant’s global BPaaS (Business Process as a Service) sales capability. He is an outstanding leader and has created a collaborative and productive environment. Salil is a strategic thinker and is excellent at working with C-level executives. He has an ability envision a business solution and understand the implications on required capabilities and capital investments. Salil has created some very lasting relationships inside and outside of Cognizant and has created a strong team environment where everyone sees and feels their contribution. I would highly recommend Salil for his understanding of people, his grasp of business concepts, emerging markets as well as his strong ability to lead.
Raj Krishnamurthy
If consulting is "art", Salil is "Da Vinci". His extraordinary ability in framing and strategizing complex, macro challenges, providing meaningful outcomes and creating trusted partnerships with C-level executives makes him one of the best in this domain. I have learnt a lot from him and I certainly look forward to such an opportunity again.
Experience
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Shift Technology
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France
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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400 - 500 Employee
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Head of Healthcare
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Oct 2021 - Present
Building the most powerful AI-native Improper Payment Detection platform for US health plans. Shift's technology is enabling health plans to unlock exponential value from the data. By combining deep healthcare expertise and world-class AI capabilities, Shift Healthcare is helping drive meaningful financial impact, dramatically enhanced member engagement, and highly curated provider networks for health insurers. Building the most powerful AI-native Improper Payment Detection platform for US health plans. Shift's technology is enabling health plans to unlock exponential value from the data. By combining deep healthcare expertise and world-class AI capabilities, Shift Healthcare is helping drive meaningful financial impact, dramatically enhanced member engagement, and highly curated provider networks for health insurers.
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Scienaptic AI
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United States
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Board of Directors
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Jan 2015 - Present
Scienaptic's AI decisioning platform is disrupting the current lending landscape through sharper AI, ML credit underwriting technologies that offer better credit decisions for financial institutions, dramatically enhancing their ability to drive growth and reduce loss ratios. Scienaptic's AI decisioning platform is disrupting the current lending landscape through sharper AI, ML credit underwriting technologies that offer better credit decisions for financial institutions, dramatically enhancing their ability to drive growth and reduce loss ratios.
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Skit.ai
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Investor & Advisory Board Member
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Jul 2018 - Present
Skit.ai is an AI-First SaaS platform driving enhanced customer experience through intelligent voice conversations. skit.ai platforms utilize cutting edge speech recognition & NLU technology and enables enterprises to convert audio to text by applying powerful neural network models in an easy-to-use API. Skit.ai is an AI-First SaaS platform driving enhanced customer experience through intelligent voice conversations. skit.ai platforms utilize cutting edge speech recognition & NLU technology and enables enterprises to convert audio to text by applying powerful neural network models in an easy-to-use API.
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Locus
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Investor
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Nov 2017 - Present
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Session AI
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Investor
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Nov 2015 - Present
An AI-driven personalization platform that helps companies understand and respond in-the-moment with timely and relevant 1:1 visitor and customer engagements. An AI-driven personalization platform that helps companies understand and respond in-the-moment with timely and relevant 1:1 visitor and customer engagements.
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Oak Lane Partners
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Operating Partner
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Dec 2018 - Present
With access to flexible capital, innovative transaction structures, seasoned operators and vast strategic networks, Oak Lane seeks debt and equity investment opportunities backing capable management teams and supporting strategically viable businesses across industries and geographies and throughout any stage of the business cycle to achieve transformative operational and financial improvements and capture renewed growth, scale and market positioning opportunities. With access to flexible capital, innovative transaction structures, seasoned operators and vast strategic networks, Oak Lane seeks debt and equity investment opportunities backing capable management teams and supporting strategically viable businesses across industries and geographies and throughout any stage of the business cycle to achieve transformative operational and financial improvements and capture renewed growth, scale and market positioning opportunities.
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ANSR
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India
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Business Consulting and Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Executive Advisor
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Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
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Head of Global Business & Corporate Development
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Mar 2020 - Aug 2021
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Cognizant
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Vice President
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Jan 2015 - Mar 2020
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Senior Vice President
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Jan 2010 - Dec 2014
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Genpact
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Vice President
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Aug 2008 - Jan 2010
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Cognizant
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President, Continental Europe
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Jan 2006 - Aug 2008
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Director, Healthcare Practice
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Mar 1999 - Dec 2005
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IBM
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Manager
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1997 - 1999
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Microland Limited
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Major Account Manager
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1996 - 1997
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Larsen & Toubro
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India
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Engineer, Offshore Oil Platforms
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1991 - 1994
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Education
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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
MBA, Marketing & Operations -
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical