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Speaker

Ajit Yeole

Senior Director of Next-Gen Solutions & Accelerators, Life Sciences Manufacturing, Cognizant

Ajit Yeole is a seasoned business leader with 28+ years IT & OT experience spanning manufacturing, quality, & supply chain domains across life sciences and other process industries.
As Senior Director for Life Sciences Manufacturing at Cognizant, Ajit is responsible for strategy, smart manufacturing, developing new service offerings, and digital accelerators targeted towards addressing industry needs. He has been helping clients with advisory, consulting and solution engineering through their Industry 4.0 and IT-OT convergence journey. Ajit also works on engagements around manufacturing and quality, involving emerging technologies such as industrial IoT, advanced analytics, AR/VR & others, using agile and design thinking led approaches, while ensuring successful value delivery to clients. Ajit holds an honours engineering degree in Instrumentation from the University of Mumbai.

Company

Cognizant

Cognizant empowers life sciences manufacturing with cutting-edge digital transformation solutions. Our IT-OT consultancy, system integration and site services excel in batch automation, data infrastructure and intelligence, manufacturing execution systems (MES), labs and digital technologies. By prioritizing speed to value, sustainable innovation and data-driven strategies, we deliver real-time insights for business transformation. We are an expert partner for digital transformation including MES implementations, helping guide clients from concept to production, deliver end-to-end lifecycle management and boost productivity through comprehensive MES support. Utilizing the latest innovations in MES & digital technologies, we design and support digitalization strategies that streamline life sciences manufacturing.