Inspiration Applied - Empowering Beyond 2025

At Empowering Beyond Summit 2025, Kevin S. Parikh redefined the future of globalization, labor, and AI. Far from fading, globalization is evolving—driven by economic gravity and the unstoppable flow of trade, talent, and capital. Kevin challenged fears of AI-driven job loss, instead presenting a future of innovation, specialization, and global value creation. With urgency and optimism, he called on leaders to embrace disruption as a force for progress and to lead the way in shaping an inclusive, tech-enabled global economy.

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Kevin S. Parikh

Chairman & CEO, Avasant | Best Selling Author: Digital Singularity A Case for Humanity

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Speaker Profile

Kevin S. Parikh is the CEO and Chairman of Avasant, a leading management consulting firm which advises the world’s largest companies on Sourcing, Digital and Business Transformation and negotiates over $20 billion annually in technology deals. He is widely acknowledged as a global thought leader, futurist, best-selling author, and regularly speaks on topics of Globalization, Digitalization and Innovation.

Kevin founded Avasant with the underlying mission of empowering people, businesses and communities to reach beyond the status quo and realize their potential to acquire new levels of success. Prior to founding Avasant, he has worked across both the for profit and non-profit sectors, as well as the public sector where he served as a Presidential Appointee and Lawyer to the United States Government.

An avid philanthropist, and Chairman of the Avasant Foundation, Kevin is dedicated to initiatives that support disadvantaged youth and women empowerment. Through the Foundation over 27,000 jobs have been created for youths to participate in the digital economy.

Expertise:

Sourcing
Digital Transformation
Technology and Innovation
Business Transformation
Sustainability
Leadership

Videos

Explore a collection of insightful video recordings featuring Kevin Parikh as he shares his expertise, deliver thought-provoking keynotes, and participate in engaging discussions on a wide range of topics covering innovation, transformation, and technology.

Kevin S. Parikh, Chairman and CEO, Avasant | EBS25 - Inspiration Applied

Kevin S. Parikh, Chairman and CEO, Avasant | EBS24 - Enlightened Disruption

Reimagining The Future: Entrepreneurship in the Imagination Age | TiE Global Summit 2024

Digital Talent & The Workforce of the Future

Kevin S. Parikh, Chairman and CEO, Partner Connect 2023 - A New Era For Strategic Sourcing

Kevin S. Parikh, Chairman and CEO, Avasant EBS23 - Imagination to Action

Avasant EBS22 Kevin S. Parikh: Journey To The Imagination Age

The Rise of the Imagination Age: Kevin S. Parikh Keynote from Empowering Beyond Digital 2021

Kevin S. Parikh: Digital Singularity - A Case For Humanity

Publications and Features

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