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.