Anil Cheriyan is Cognizant’s Executive Vice President, Strategy and Technology. Overseeing all aspects of Corporate Strategy, Global IT and Global Security, Anil is responsible for Cognizant’s strategy, alliances and business development, and for strengthening the company’s global IT and security capabilities. Prior to joining Cognizant in August 2020, Anil served as the U.S. Presidential Appointee in charge of Technology Transformation Services, with a mission to improve people’s lives through technology. Prior to his government role, Anil launched Phase IV Ventures, a consulting and advisory firm, advising banks, technology firms and late-stage growth startups. Before that, he served as EVP and CIO of SunTrust Banks and earlier in his career, Anil held senior leadership roles at IBM Global Business Services.
B. Anderson Flatt (Andy) has 38 years of experience with healthcare companies in the Public and Private sector. In addition to his current role as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for National HealthCare Corporation, he has served in executive leadership roles at Corizon Health, Cigna-HealthSpring, AIM HealthCare (now a division of Optum) and Baptist Healthcare System (now a division of Ascension Health). During his career, Mr. Flatt has received national and global recognition as a pioneer in Electronic Health Record development, Large Scale Data Transaction Processing and VoIP telephony and Call Center technologies.