Srikanth Chakkilam
Executive Director & CEO
Under the able stewardship of Srikanth Chakkilam, Cigniti has grown strength-to-strength and become a global leader in AI and IP-led Digital Assurance and Digital Engineering services. As Executive Director & CEO, Srikanth is responsible for driving Cigniti’s global growth strategy, help set organizational goals and direction, and provide insights to build lasting relationships with clients, partners & investors.
Previously, as an Non-executive Director & CEO of Cigniti Technologies Inc., Srikanth spearheaded Cigniti’s expansion into diverse geographies including U.K., EU, CEE, ANZ, SA, Middle East and APAC regions. Under his leadership, the revenues from these regions grew exponentially over the years. Srikanth works closely with Global Marketing team at Cigniti to orchestrate great customer experiences for our clients. Recognized globally as a thought leader, he recently won the “CEO of the Year” award at the Future Leaders Summit & Awards 2018 in Mumbai, India.
As much as Srikanth is dedicated to building a reliable and sustainable brand, he is also very passionate about giving back to the community. At Cigniti, Srikanth drives Project Cignificance which has an objective to impact 1 Million+ lives using technology enabled education as an enabler & to improve education standards in under equipped/funded schools in Telangana, India.
Srikanth is an alumni of the University of Southern California where he worked closely with Barry Boehm, one of the legends of software engineering and quality. He also holds a Graduate Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering.