AI Strategy Advisor | Board Member | Aspiring Founder
Former Gartner Chief of Research & Fellow
Rajesh Kandaswamy focuses on helping companies with their strategy for AI, generative AI and other emerging technologies. This includes strengthening their business, technology and marketing strategies to exploit AI successfully or maximizing growth in the market for AI products and services.
Rajesh Kandaswamy stands as the go-to expert for decision-makers at large tech companies seeking to enhance their market strategy, sales enablement, and market influence in the AI market. Further, Rajesh’s deep understanding of AI innovation, market strategies, and vendor offerings empowers diverse stakeholders — including executives, product leaders, and investors — to successfully incorporate AI within their organizations.
Prior to becoming an independent analyst, Rajesh had a distinguished ten-year tenure at Gartner. There, he earned numerous accolades and established himself as a thought leader in the technology sector, especially in the realms of AI, fintech, blockchain and future of organizations.
As an industry expert, Rajesh has frequently been quoted in leading publications on topics of AI, fintech, and blockchain. He has been a speaker at numerous industry events including delivering keynote speeches.
Rajesh’s journey has led him through various roles in global banks and consulting organizations. He held senior leadership roles at Citigroup and Bearing Point, where he led digital transformation programs and technology strategy efforts for some of North America’s largest financial institutions. His academic background, a B.E. in Computer Science from the University of Chennai, India, and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan, enriches his comprehensive understanding of technological trends and their business implications.
Media Quotes
- InformationWeek – AI Will Profoundly Impact Tech Products and Services
- Fortune – Meta’s new A.I. is an open-source breakthrough with fine print to freeze out competitors
- CIO – Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services
- information age – The top trends to impact tech providers by 2025 — Gartner
- Yahoo!Finance – There’s no going back on A.I.: ‘The genie is out of the bottle’
- siliconANGLE – Microsoft deepens commitment to OpenAI in Azure cloud and enterprise products with reported $10B stake
- CDOtrends – 3 Fundamentals of Combinatorial Digital Innovation
- VentureBeat – 80% of tech could be built outside IT by 2024, thanks to low-code tools
- The New York Times – The Week in Tech: Facebook’s Crypto Dream Faces Deep Mistrust
