Mr. Mehta is based in the U.S. and has more than 16 years of operational management experience in the IT industry. Mr. Mehta, who joined Cognizant in 1997, most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cognizant’s Financial Services Business Unit, guiding the group, the largest within Cognizant, to recognized industry leadership. In this capacity, Mr. Mehta has been responsible for sales, business development, client relationship management and full P&L management. Prior to Cognizant, Mr. Mehta was involved in implementing GE Information System’s offshore outsourcing program and also held consulting positions at Deloitte & Touche and Andersen Consulting. Mr. Mehta obtained his BS from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.