Allen Shaheen

Allen Shaheen Executive Vice President and Corporate Officer at Cognizant Virginia Beach, Virginia Connect Connect with Allen Shaheen Cognizant Harvard University See contact info 500+ connections Executive Vice President at Cognizant. Leading the planning and growth of Cognizant's North American Digital Hubs, member of Cognizant's Executive Leadership Group, Cognizant Corporate Officer, and board member of the Cognizant US Foundation. Previously Global leader of Cognizant's Mergers and Acquisitions, Global Markets Leader, Enterprise Applications Solutions Practice (CRM, HCM, SCM, SAP, Oracle, SalesForce and Pega) Global Markets Leader, Quality Assurance and Engineering Practice European Delivery General Manager and interim General Manager for German business. Founder and Owner Taras Consulting - Management Consulting and IT Solutions Planning and Implementation. Founder and Executive Vice President Cambridge Technology Partners 1985 thru 2000. Member of the management team that launched the Cambridge IPO in 1993, 1999 Revenues $650M, Purchased by Novell 2001 CEO ArsDigita Corporation 2000 to 2002. Private venture backed Open Source enterpise software. Sold to RedHat February 2002 Director Education Services Bolt, Beraneck and Newman Software Products Corporation Teaching Staff Harvard University Extension School 1985 Specialties: Executive Management, Management and IT Consulting, Negotiation and Change Management. Special interest in producing workforce development programs for students and mid career professionals with limited access to information technology. The goal of these programs being to reskill talent and provide that talent with the IT skills necessary for them to realize opportunities within the digital economy. Show less Show less of Allen’s summary Highlights Reach out to Allen for... Probono consulting and volunteering, Joining a nonprofit board. Message Allen Activity 10,839 followers No alt text provided for this image Congrats Leo. Allen commented Barcelona from the air Fantastic view. Who wouldn’t want to be there? Allen commented No alt text provided for this image It was a great event and I was proud to see the partnership and solutions that the team has built with and for Stanley Black & Decker. #cognizant Allen commented Cognizant @ Manufactory 4.0 - Stanley Black & Decker Innovation Day Yes. It is me. I was very impressed with what Stanley Black & Decker has done with the launch of their state of the art manufacturing center in Hartford. And especially proud of our #cognizant team for architecting and doing the data extraction for this IoT solution. Allen replied to a comment See all Experience Cognizant Executive Vice President Company NameCognizant Dates EmployedFeb 2006 – Present Employment Duration13 yrs 4 mos LocationTeaneck, NJ Executive responsibility for Cognizant Mergers and Acquisitions. Taras Consulting Owner Company NameTaras Consulting Dates EmployedFeb 2002 – Feb 2006 Employment Duration4 yrs 1 mo Change management and organizational alignment. Facilitate accelerated organizational decision making. ArsDigita CEO Company NameArsDigita Dates Employed2000 – 2002 Employment Duration2 yrs Cambridge Technology Partners Executive Vice President Company NameCambridge Technology Partners Dates Employed1985 – 1999 Employment Duration14 yrs Managed and grew our international business over 100% in 3 years. Launched operations in India and Japan. Integrated three acquisitions into the organization to expand in Switzerland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Cambridge Technology Group Vice President Company NameCambridge Technology Group Dates Employed1985 – 1989 Employment Duration4 yrs Harvard University Teaching Assistant Company NameHarvard University Dates Employed1985 – 1986 Employment Duration1 yr Teachnig assistant for 'Discrete Mathematics for Computer Sciences' at the Harvard Extension School Show fewer experiences Education Harvard University Harvard University Degree NameBachelor's Degree Field Of StudyEngineering and Applied Sciences Dates attended or expected graduation 1980 – 1985 Activities and Societies: Harvard Project on Negotiations (Harvard Law School) Harvard Arab Students Society Harvard Project on Conflict Resolution (Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)