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10 Cognizant alliances leaders
These ten current and former Cognizant alliances leaders have managed the company's technology alliances and partner ecosystem relationships at director level and above. A reader can learn how alliances leaders work at Cognizant from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alan B.
LinkedInExperience: Director, Strategic Alliances · Cognizant
Director, Strategic Alliances at Cognizant since 2024, after serving as Associate Director, Strategic Alliances (2022–2024); the headline places the role in AI & Analytics. The profile describes creating, implementing and scaling partner-centric go-to-market strategies. Alan B. was earlier Vice President, Channels & Alliances at Ripcord (2018–2022).
Brian Dunay
LinkedInExperience: Global Head, AWS Partnership - Cognizant Global Partner Ecosystem · Cognizant
Global Head, AWS Partnership in the Cognizant Global Partner Ecosystem since 2021, described in the headline as AWS Global Alliance Leader. Brian Dunay was previously Alliance Development Director - System Integrators at Lumen Technologies (2018–2021) and Global Lead Alliance Sales Manager at CenturyLink Business (2017–2018).
Dave McCourt
LinkedInExperience: Director Alliances EMEA · Cognizant
Director Alliances EMEA at Cognizant since 2024, a director-level role based in Valladolid, Spain. Dave McCourt was previously Director Partners & Alliances EMEA at Thirdera (2023–2024) and VP Strategy & Alliances at SilverStorm, now Thirdera (2018–2023), where the listing also shows Chief Operating Officer (2017–2023).
Falk M.
LinkedInExperience: Director SAP and Google Alliance · Cognizant
Director SAP and Google Alliance at Cognizant since 2022, alongside a Director SAP Alliances EMEA role at Cognizant held since 2015; the headline reads Director Strategic Alliances Google, SAP and Salesforce at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Falk M. was earlier Director Strategic Alliances for SAP at Fujitsu (2012–2015).
Jason Uzzell
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Alliances for Industrial IoT Engineering and Sustainability Service Lines · Cognizant
Global Head of Alliances for Industrial IoT Engineering and Sustainability Service Lines at Cognizant since 2022, after serving as Global Director of NextGen IoT Alliances at Cognizant (2021–2022). The profile places the role in Cognizant's Global Partner Ecosystem, whose goal it describes as developing and growing key alliances.
Jennifer Jaremek
LinkedInExperience: Global Head, Microsoft Partnership · Cognizant
Global Head, Microsoft Partnership at Cognizant since 2022, alongside a Director, NextGen Industry Alliances role at Cognizant held since 2020. The profile says the role is responsible for defining partnership strategy and growth initiatives across Cognizant markets and leads business development and industry teams.
Mark Avison
LinkedInExperience: Director Hyperscaler Alliances APJ · Cognizant
Former Director Hyperscaler Alliances APJ at Cognizant (2020–2021), a director-level role based in Singapore. Mark Avison earlier held Channel Sales Director at Icertis (2018–2019) and, at Microsoft, APJ Alliance Director (2011–2014) and Global Channel Account Director (2014–2017).
Robert Mayer
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Strategic Alliances · Cognizant
Former Senior Director, Strategic Alliances at Cognizant (2016–2023), based in Wheeling, Illinois. Robert Mayer was earlier Director of Alliances at Rightpoint (2015–2016) and Director, Alliances at SapientNitro (2007–2015), and the profile describes client management and information technology consulting experience.
Sarita Bahety
LinkedInExperience: Head of Alliances & Partnerships, Data and AI Europe · Cognizant
Former Head of Alliances & Partnerships, Data and AI Europe at Cognizant (2018–2022), after serving as Head of Alliances & Partnerships, Data and AI, UK & Ireland (2013–2017). The profile describes Sarita Bahety as the primary interface with technology partners such as Microsoft, AWS, Google, Databricks and Snowflake for Cognizant's digital business in Europe. The current role is Partnerships & Ecosystem Alliances Leader EMEA at HCLTech.
Svetlana Hill
LinkedInExperience: Director - Strategic Alliances with ServiceNow, Strategic Partnership Group · Cognizant
Director - Strategic Alliances with ServiceNow in the Strategic Partnership Group at Cognizant since 2022. The profile says Svetlana Hill currently leads Americas alliances operations at Cognizant and cites 20+ years leading enterprise operations, alliances and cross-functional teams. The prior role was Director of Global Microsoft Alliances at Softline Group (2018–2022).
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- 01How does an IT services firm plan joint go-to-market work with a hyperscaler or software partner?
- 02How are alliance teams organized across partners, regions and service lines?
- 03How do alliances leaders track the pipeline and revenue a partnership produces?
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