3AI Team

Sameer Dhanrajani
CEO

Professional Assignments Snapshot:

CEO, 3AI 

CEO – AIQRATE advisory & consulting 

Chief Strategy Officer – Fractal Analytics 

Global Business Leader, Analytics & Data Sciences – Cognizant Technology Solutions

Country Head – Fidelity National Financial India

Vice President, Analytics – Genpact 

Professional Highlights: 

5 times TEDx speaker 

Author: Analytics & AI – Accelerating Business Decisions, published by Wiley (2018) 

Series Editor: Wiley Innovation Black Book (2020 & 2019) 

Awards & Recognitions: Top emerging voices of India at #9 by YourStory, “Most Influential Strategy Leader” by World Marketing Congress – Digital & Mobile Summit, Top influential AI leaders by Forbes Council, NASSCOM, TDWI, Predictive Analytics World & SSON, “Outstanding Leadership Award” at India Human Capital Summit and “Exemplary Leader Award”, Asia Pacific HRM Congress

External Affiliations: Steering committee member – NASSCOM AI & IoT Council , NASSCOM Sector Skill Council, AI & Digital – Steering committee – CII, AI Chair – IET

Contributing Writer: Forbes, VentureBeat, Business World, YourStory, Telangana Today 

Professional Accomplishments:  

Sameer is a globally recognized AI advisor, business builder, evangelist, thought leader & influencer known for his deep knowledge, strategic consulting & transformational approaches in AI & Analytics space. Sameer has consulted with several Fortune 500 global enterprises, Indian corporations, GCCs, startups, SMBs, VC/PE firms, BPM & Consulting firms in driving AI led strategic transformation and innovation strategies. He has a rich and proven experience of building and scaling AI businesses and practices, securing large AI & Analytics engagements & deals and creating significant client impact.

A fast tracker professional with 23+ years of different genres of industry experience, Sameer has donned various leadership roles in consulting, GCCs, bell-weather technology organizations, BPM providers and pure-play analytics firms to help deliver transformative and innovative AI & Analytics advisory offerings and consulting offerings to several CXOs and senior leaders. 

Previously, Sameer was Chief Strategy Officer at Fractal Analytics. He was responsible for creating differentiated AI & Analytics capabilities, growth segments & geographies, curating strategic roadmaps for CXO transformational capabilities, driving strategic investments ; inorganic growth thru M&A , partnerships and alliances , open innovation; lead high-priority growth initiatives and help Fractal clients on AI-led transformation of their businesses . 

In his previous assignment, Sameer was Global Business Leader for Cognizant analytics and data sciences at Cognizant Technology Solutions. He pioneered the Customer, Risk & Operations Analytics framework (CRO) at cognizant analytics and data sciences to help clients realize transformative value from data detonation encircling enterprises and enable accelerated business impact. Under his leadership, Cognizant Analytics became a leading market player in the analytics market space with 3400 analytics professionals and an exemplary broad-based structure with exhaustive repertoire of services framework, consulting methodologies, solutions and platforms spanning the advanced analytics & data science spectrum serving 180 clients across geographies and executed 3000+ analytics & data sciences consulting projects and engagements As senior steering leadership committee member, Sameer provided the pivotal strategic direction and execution led insights to galvanize Cognizant Analytics run better & run different.

Prior to Cognizant, Sameer was the Country Head at Fidelity National Financial and pioneered India’s first Global Capability Center (GCC) to be based on non-linear growth model with platform-based value propositions and developed Fidelity India into a hub of customer delight, delivery innovation, and operational dexterity. Before Fidelity, he worked as Vice President – Analytics for Genpact.

Known for his passion for Artificial Intelligence & Analytics, Sameer is a huge influencer in this space and is a well-recognized keynote expert, moderator and speaker at several global industry forums and conferences. Sameer has been frequently quoted across business media and news publications and is recipient of multiple awards and recognitions. Sameer is also associated as AI advisor on AI policy matters with NASSCOM, CII, ASSOCHAM and state governments and is instrumental in leading the effort for positioning India as a premier destination in AI. He is a well-known contributor in the academia space.