Raj is a Co-Founder & Partner of Recognize. Prior to Recognize, Raj spent 22 years at Cognizant Technology Solutions where he held various senior management positions. Most recently, Raj served as President of Cognizant from October 2016 until April 2019. He also served as Group CEO – IT Services from 2013 to 2016 and COO from 2007 to 2011. Raj began his career at Deloitte & Touche and General Electric Information Systems. Raj received an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business and a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Maryland.

Raj currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Virtusa.  Raj also serves on the board of Ciklum, QualiTest, SpringML and Revature.  In addition, Raj previously served as the Chairman of Hexaware, Chairman of SpringML, and on the board of directors of Andela.