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ticker: "CTSH"
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company_name: "COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Cognizant appoints Ravi Kumar S as President Americas, Prasad Sankaran as Engineering head

## Summary
- Ravi Kumar S joins as President, Cognizant Americas effective Jan 16, 2023; previously President at Infosys.
- Prasad Sankaran named head of Software & Platform Engineering effective Nov 1, 2022; previously SVP at Bain & Company.
- Kumar brings over 20 years of consulting and technology transformation experience.
- Sankaran brings 25 years at Accenture and leadership at Bain & Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058290-22-000314
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTSH
- cik: 0001058290
- company_name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829022000314/0001058290-22-000314-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829022000314/ctsh-20221017.htm

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