Balakrishna (Bali) D R

Executive Vice President, Global Services Head, AI and Industry Verticals Infosys

• Balakrishna D.R., popularly known as Bali, is an Executive Vice President at Infosys and leads the Industry Verticals and AI and Automation practice globally. Bali has a P&L accountability for a $3 Billion portfolio and is responsible for new service offerings, solutions, platforms, and partnerships. He also drives the adoption of AI and automation in all service offerings and internal functions within Infosys to improve efficiency and drive differentiation.

• Bali has worked with Infosys for nearly 30 years in sales, program management, and delivery roles across different geographies and industry verticals. In previous roles, he led ADM, SAP, and Testing service lines and was the head of the Bangalore development center. He was based out of North America for eight years in the US and Canada and set up Infosys' first Global Development Center in Canada. He has managed several large programs for Infosys for different Fortune 500 clients.

• He is a member and speaks at multiple industry forums and panels, such as NASSCOM, CII, SPE, TM Forum, British High Commission-UK-India Tech Team, and AI Governance in India. He works with multiple universities and startups and has written several thought leadership papers and articles on AI.