Brian Humphries (Irish businessman) explained
Brian Humphries is a businessman who was the CEO of Cognizant.[1]
Education
Brian Humphries was born in the County Wicklow, Ireland.[2] He received his Bachelors of Business Administration with Honors, from the University of Ulster in 1996.[3] [4]
Career
He began his career with Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation. He had various posts at Hewlett-Packard from August 2003 to 2013. He joined Hewlett-Packard in August 2003 as Director of Financial Communications and was raised to Vice President of Growth Markets Organization/Emerging Markets. He also was the President of Enterprise Solutions at Dell EMC from 2013 to 2017. Brian joined Vodafone in December 2016 and was CEO of Vodafone Business from February 1, 2017 to December 2018.[5]
He took over as the CEO of Cognizant in April 2019.[6] Under his leadership, Cognizant witnessed severe voluntary attrition rates of 33 percent and non-voluntary attrition of 37 percent (annualized) [7] [8]
In January 2023, Cognizant replaced Humphries with Ravi Kumar S. as CEO.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Company Overview of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation. 2019-02-14. Bloomberg. 2018-09-10.
- News: Duke . Simon . Steady hand puts Cognizant in pole position for growth . . en . 2022-04-25 . 0140-0460.
- Web site: Brian Humphries . 2019-12-22 . cognizant.com.
- Web site: Tech CEOs that are dominating today's business world . 2022-04-25 . The CEO Magazine . en-US.
- Web site: Cognizant Names Brian Humphries As CEO, Succeeding Company Co-Founder Francisco D'Souza CEO of Vodafone Business, Humphries is a Technology Veteran with Global Perspective and Broad Range of Experience Company Well-Positioned for Continued Success Following D'Souza's 12-Year CEO Tenure; D'Souza to Remain Cognizant Vice Chairman of the Board . News Cognizant.
- Web site: Cognizant quarterly revenue beats estimates, appoints Brian Humphries as CEO. Moneycontrol. 2019-02-06.
- Web site: Cognizant's attrition of 33% is highest in IT services industry. livement.
- Web site: Cognizant does not have enough headcount to fulfill its potential: CEO Brian Humphries . 2022-04-25 . Moneycontrol . en.
- News: Sood . Varun . Behind Cognizant CEO Brian Humphries' abrupt ouster . 22 January 2023 . . 20 January 2023 .
