Swami Chandrasekaran (@swamichandra) is as an Executive Architect and technical leader in the IBM Watson CTO Office. In this role, he sets & drives the technical agenda for cognitive computing, and works with customers on building IBM Watson-based cognitive, analytics & big data solutions. His team is also responsible for driving the technical strategy around customization / adaptation of Watson for various solutions in key industries, such as healthcare, telecom, public sector and financial services.

Prior to his current role, Swami was the Chief Architect for IBM Software - Business Solutions. Under his leadership, his team worked with several customers in the telecommunications, media & entertainment, and energy & utilities industries on several solutions in the areas of OSS/BSS transformation, Cloud Service Broker, Cloud Storefronts, Digital Media Supply Chain, Mobile Payments, Smart Metering, Real-time & Contextual Campaigns. He has previous experience at Webify, KPMG, BearingPoint and Ericsson Research. He holds a masters in electrical engineering from UT Arlington.