In this podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Vikrant Viniak, Senior Managing Director of Accenture and a prolific speaker on Technology at the frontier, shares his career journey

• Started as a mechanical engineer in the areas of supply chain. After taking his management degree in Chicago he chose to become a consultant
• Shares his reasons for reinventing himself every 3-5 years and starts the root cause for it
• Talks about personal board of directors creating mentors around and why one need to reach their own potential
• Talks about pushing himself physically, mentally and professionally by continuous improvement on oneself
• Vikrant shares the art of building Reseliance by creating a beautiful 15 min ‘me’ time over a period of time
• Vikant shares his belief that he likes to listen from each and every person he comes in contact with. This helps in learning and unlearning in a more seamless way
• Also he’s found his passion in physical fitness 
• His Ethos, As written by Robert Frost - The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. 
• Vikrant shares his stories in taking and receiving feedback and it has also helped to become more genuine 
• Vikrant shares how he has applied rapid changes that are happening and expectation of business leaders on where technology is heading. He shares how he keeps up with the rapid pace of learning
• Vikrant shares his key wisdom around being kind to yourself, learning and constantly learn to unlearn

Vikrant V is a Senior Managing Director in Accenture for the last 16+ years. In his current role as Senior Managing Director at Accenture Strategy, he has worked in Telecom, Media and Technology Industry. He’s a dynamic business leader who is passionate about challenging myself to solve complex problems using creative thinking; bold and iconoclastic action; and data-driven analysis and decision making. He enables his clients with their most strategic imperatives including Digital Transformation, Driving Growth through Digital Operating Models, Everything As a Service (EaaS) transformations, ESG, and Strategic Partnerships.

An avid runner and fitness enthusiast who loves people and technology. In his professional and personal life, he has committed to going the extra mile in supporting, mentoring and coaching people to achieve their goals. I like to push my physical and intellectual boundaries.

Vikrant started his career as a software engineer in Wipro and moved to become a supply chain consultant. After completing his management graduation in Quinlan School of Business, Loyola university in Chicago, he became a consultant. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering in NIT Trichy, India.   

Vikrant can be contacted here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikrantviniak/ or 

Follow in twitter - https://twitter.com/vviniak?lang=en