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Hrishi Hrishikesh is a core member of Boston Consulting Group's Technology Advantage practice. He is BCG's global lead for Cloud Transformation and the North America topic lead for Sourcing. He has spent more than 18 years advising several leading clients across North America and Asia on various digital and IT transformation topics. Hrishi's industry experience includes financial services, energy, health care/pharma, retail, and high tech.

Hrishi’s work with clients is informed by his expertise in cloud transformation, technology transformation, outsourcing and offshoring, IT cost reduction, and IT infrastructure transformation. In addition to advising clients on broader technology transformation, Hrishi focuses on enabling large scale digital transformation efforts leveraging the cloud. He also advises clients on technology partner strategy and selection to aid the execution of digital transformation programs.

Prior to joining the firm, Hrishi worked for COMSAT Labs (now part of ViaSat) where he held several positions in technology product management and hardware design engineering.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • MS, computer engineering, Virginia Tech
  • BEng, Government College of Technology, India

Publications and Videos

The Keys to Scaling Digital Value

BCG experts Hrishi Hrishikesh and Karalee Close discuss the keys for scaling digital ability and solutions to create value for all types of transformation.

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The Keys to Scaling Digital Value

Improving digital proficiency requires the right enablers.
When IT Providers Become Your Innovation Partners

When IT Providers Become Your Innovation Partners

Only companies that create ecosystems can count on their IT service providers for innovation, a new BCG global survey reveals.
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IT Monitoring Is Now More Than a Tech Tool. It’s a Business Imperative.

In the digital age, a company is only as healthy as its IT systems.
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Financial Institutions Need to Pursue Their Own Path to the Cloud

Clear signposts point to a different type of journey for financial institutions.
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What’s Your Multicloud Strategy?

In this fast-growing market, clarity on what constitutes an efficient and effective multicloud approach is hard to come by.
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Postpandemic Outsourcing Trends for CEOs

Companies will develop critical digital capabilities in-house, but they will continue to depend heavily on IT service providers, according to a 2020 BCG survey.
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Reduce IT Cost, Not Talent, at a Time of Disruption

Companies should adopt an IT staffing strategy that saves money and increases productivity without sacrificing quality.
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Six Simple Steps Pave the Way to the Cloud

By paying attention to business needs and value, large enterprises can successfully migrate most of their workloads to the cloud.
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For Many Enterprise Applications, the Cloud Is Ready for Prime Time

The cloud’s technical, business, and cost benefits are too compelling to ignore, especially for large and “spiky” workloads.
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Why the Technology Economy Matters

Contrary to popular perception, the technology economy does display a close relationship with GDP, productivity, and other measures of economic health—if you look closely.
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The Power of Technology Economics

To successfully navigate the “technology economy,” senior executives must measure success in the virtual world just as carefully as success in the physical world.