Education
- MBA, economics and finance, honors, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- BA, computer systems engineering and economic development, Stanford University
Vikas Taneja is the global leader for Partnerships & Alliances at Boston Consulting Group. He previously served as the the global leader of BCG's growth tech business. Vikas is also on the Global Leadership Team of BCG's Technology, Media, & Telecommunications practice, and on the investment committee and advisory board of B Capital, a BCG-affiliated venture fund. Vikas also previously held the position of global head of sales and go-to-market topic for the firm and led BCG's Marketing & Sales practices in the Americas.
Vikas’s commercial focus has been on achieving profitable growth at major corporations. He has led major programs to improve business performance through improving sales productivity, product portfolio improvements, process reengineering, and organization restructuring. Specifically, Vikas has worked extensively with software, technology, and IT services companies on topics such as improving software sales process and compressing turnaround times, sales growth, sales productivity, and metrics.
Prior to joining BCG, Vikas worked at ARCH Technology Partners where he evaluated and helped commercialize new technologies emerging from University of Chicago’s academic labs and medical school. Vikas has also worked in the Information & Technology group at McKinsey & Co.
Vikas previously led the Boston chapter of Pratham, an India-based organization that has worked with over 4 million children to help them achieve literacy and basic mathematics skills.
