Emids Ropes in Tech Mahindra Veteran Abhishek Shankar as CEO
Emids, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for the healthcare and life sciences industries, announces the appointment of Abhishek Shankar as its new Chief Executive Officer. Abhishek has more than two decades of extensive experience in driving innovation and delivering enterprise-wide technology modernization, especially in healthcare and technology sectors.
Previously, he served as President, Communications Business, Americas at Tech Mahindra. He was able to make a name for himself in this role by supporting various global technology service providers —planning and executing large-scale digital transformation initiatives. Before this, Abhishek served as Senior Vice President at HCL, leading the Technology and Life Sciences Americas business to establish it as a market leading enterprise studio.
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"The rapid evolution of digital solutions in recent years has created an unprecedented opportunity for transformation in the healthcare and life sciences industries,” said Abhishek. “Emids is strongly positioned to guide organizations through this frontier, particularly as AI revolutionizes healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. I am thrilled to lead Emids into this next chapter of purpose-driven growth and innovation, where we will continue to partner with visionary healthcare organizations to create solutions that not only drive efficiency and accessibility, but fundamentally reimagine what's possible with patient care.”
Under Abhishek’s leadership, Emids, which was founded in 1999 and headquartered in Nashville, is set to accelerate digital adoption and transformation across the healthcare ecosystem by further strengthening its AI, interoperability, and cloud-driven solutions to enhance efficiency across organizations and improve patient outcomes.
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“With Abhishek’s deep expertise supporting companies undergoing significant growth and digital transformation, we will continue to generate outsized positive outcomes for patients in this increasingly complex healthcare landscape,” said Saurabh Sinha, Founder and Chairman of Emids. “We are thrilled to welcome Abhishek to Emids, and we are excited to work with him to further our mission of advancing the future of health through technology innovation.”