Srini Chari, Ph. D., MBA
Srini is the founder and Managing Partner of Cabot Partners – an IT Analyst and Marketing/Technical Services firm operating since 2006. He has over 25 years of experience in Information Technology and is focused on emerging computing technologies: Analytics, AI/Machine Learning, High Performance Computing and Cloud Computing.
Prior to co-founding Cabot Partners Group, Srini was president and CEO of TurboWorx, Inc., a bioinformatics software company providing workflow solutions for grids and clusters. Before that, he spent 13 years at IBM, where his last position was Program Director, Emerging Businesses, Corporate Strategy. Srini was a start-up member of IBM’s Life Sciences and Healthcare business unit.
Srini now consults extensively with business, scientific, and IT leaders, and serves on the board of several technology start-ups. His clients include IBM, Lenovo, HPE, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Harvard University, RPI, and other public sector and technology organizations. He has published extensively in professional journals, presented at leading professional societies and conferences, and has been quoted in leading business publications including Forbes, the Investor Business Daily, and Bloomberg.
A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, he holds a MS in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics from the University of Texas, and a MBA with distinction in Finance, Management and International Business from the Stern School of Business, New York University. In addition, he has completed Harvard Business School executive programs on strategy and Leadership. He resides in Danbury, Connecticut and enjoys reading, racquet sports, swimming, and hiking.