Digital Engineering

Gaurav has more than 2 decades of experience focused on complex, transformational change across key industries, including Manufacturing, CPG, Energy, Utilities and Lifesciences and has held leading positions driving the change agenda. His experience in establishing business transformation tenets early stage, allow him to envision and define an end state strategy which can be operationalized.

As an ISG Partner, leading the Digital Engineering advisory, towards transformation programs which increasingly are assuming the shape of “Engineering led Digital transformation”, he will focus on building on the strong enterprise advisory & sourcing platform that ISG has and extend it towards the business-driven priorities. Gaurav and his team support both our Industry/Verticals and regions towards our direct-to-client models, including onshore and offshore resources.

Prashant Kelker is Chief Strategy Officer of ISG, Partner of ISG Americas Consulting and a member of the ISG Executive Board (IEB). He was named to the IEB in January 2023. Prashant was appointed Chief Strategy Officer in 2018, responsible for developing the firm’s three-year strategic blueprint, and he was instrumental in the development of our highly successful ISG NEXT operating model in 2020.

In January 2023, he was named to the expanded role of Partner, Americas Consulting, bringing together all our advisory capabilities in the region to support our commercial and public sector clients in response to the growing convergence of digital technology and enterprise operating models, business processes and revenue-generating connected products and services.

Prashant joined ISG in 2012 from Accenture, initially working for our DACH business and based in Germany. He moved with his family to the United States in 2018. Prashant earned his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore and a BE in electronics from Bangalore University in India.

What she does at ISG

Ola Chowning is thrilled to solve her clients’ complex business problems with technology—truly. Whether it’s time to dramatically change your entire business model or respond to rising competitive pressures, she takes what could be a daunting process and molds it into an exciting journey, ultimately helping you transform your business and better connect you with your customers.

Past achievements for clients

• She advised a partially transformed logistics company (that had a pervasive, costly architectural sprawl issue) to create standards, guardrails and integrated roadmaps to promote efficiency and velocity using what was currently working well. Ola helped spark synergies among the teams impacted, and in only eight weeks, teams saw as much as a 200% increase in their throughput.

• On a tight deadline and limited budget, she applied Agile and modern delivery model principles to convert a brick-and-mortar's business model (with legacy systems and cumbersome practices that were seemingly incompatible with a more collaborative way of working) into a modern digital setting.

David Lewis is a seasoned technology research and advisory executive with significant experience helping clients navigate turbulent market conditions and achieve significant and sustainable cost reduction across Technology and Business Operations functions. He works across all industries helping enterprises develop and execute integrated holistic cost optimization strategies that are actionable. His cost optimization work is supported by ISG’s market leading data and delivered rapidly in a self-funding fashion. David has worked with Fortune 1000 companies across industries on large scale transformational initiatives and digital and disruptive technology programs. He has also negotiated and managed sourcing engagements valued in excess of $10B across IT and business process functions. David has a strong track record of developing and maintaining C-suite relationships.

John has 35+ years of providing global enterprises with practical, yet strategic vision to drive meaningful change through complex programs, that extend business value through the effective use of today’s exploding Digital capabilities. John is a senior leader for many multinational enterprises in Capital Goods manufacturing. John leads the North American Industrial Manufacturing segment for ISG and is regarded as a global thought leader, regularly advising on emerging technologies and operating model changes to drive innovation.

Christie Apodaca brings over 12 years of experience in Information Technology, lean manufacturing, and business development, with a passion for driving high value outcomes through data.  Mrs. Apodaca’s specializes in areas include enterprise data management, data governance, artificial intelligence, business intelligence and analytics with a skillset that includes business process re-engineering, Lean Six Sigma, and financial modeling.  Her diverse industry portfolio includes the healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, utilities, retail and public sector.

Sush Apshankar is the co-lead for the Advanced Analytics & AI/ML Practice at ISG. He brings over 2 decades of professional experience with Fortune 1000 companies across the globe where he has successfully designed and implemented data & digital strategies.

Rajeev Chatrath is a Principal Consultant in ISG.

Matteo joins ISG from CNH (Case New Holland) where he held multiple roles from heading their Office of the CIO function, as well as functioning as the IT Business Liaison for their product development and engineering functions. He also led multiple transformation programs for CNH, including the modernization of their Finance and HR platforms as well as many other bespoke business and engineering platforms. Prior to CNH, Matteo also gained valuable management consulting experience at E&Y, IBM and Booz Allen Hamilton.  

Shubham Rajvanshi is a Principal Consultant in ISG Digital Engineering.