Impact fact

Abhishek specializes in implementing innovative AI applications across business functions, delivering over $1B in validated benefits to clients.



Role



Abhishek is an associate principal in ZS’s New York City office and a leader in the analytics and AI practice area with a focus on pricing strategy and execution.

Expertise



With experience in strategy and AI and analytics across B2B and B2C industries, Abhishek is skilled at improving his clients’ performance through analytics-driven disruption. He brings this expertise to the ZS pricing practice to help our clients drive profitable growth. He operates at the intersections of strategy, analytics, technology and change management to deliver tangible improvements to his clients. He combines innovative thinking with practical execution to help medtech companies develop effective pricing strategies and achieve pricing excellence.

Prior experience



Abhishek has nearly 20 years of experience in industry and professional services roles. Prior to joining ZS, Abhishek was the senior vice president at Opera Solutions, where he led AI initiatives with clients. These initiatives included the development of AI strategies and roadmaps, AI-driven price optimization systems and cross-sell and upsell recommendation engines. In addition, Abhishek led the go-to-market strategy as the company transformed from strategy consulting to an AI product and service firm. He also raised capital to facilitate this transformation and led an offshore analytics center of excellence with 150-plus professionals.

Education



Abhishek holds a bachelor’s of technology degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Delhi. He has also received certificates from MIT and completed a hands-on course on applied machine learning from Columbia University.