• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Swamy Kocherlakota

S&P Global

Executive Vice President & Chief Digital Solutions Officer

Swamy Kocherlakota is the Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Solutions Officer for S&P Global and the executive sponsor of Kensho, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology innovator at S&P Global. He is responsible for driving digital transformation and delivering productivity improvements for customers and team members. With a focus on leading-edge technology, digital ecosystems and AI, Kocherlakota and his team are responsible for building a secure, scalable, and resilient foundation that helps S&P Global power the markets of the future. Before his current role at S&P Global, Kocherlakota was Senior Vice President, Global Head of Technology Operations & Infrastructure at Visa, where he oversaw global infrastructure and applications that processed more than 130 billion transactions annually. Prior to Visa, he was head of Global Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture at BNY Mellon and led their infrastructure transformation. Kocherlakota holds the recognition of being a distinguished engineer at Lucent Bell Labs where he managed technology for Lucent and its ventures. In addition to his role, Kocherlakota sponsors S&P Global’s Asian Professionals For Excellence (APEX) group, which is focused on building leadership competencies and increasing opportunities for personal, professional, and community success for its members. Kocherlakota is a registered representative of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Michigan State University.

Sessions With Swamy Kocherlakota

Thursday, 21 March

  • 02:25pm - 03:05pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 07:25 pm - 21/mar/2024 08:05 pm

    Will AI Accelerate the Energy Transition?
    Digitalization/AI/Machine Learning/Robotics/Cybersecurity

    AI has the potential to accelerate the energy transition. It promises to help advance the design of new materials, monitor and analyze emissions, optimize plant processes or logistics, improve weather forecasting and optimize EV charging among other potential uses. But fulfilling this promise will require harnessing and deploying the technology effectively. Where can executives focus their attention to get the most out of AI? What do experiences with existing AI tools tell us about how to manage their implementation? What does the future hold for these tools to accelerate the energy transition?