Entrepreneurial use of artificial intelligence has always led to big benefits for customer experience as well as top and bottom line.

Sankar Virdhagriswaran

Managing Director, FSS

Professional experienced in AI, analytics and big data.

Sankar is a managing director at Ernst & Young LLP, leading the artificial intelligence (AI) services offering. He brings over 25 years of experience at AI-driven startups and consulting transformations. He previously was an entrepreneur and worked as a leader of advanced analytics and innovation groups.

Sankar is a seasoned entreprenueral leader who has participated in all waves of AI commercialization starting with expert systems and the current wave in foundational models. He also focuses on analytics data transformation using big data and cloud data platforms. Most recently, he has been focused on the vast transformation potential of Generative AI and Foundational Models. 

Having begun his career as an entrepreneur, Sankar has extensive experience in inventing, commercializing and delivering innovations to customers.  Sankar holds seven patents, an author of blogs (twitter handle @DataDig) and has also published articles in referred journals.

Sankar received his MBA from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, and was a special graduate student at MIT. 

How Sankar is building a better working world 

I work with the financial service industry to drive artificial intelligence innovations that can make a material difference in the financial wellbeing of individuals. I also lead artificial intelligence transformations that affect the top and bottom lines of financial service clients through the managed and controlled use of artificial intelligence. 

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