Vikram Palicherla

Vikram Palicherla serves as the Senior Vice President of Software & Data Engineering at Condé Nast, leading a global team of over 400 architects, engineers, and data scientists and being responsible for defining and executing the company's engineering strategic vision across AI, product engineering, platform, data, and cloud function.

He developed and executed the company’s global product transformation initiative, unifying all brands and markets onto a single platform as well as developing a unified data platform strategy.

With nearly three decades of experience in the information technology industry, Vikram is a seasoned technology leader with extensive experience in software and data engineering.

Vikram previously held roles at Pearson and a significant tenure at Prudential Financial, where Vikram directed systems development and established a unified Content Services Shared Platform to centralize governance of business and transactional content. Prior, Vikram's career encompassed management roles at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, leading the implementation of innovative solutions at Lehman Brothers leading the implementation of Documentum’s Swaps and Derivatives DocSolution, composing, assembling and distributing trade confirms, and consulting for Syntel, focusing on software development for AIG, responsible for design, and development of Premium Processing software.

Vikram holds a B.Tech inMechanical Engineering from Osmania University and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland.