Author: Brian Williams

Brian is Cognizant’s Chief Digital Officer for Life Sciences and is responsible for designing digitally enabled solutions to facilitate care access and delivery.  He is also the Global Life Sciences Consulting Leader for Life Sciences, inspiring teams in North America, Europe and Asia that provide management consulting services to the leading biopharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Prior to joining Cognizant, Brian spent eight years with PwC/Strategy&, where he was a founding member of its industry-defining “New Entrants” practice. In this role, he advised senior executives of traditional biopharmaceutical and medical device companies on the transformations occurring within healthcare. He also advised senior executives at non-traditional companies, such as telecommunications, technology and consumer products companies, who sought to enter and transform access to and adherence to care and care outcomes. He was the lead author or co-author of numerous articles that defined the transformation of healthcare and its implications to the healthcare industry. His articles and perspectives resulted in him being a frequent speaker at industry events in the U.S., Europe and Asia. 

Before joining PwC/Strategy&, Brian served as an executive for two healthcare firms, including one early-stage company where he quadrupled revenues in three years, leading to a sale of the company returning 10x invested capital. Prior to his management roles, Brian spent a decade as an investor, co-founding two top-decile performing private equity funds.  Previous to his business ventures, he served as a speechwriter to a former two-term Governor of Indiana.

Brian earned his undergraduate degree from Indiana University. He can be reached at brians.williams@cognizant.com.