Smriti Kirubanandan

Passionate about driving growth across all industries in North America, Smriti specializes in creating high-impact strategic partnerships that transcend industry verticals. As a trusted leader, she fosters executive relationships and cultivate partnerships at the convergence of emerging technology, innovation, and empathy. Smriti integrates Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies, technology, and inventive solutions to elevate growth trajectories and expand market presence.

Smriti has a strong background in robotics and public health and currently serves as a Global Director of Growth and Strategic Partnerships at TCS North America. She specializes in creating high-impact strategic partnerships that transcend industry verticals, fostering executive relationships and cultivating partnerships at the convergence of emerging technology, innovation, and empathy. Her core focus also involves integrating Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies, technology, and inventive solutions to elevate growth trajectories and expand market presence. She also spearheads brand development, thought leadership, and market research.

Smriti is a selected Young Global Leader 2023 by the World Economic Forum, a member of the Young Leaders Circle at the Milken Institute, and the Founder of HLTH Forward Podcast. This award-winning media platform hosts healthcare leaders, policymakers, and artists to discuss the challenges in the system and what we could do collectively to move healthcare forward.

Smriti holds her Bachelor of Science in Robotics, master’s in engineering management from the University of Southern California, and master’s in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles.