Industry veteran Sanjay Mirchandani leads EMC's award-winning IT organization to further operational excellence and drive business agility to support the ever-evolving needs of the company and its more than 53,000 employees. Since taking the helm as CIO, Sanjay helped the company save more than $100 million in equipment, power, space and operational expenditures on its journey to the cloud.

Additionally, as COO, Mirchandani oversees the worldwide R&D, customer support and shared service initiatives at EMC's seven Global Centers of Excellence. This builds upon his previous role as Senior Vice President for EMC's Office of Globalization, where Mirchandani championed global growth opportunities and secured strategic international partners to support the Company's aggressive expansion initiatives.

During his tenure at Microsoft, Mirchandani served as Regional Vice President, Enterprise Services in Asia working with the region's largest customers and partners and held multiple management positions, including President, Asia Pacific Region; President, South Asia; and Managing Director, India.

Mirchandani serves on the advisory board of Northeastern University's Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) and is a member of the Leadership Council for Information Advantage. He earned his master's in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh and bachelor's degree from Drew University. Mirchandani received Drew University's prestigious Achievement in Business award in September 2011 and was recognized as one of Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders in 2012.