Akash Khurana

EVP, Chief Information & Digital Officer WESCO

Akash has more than 20 years of technology experience, driving innovation across industries resulting in organizational transformation and establishing new multi-billion revenue generating business lines.

Akash joined WESCO in November 2020 and leads the Information Technology and Digital organizations, spearheading a multi-year transformation journey.

Prior to that, Akash led business transformation at McDermott as the CIO and CDO of the Global Information Technology and Digital organizations. His assignment before joining McDermott was as the Senior Director of Global Product Lines and Regional P&Ls at Baker Hughes. He has also served in a variety of progressive leadership roles at GE Healthcare and Power & Water divisions. He began his career as an Enterprise Resource Planning business consultant and a technology leader at a leading retail company in the late 1990s.

He has been featured in major publications including Forbes, Gartner, ZDNet, CIO.com, Energy CIO Insights and Computer Weekly.

Akash is a three-time consecutive winner of the Top CIO 100 award, and in 2018, he was named a MIT Sloan Leadership Award finalist and Houston CIO of the Year. His most recent accomplishments include being named 2019 CIO of the Year by Oracle & 2020 Nation’s Top 50 Technology Leaders by National Diversity Council.

Akash was honored as a Distinguished Alumni – Lifetime Achievement Award by University of Pune - Sanjivani Group of Institutes.

Akash is an active community leader involved in providing leadership across various global philanthropic organizations in India and US. Education Akash holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from the University of Pune, India, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin. He is a qualified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Master Lean Leader.

Education

Akash holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from the University of Pune, India, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin. He is a qualified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Master Lean Leader.