Tapati Bandopadhyay is Vice President, Research at HFS, with over 20 years’ experience in technology strategy, consulting, and advisory on Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Automation, DevOps, and services management. She is based out of the HFS India office in Bangalore.

Prior to HFS, Tapati set up the AI and automation practice at Wipro and contributed to the growth and success of the firm’s Holmes initiative. She began her analyst career with Gartner for seven years, handling ITScore, ITSM, and AI and automation, across all regions. She received Gartner business awards and became recognized among the top-rated analysts globally.

A PhD in AI, gold medallist in engineering and a DFID scholar at Strathclyde, she started her career with Tata Motors and then at GEC Glasgow, where she built their first Expert System.