Satya is a partner in our Consumer, Telco, and Technology and Performance Transformation practices, based in San Francisco.
A transformation leader, he specializes in helping technology, telecommunications, and industrial companies deliver commercial transformation, profitable growth, and AI-enabled operating models that last.
Satya helps technology, telecommunications and industrial companies turn strategy into measurable commercial results. His work spans pricing, verticalization, sales force effectiveness and enablement and customer success. He is equally focused on AI transformation, helping clients rethink their workflows with AI at the center rather than layering it onto legacy processes.
His experience also spans cybersecurity, software, and infrastructure, and informs how he thinks about the distinct pressures in each sector: software companies competing in a market AI could reshape, industrials looking to join the data center build while protecting margins, and telecom operators managing costs while investing in the next wave of technology.
I take pride in building expertise across industries, workflows, and processes while bringing a practical approach to translating a good strategy into new capabilities, tools, and habits that deliver long-lasting impact well beyond any engagement
Before joining Oliver Wyman, Satya spent 14 years at McKinsey & Company, where he became a partner and led multiyear transformations for industrial, technology, and telecommunication clients. His work ranged from go-to-market redesign and vertical solution selling to digitizing complex network deployments, M&A, and post-merger integration.
Most recently, as Vice President of Strategy and Transformation at Palo Alto Networks, he led go-to-market and AI initiatives, including the company's transition from hardware to software as a service (SaaS) and incorporating AI across pre-sales, post-sales and customer support. He brings both an advisor's and an operator's view of what it takes to make change stick.
Satya holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a master's degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University. He began his career as an engineer and product manager at Motorola, leading global teams that built software and hardware features for mobile handsets.