Manukrishnan SR is a Practice Director in the application services research program at Everest Group. He advises global service providers, product/platform vendors, and enterprises in technology-related strategic decision-making across market assessments, go-to-market strategy, competitive intelligence, capability benchmarking, thought leadership, and sales acceleration. He assists clients on topics related to digital transformation, application development, automation, and related technologies. Prior to joining Everest Group, Manu worked with Cognizant as a senior analyst on the business development team. Earlier in his career, he worked with Oracle as a technical analyst. He holds a master's of business administration in international business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata, and a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut.