Prateek is a Vice President at Everest Group and a member of the Pricing Assurance practice, assisting clients on topics related to solution design and review, pricing and contract assessment, cost optimization, and services benchmarking in IT applications and digital services. His responsibilities include leading price benchmarking engagements and providing advisory support on next-generation areas such as cloud migration, footprint reduction, data and analytics, and complex systems integration. Prior to joining Everest Group, Prateek worked with HCL Technologies as a solution architect in applications services. Prateek started his career as a systems engineer at Infosys, where he gained exposure to software quality assurance, SDLC, and Agile concepts. He holds a master's degree in business administration in finance from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi, and a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications engineering.