Nikhil Narayanan is an accomplished Associate Director of Corporate Marketing at Cognizant, where he leads social media marketing, digital marketing automation, influencer marketing, video marketing, and account-based marketing. With experience handling paid campaigns on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube, Nikhil has developed an extensive skillset in B2B marketing on social media.

Prior to his current role, Nikhil was a product manager at Vangal Software Services Private Ltd. and held positions at Hewlett-Packard and ABB. He studied MBA in Sales and Marketing at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management and has a BTech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology Warangal.

As a self-styled Balsamiq rockstar, Nikhil has experience building digital marketing apps on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Slideshare, and YouTube APIs, as well as mobile apps on iOS and Android. Recognized for his ability to build products that consume APIs from the 'social web' and achieve business goals, Nikhil has also worked on the implementation of Demandbase, a full-funnel marketing solution.

Nikhil is an experienced digital strategist who has worked closely on brand Cognizant's social media presence from its initial days. He has helped the brand build a strong presence across channels, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, G+, YouTube, Slideshare, and Scribd. He has also built a Joomla-based networking platform exclusively for clients.