Ankur Bhatt

Vice President of Engineering at Eightfold

Ankur Bhatt is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at The Brookings Institution, a role he has held since 2019. He is recognized for his extensive experience in technology leadership, focusing on innovative solutions and strategic visioning. Bhatt has over 17 years of experience in planning, designing, and deploying IT strategies, having previously worked with leading technology organizations.

At Brookings, he is responsible for modernizing the institution's technology capabilities, enhancing employee experiences through digitization, improving security, and expanding research capabilities via a robust data science program. His leadership has been pivotal in executing critical objectives aimed at driving efficiencies within the organization.1

Before joining Brookings, Bhatt spent 15 years in strategic technology consulting, most recently serving as the head of innovation and technology strategy at Bloomberg Industry Group. There, he managed various technology disciplines, including infrastructure and operations, enterprise systems, and technology finance.

Bhatt holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin.1 2

Experience

Vice President of Engineering at Eightfold (January 2023 - Present)

Chief Technology Officer at SAP SuccessFactors (January 2022 - January 2023), Extensive experience in engineering and technology strategy roles at SAP and SAP SuccessFactors

Education

Certificate of Excellence in Technology Strategy, Executive Education at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (2022 - 2023), B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Delhi (1995 - 1999)