Vanda Davis

Enterprise transformation and professional services leader who turns CXO intent into executed outcomes. I bring executive partnership, delivery discipline, and financial accountability to complex change across global IT services, digital engineering, and enterprise software. I have influenced more than $5B in enterprise value through transformation programs, M&A integration, and commercial turnarounds — consistently as the leader who builds the operating machinery behind the strategy.

Most recently, as GlobalLogic’s Chief of Staff to the CEO, I led a seven-workstream, $12M transformation, including the AI Transformation workstream that defined the consulting models, organizational design, and assets behind our AI offerings. I began my career in EDS Management Consulting and Carbon Black’s Professional Services organization, where I grew the enterprise services portfolio from 1 to 40 accounts. I also led the merger integration behind Carbon Black’s $150M IPO and the Applications and SIAM pursuit scope within a $1B UK government transformation win.

Chief of Staff to the CEO | Global Transformation Program Lead at GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company / Hitachi Digital Services (2025-04 – 2026-10)

• Led a seven-workstream, $12M enterprise transformation moving the company to a unified, vertically aligned operating model with defined service lines, differentiated AI offerings, and a modernized go-to-market strategy.
• Led the AI Transformation workstream with the new CTO: defined consulting models for the company’s AI offerings, integrated offerings across two organizations, and designed the organizational model and assets needed to succeed.
• Sponsored Legal and Security approval of Perplexity AI, in addition to Claude, as a sanctioned enterprise AI platform.
• Built the transformation operating system from the ground up: a company-wide PMO, a formalized organizational change management program, and an OKR-based strategy execution platform giving leadership a single, trusted view of progress, risk, and outcomes.
• Acted as the CEO’s proxy across the senior leadership team and directed all Board materials, sequencing priorities and holding executives accountable to committed objectives.

Chief of Staff to the Chief Revenue Officer | Strategic Programs Lead at GlobalLogic (2024 – 2025)

• Managed a $60M global SG&A budget, closing a $2M+ deficit while protecting growth investment. Delivered $20M in savings, equivalent to a 10% improvement in profitability.
• Spearheaded cross-functional alignment across Sales, Marketing, and Engineering to build the company’s first AI go-to-market deck, defining the company’s three new AI offerings.
• Deployed a five-stage sales process, the Large Deals program, and a Deal Health Checklist, giving leadership an early read on deal risk and win probability.
• Authored and executed the investment case that secured an incremental $11M from Hitachi for the sales organization.

Chief of Staff to the Chief Commercial Officer at Cognizant (2023 – 2024)

• Directed sales strategy development with operations to improve win rates by 12%; led executive workshops that improved sales-to-close efficiency.

Global Corporate Transformation: Sales Workstream Lead at Cognizant (2019 – 2022)

• Partnered with global leadership to execute a transformation strategy centered on large-deal growth and new-logo acquisition, aligned to the CEO’s goals and contributing to double-digit growth.
• Worked directly with the CEO and C-suite to reset global sales maturity alongside the delivery and operating models.
• Introduced a new segmentation model and account planning process realigning a 2,000+ account portfolio, retiring 600 underperforming tail accounts and redirecting coverage toward double-digit growth segments.

Strategic Sales Program Leader at Cognizant (2018 – 2019)

• Recruited by the Global Chief Sales Officer to establish sales discipline where no formal sales organization existed.
• Managed a $36M global SG&A budget and partnered with Salesforce leaders on a three-year product roadmap.

Corporate Strategy Lead at Carbon Black / Bit9, Cybersecurity Start-up (2017 – 2018)

• Partnered with the executive team on the strategy behind Carbon Black’s IPO, driving cross-unit transformation.
• Led three enterprise initiatives including a business continuity program (+15% operational efficiency) and a lead-to-close enablement program (+20% close rates).

Corporate Merger Program Lead at Carbon Black / Bit9, Cybersecurity Start-up (2016 – 2017)

• Led the merger on behalf of the CEO — orchestrating people, product, marketing, and technology integration and completing an 800-employee integration in a record six months, positioning the company for a $150M IPO at a $2B valuation.

Professional Services: Strategic Relationship Manager at Carbon Black / Bit9, Cybersecurity Start-up (2012 – 2015)

• Led development of the enterprise Professional Services offering, growing the portfolio from 1 to 40 accounts, overseeing Engagement Managers and Solution Architects, and building the delivery methodology. Managed to critical KPIs: on-time delivery, scope creep management, staffing model success, and product adoption.
• Built a $30M managed services client base from zero, overseeing 600+ cybersecurity product implementations.
• Held executive relationships with 40+ enterprise clients including Fortune 100 accounts; architected the first managed services deal — a $2M Alcatel-Lucent engagement won competitively against HP.

Global Sales Transformation Lead at EDS / HP (2000 – 2012)

• Began career in EDS Management Consulting, the company’s premier Professional Services offering.
• Served as Sales Tower Lead for Applications and SIAM as part of an end-to-end $1B UK Department for Work and Pensions transformation win; the only bid lead to remain throughout the year-long pursuit, leading solutions, presentations, pricing, and contract negotiations. Modernized IT and physical infrastructure for 2,000+ employees.
• Developed a predictive pricing model covering 500+ applications, improving investment decisions, client outcomes, and value for taxpayer money. Retained for two more years as Client Delivery Executive.
• Returned to the US with the HP Strategic Sales Center ($100M+ deals); earlier led sales for the Computerworld Smithsonian Award-winning Texas Department of Health application.

Executive MBA – Grand Canyon University

BS in Systems Science – University of West Florida