Sukumar R. Iyer, Executive Chairman & CEO
Mr. Sukumar Iyer is the founder, Executive Chairman, and CEO of Brillient Corporation. Sukumar has more than 26 years’ experience in management consulting, information technology and software at companies such as Accenture and with Fortune 100 clients in different industry sectors. In 2021, Sukumar was named as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist.
At Accenture as a senior executive, Sukumar worked with Government and Fortune 50 commercial clients, establishing a track record of successful projects, exceeding client expectations and as a consultant that delivered innovative solutions to challenging business problems. Prior to Accenture, Sukumar led the technical sales activities for a small engineering software company developing business with varied clients in the automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, biomedical, electronics, and retail industries. His areas of expertise include business / organizational strategy, data science driven applications and AI driven solutions to deliver client value. Sukumar’s passion lies in understanding a client’s problems or challenges and then crafting and delivering an innovative, cost effective solution.
Sukumar founded Brillient with the vision of helping solve client problems combining innovation with the right mix of technologies and business processes to deliver uncontestable value. His business philosophy with the Brillient team is to hire partners (rather than employees) and share the rewards; tying incentives directly to each person’s personal contribution and accomplishments.
Sukumar is active in the Emerging Technologies COI of the ACT-IAC and was the industry chair of the Intelligent Automation Working Group. He was the Chair of the AFCEA Small Business Committee and is an active member of the National Contracts Management Association (NCMA).
Sukumar graduated with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Akron. He holds a private pilot’s license with an instrument rating and has a variety of hobbies he indulges in when he is not spending time with his children.
Brillient is an award-winning Full Spectrum Digital Transformation company enabling clients to transform through the continuum of analog, to digital, to analytics leading to insight-driven decision making and mission execution. We help clients achieve better efficiencies and lower costs in their digital government and IT modernization initiatives enabling friction-free interaction with citizens and business.