Michael Patsalos-Fox

Michael Patsalos-Fox (born 1953) is the chairman, president and CEO at Vidyo[1] in New Jersey. He also is the chairman of Teaneck, New Jersey-based Cognizant Technology Solutions. He was formerly a senior partner and chairman of the Americas at management consultancy McKinsey & Company.

Michael Patsalos-Fox
Born1953
Cyprus
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Consultant, management expert
Years active1982–present
Title
  • Chairman, Cognizant
  • Chairman, President & CEO, Vidyo

Early life and education

Patsalos-Fox was born in Cyprus and raised in Australia.[2] He graduated from the University of Sydney with a B.S. in pure mathematics and received an MBA from the IMD, Switzerland.

Career

He began his career at Fujitsu, Australia, in technical marketing and joined McKinsey & Company in 1982. Over a 28-year career at McKinsey he led the New York office, the North American Corporate Finance practice, and the Americas region. He moved from the London office to the New York office in 1996 and was a frontrunner in the managing director elections of both Ian Davis in 2003 and Dominic Barton in 2009.[3]

He was also a member of the board of directors of the Partnership for New York City.

In July 2012, Patsalos-Fox announced his impending retirement from McKinsey and was elected to the board of directors at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation.[4]

Since November 2013, he has been CEO of Stroz Friedberg, a computer forensics and electronic discovery services firm headquartered in New York City.[5]

References
  1. "Michael Patsalos-Fox | Vidyo Chairman, President & CEO". Vidyo. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  2. “At McKinsey, the Winner Is….”. BusinessWeek. March 7, 2003.
  3. “McKinsey Turns To Asia Chief Barton for Top Job”. The Financial Times. February 23, 2009.
  4. "Cognizant Names Michael Patsalos-Fox to Board of Directors". Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  5. Eva Saviano, "Cybersecurity firm taps new CEO", Crain's New York Business, February 5, 2014.


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