Pankaj Prasoon

Finance is changing. I work on what comes next.

I work across Finance, AI and enterprise technology, turning complex transformation into better systems, better decisions and measurable business outcomes.

I also write and speak about leadership, communication and what it takes to make change actually work.

Senior Director, CFO Systems & Strategy at LinkedIn  |  Forbes Finance Council  |  Cornell MBA  |  Author
20 Years Technology, Finance and Transformation
50+ Countries Global experience
3x Author AI, Leadership and Communication
Cornell MBA Johnson Graduate School
Forbes Finance Council
LinkedIn   •   CoreWeave   •   Microsoft   •   SoftwareOne   •   Infosys
What I work on

The technology changes. The questions underneath it do not.

For most of my career, I have worked on problems that sit between business and technology. How should Finance operate differently? Where can AI improve a decision, not just make a task faster? How do you modernize systems without carrying yesterday's complexity into tomorrow?

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Finance + AI

Finance does not exist to save hours. It exists to help a company allocate capital, manage risk, understand performance and make better decisions. My focus is on how AI changes that work.

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Enterprise Transformation

I started as an engineer and have spent two decades across enterprise systems, cloud, product, ERP and Finance technology. The best programs begin with friction worth removing, not a platform looking for a use case.

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Leadership

AI is changing roles, expertise and expectations. That makes transformation a leadership problem too. Clarity, judgment and the ability to bring people with you matter more than ever.

Speaking topics
Latest thinking
Forbes

Finance, AI, leadership and the operating choices that determine whether transformation creates real value.

Forbes Finance Council

Why The Hardest AI Lever In Finance Has No Budget Line

Companies can buy technology. They can schedule training. They can clean data. What they cannot purchase is the willingness of experienced people to let go of the expertise, habits and status that made them successful.

If AI gives Finance back thousands of hours, the harder question is what Finance does with that capacity and whether it creates measurable value.

Pankaj Prasoon in his workspace
I started by writing code. Over time, the job became understanding what the business really needed.
About

From writing code to helping shape how Finance works.

I started as a software engineer at Infosys in 2006. I could not have predicted where that first role would lead.

Over the next two decades, I worked across more than 50 countries, moved between engineering, consulting, cloud, product and Finance, completed my MBA at Cornell, and took on leadership roles across Infosys, SoftwareOne, Microsoft, CoreWeave and LinkedIn.

Different companies. Different technologies. Different chapters. The work has usually involved the same challenge: take something complicated, understand the real problem and make it work better for the people who depend on it.

InfosysEngineering, consulting and global transformation
SoftwareOneCloud, partnerships and enterprise growth
MicrosoftFinance transformation and product leadership
CoreWeaveAI infrastructure and the economics behind the AI era
LinkedInCFO systems, Finance technology and AI
Author

I write because some ideas need more room than a meeting gives them.

My books explore the subjects that have shaped much of my career: technology, leadership, communication and, sometimes, what we teach our children.

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Strategic AI in ERP by Pankaj Prasoon
Technology + AI

Strategic AI in ERP

A practical look at how AI changes enterprise systems when organizations move beyond automation and focus on business outcomes.

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Leading with Purpose by Pankaj Prasoon
Leadership

Leading with Purpose

What remains human when organizations, markets and technology keep changing, and how leaders create meaning without losing accountability.

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The Unspoken Truth by Pankaj Prasoon
Communication

The Unspoken Truth

A book about decoding intent, understanding what sits underneath a question and communicating with more clarity when the stakes are high.

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Little Talks for Big Hearts by Pankaj Prasoon
For young readers

Little Talks for Big Hearts

Stories written to help young children explore kindness, courage, patience, gratitude and the small choices that shape who they become.

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On stage

I want people to leave with a different way to look at the problem.

I speak with executive teams, Finance organizations, technology leaders and professional communities about the questions I spend my working life thinking about.

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Finance + AI

What changes when AI becomes part of how Finance actually operates, rather than another productivity tool?

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Enterprise Transformation

Why large transformations fail long before the technology fails, and what leaders can do differently.

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Leadership

How clarity, judgment and purpose shape decisions when the environment keeps changing.

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Communication

How decoding intent changes interviews, difficult conversations, executive influence and trust.

Thinking in public

Some ideas become articles. Some become books. Some are better said in two minutes.

Short perspectives on careers, leadership, communication and the realities behind transformation.

Pankaj Prasoon short-form video
Pankaj Prasoon short-form video
Pankaj Prasoon short-form video
Pankaj Prasoon short-form video
Pankaj Prasoon short-form video
Pankaj Prasoon short-form video
In the conversation

Ideas become more useful when they are challenged in public.

My perspectives on Finance, AI, transformation, product leadership and communication have appeared across business media, interviews, podcasts and executive forums.

Road ahead
What twenty years taught me

I am less impressed by technology than I used to be. I am more interested in what people do with it.

The tools will keep changing. The harder questions will not.

What problem are we actually solving? What decision should become better? What should we stop doing? What deserves human judgment? How will we know whether any of this created value?

Let's connect

The most interesting problems rarely belong to one function.

If you are thinking about Finance, AI, enterprise transformation, leadership, speaking or an idea worth exploring, I would be glad to hear from you.

Every setback is a setup for a comeback. True leaders see the opportunity in every difficulty.

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Innovation is not born from success but from the lessons learned in failure. Embrace the process, not just the outcome.

Every setback is a setup for a comeback. True leaders see the opportunity in every difficulty. 〰️ Innovation is not born from success but from the lessons learned in failure. Embrace the process, not just the outcome.