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As President of Cognizant, Gordon Coburn is responsible for managing our overall P&L. Prior to his current position, he served as Cognizant's Chief Financial and Operating Officer with responsibility for worldwide Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Treasury/Tax, Audit and Investor Relations functions. His responsibilities
as COO included our global talent organization and our internal technology and infrastructure. Coburn joined Cognizant in 1996 and served as our CFO through our initial public offering in 1998.
Coburn serves on the Board of Directors of The Corporate Executive Board Company (NYSE: CEB). He also served on the Board of Directors of ICT Group, Inc. until its acquisition in 2010. He has been named one of “America’s Best CFOs” by Institutional Investor Magazine for six years running (2006-2011).
Coburn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, where he serves as a member of its MBA Advisory Board.
