# Sri Manchala

> Sri Manchala is Chairman and CEO of Trianz, a Silicon Valley-based digital transformation firm he founded in 2001 after an unlikely career arc: Indian Army Parachute Regiment special forces officer, Asian Paints logistics executive, KPMG consultant, and Cisco IT leader. He launched the largest-ever digital transformation study (5,000+ companies, 18 industries), authored the two-edition bestseller 'Crossing the Digital Faultline,' and in 2026 unveiled Concierto Agentic — a single-platform system that aims to compress multi-year enterprise transformation into months.

- **Role:** Chairman and CEO at Trianz
- **Organizations:** Trianz, Forbes Technology Council, USC Marshall School of Business (Advisory Board)
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor's in Political Science and International Relations, National Defense Academy, India, Master's in Advanced Military Training, Indian Military Academy, MBA, USC Marshall School of Business
- **Known for:** Founded Trianz in 2001, growing it to 2,200+ employees and $315M annual revenue, Led world's largest digital transformation research study (5,000+ companies, 18 industries), Author of 'Crossing the Digital Faultline' (two editions)

## Career timeline

- **1988** — Joined Indian Army infantry unit after graduating National Defense Academy
- **1988-1994** — Selected for elite Parachute Regiment (Special Forces); attained rank of Major
- **1994** — Joined Asian Paints, India's largest paint manufacturer, managing imports, logistics and HR
- **1994-1996** — Completed MBA at USC Marshall School of Business
- **1996-2000** — Joined KPMG Consulting, Silicon Valley, high-technology consulting practice
- **2000-2001** — Joined Cisco Systems, Information Technology division, San Jose headquarters
- **2001** — Founded Trianz in Silicon Valley
- **2017** — Launched world's largest digital transformation study — 18 industries, 5,000+ companies
- **2020** — Published 'Crossing the Digital Faultline' (1st edition); won ET Now Business Leader of the Year and CEO Today Management Consulting Awards
- **2021** — Published second edition of 'Crossing the Digital Faultline: 10 Rules of Highly Successful Leaders in Digitalization'
- **2024** — Trianz received strategic growth capital investment from Capital Square Partners
- **2025** — Trianz became AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and earned AWS Generative AI Competency; keynoted GDS Data & AI Summit Houston
- **2025** — Delivered Lightning Session 'Zero Migration Path from Data to Enterprise Agentic AI' at AWS re:Invent 2025
- **2026** — Launched Concierto Agentic platform at AWS Summit Singapore — unifying enterprise transformation across apps, data, and infrastructure

## Achievements

- Founded Trianz in 2001, growing it to 2,200+ employees and $315M annual revenue
- Led world's largest digital transformation research study (5,000+ companies, 18 industries)
- Author of 'Crossing the Digital Faultline' (two editions)
- ET Now Business Leader of the Year 2020
- CEO Today Management Consulting Awards 2020 — named among top CEOs globally
- Forbes 'America's Best Consulting Firms' — three consecutive years
- Trianz named 'Top Consulting Firm in the World' by Consultancy.org
- Member of Forbes Technology Council
- Advisory Board member, USC Marshall School of Business
- AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and AWS Generative AI Competency (2025)
- Trianz achieved 95%+ customer retention rate with 25%+ revenue growth for 5+ consecutive years
- #1 rated for business impact: 90%+ of engagements hitting goals on time

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Launched Concierto Agentic at AWS Summit Singapore — unifying apps, data, and infrastructure transformation into one AI-orchestrated platform
- **2026-04** — Previewed Concierto Agentic at events in London and Bengaluru
- **2025-12** — Trianz returned as Gold Sponsor at AWS re:Invent 2025 (Booth #1381); Sri delivered 'Zero Migration Path from Data to Enterprise Agentic AI' Lightning Session
- **2025** — Trianz earned AWS Premier Tier Services Partner designation and AWS Generative AI Competency
- **2025** — Sri keynoted the GDS Data & AI Summit in Houston presenting Trianz's path to Enterprise Agentic AI

## Links

- Website: https://trianz.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/srimanchala
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/trianz
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR9UZXJqCTfeHpOyA5ta1IhLfOKvSAVfR
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Trianz/

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Last updated: 2026-05-19