Mayank Prakash
Mayank Prakash | |
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| Born | 1973 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Bachelor's Engineering Degree Master's in Business Administration (Finance) |
| Alma mater | Manchester Business School |
| Employer | Her Majesty's Civil Service |
| Organization | Department for Work and Pensions |
| Known for | Digital Transformation |
| Predecessor | Andy Nelson |
| Board member of | Department for Work and Pensions Tech Partnership |
| Spouse | Suchita Prakash |
| Awards | UK Top 5 Technologists Wharton Fellow CIO of the Year |
Mayank Prakash (born 1973) is a technology executive who is currently[update] the Director General for Digital, Data, Technology and Security (Chief Digital Officer, Chief Information Officer) of Department for Work and Pensions. Computer Weekly magazine hailed him as "5th most influential person in UK IT" in their 2015 awards[1] and British Computer Society named him "CIO of the Year" in 2016 UK IT Industry awards.[2]
Early life
Mayank Prakash was born in India and has worked in Europe, United States, Middle East and Far East. He holds a BEng and an MBA from Manchester Business School.[3]
IT, eBusiness and Transformation career
In 1994, Mayank Prakash applied for the position of a Graduate Engineer Trainee at the Hewlett-Packard. He worked in the HCL JV starting with the entrepreneurial Frontline Solutions start-up venture and was soon after selected to join the Senior Management Trainee Programme as a rare recognition and deputed to incubate ERP implementation capabilities working with the Big 4 Consulting firms.
Prakash was the International CIO of Avaya, then the Group CIO of iSoft and later the CIO of Sage Group in UK.[4] Prakash was hired by Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director, Tech and Data, as part of the executive team of Morgan Stanley Wealth and Asset Management.[5] In 2014, Prakash left Morgan Stanley to join the Department for Work and Pensions as the Director General in charge of technology, replacing Andy Nelson.[3] In this role, Prakash combines his predecessor's job as CIO with security and data responsibilities, and works directly for Sir Robert Devereux.[6] As of 2015, Prakash was paid a salary of between £195,000 and £199,999 for this role, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[7]
The British Computer Society welcomed the appointment, and Morgan Stanley was sorry to see him leave. GDS Chief Mike Bracken hailed Prakash as the turning point for Whitehall's ability to hire the best digital leaders across industry.
Credited with quietly turning around one of the largest IT estates into a lean digital delivery machine on a massive scale, TechUK and DigiLeaders recently recognised the strength of industry partnerships and the scale of digital transformation being delivered at DWP resulting in DWP becoming #8 on Twitter attracting a million digital techies and leaders from all sectors. [8]
Awards and recognition
- 2015: Computer Weekly UKTech50, 5th most influential person in UK IT
- 2016: British Computer Society Computing UKIT Awards, CIO of the Year
Personal life
Mayank married his computer engineering classmate Su in 1996. He lived in Hampshire and Cheshire before moving to London. Suchita and Mayank have two daughters. Mayank is one of 6 authors of open source heuristic computer vision library.
References
- ^ Glick, Bryan (2015-12-03). "Most influential people -- 5. Mayank Prakash, Director general for digital technology, DWP". Computer Weekly.
- ^ "Winners 2016 - The UK IT Industry Awards". www.ukitindustryawards.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ a b "New Director General for Technology at DWP - Press releases - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
- ^ "Sage's Futuristic CIO". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Morgan Stanley new MDs". Morgan Stanley. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ Nguyen, Anh. "DWP replaces CIO Andy Nelson with director general for technology". ComputerworldUK. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
- ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ^ "DWP breaks record with a million digital techies interest".