Senior Managing Consultant
Kanngi
Mahajan
I have always believed that the people who move industries forward are not the ones who wait for certainty, they are the ones who create it. 8+ years of doing exactly that: building teams that outperform their mandates, reshaping how organizations embrace AI before it became a mandate, and becoming the advisor executives trust not because I have answers but because I ask better questions. Scale is a result. The real work is in the room, at the table, in the moment when it matters the most.
8+
Years at IBM
200+
Team Size Led
4x
Account Growth
About
The intersection of technology
and business strategy
8+ years ago I joined IBM as a developer. Today I lead one of the firm's largest digital accounts as a Senior Managing Consultant — a role I reached not by waiting for the right opportunity but by building it.
A Senior Managing Consultant at IBM carries full accountability for client relationships, the health of a large delivery organization, and the growth of the account over time. I have grown a 50-person engagement into a 200-person practice, shaped AI strategies that changed how clients operate at scale, and built the kind of trust with senior stakeholders where I am the person they call when something is genuinely difficult.
My technical roots keep me credible in the engineering room. My consulting instincts keep me useful in the boardroom. And somewhere in between — that is where I do my best work.
Growth Leader
Grew a 50-person engagement into a 200-person practice through proactive scope development and consistent delivery excellence.
Tech Strategist
Designed enterprise AI scaling strategies that transformed how product teams work, with measurable gains in velocity and delivery quality.
Trusted Advisor
Primary strategic advisor to client senior leadership, built on years of honest advice, consistent delivery, and candour regardless of the news.
Career
Professional Experience
Senior Managing Consultant
Digital Product Engineering
Full ownership of client strategy, account growth, and large-scale delivery leadership across complex enterprise accounts. Executive client advisory, commercial accountability, and people leadership across multi-geography teams.
- Designed an enterprise AI scaling strategy covering operating model, measurement framework, and change management — driving measurable gains in team velocity and delivery quality
- Introduced product-driven growth principles that shifted engineering teams from tracking outputs to tracking business value
- Lead a cross-functional delivery organization of 200+ professionals across multiple geographies
- Act as primary strategic advisor to client senior leadership, built on years of honest advice and consistent delivery
- Identify and shape new revenue opportunities by staying close to client challenges — growth through solving, not selling
Managing Consultant
Digital Program Lead
Directed end-to-end delivery of a large digital programme for Air Canada, covering mobile platform modernization, release governance, and performance across multiple distributed squads.
- Grew the engagement from 50 to over 200 professionals through proactive scope development and deep relationship building
- Designed and introduced a bi-weekly release cadence for the Air Canada Mobile App, improving delivery velocity and team morale
- Built the programme leadership structure from scratch — defined roles, established ways of working, and enabled distributed team cohesion
- Led delivery remediations personally when things went sideways — stabilized and turned engagements around without losing client trust
Senior Consultant
Mobile Lead
Led mobile engineering workstreams across client accounts including Air Canada, McDonald's, and Spruce Meadows.
- Owned technical direction, architecture decisions, and cross-functional alignment between product, design, and development
- Acted as the bridge between client priorities and engineering needs — effective translation in both directions
- Mentored junior and mid-level engineers and actively supported career development of strong performers
Consultant
Android Developer
Designed and built Android features for enterprise-grade mobile applications across multiple client accounts.
- Worked in complex, fast-moving delivery environments and learned what production-quality engineering requires
- Developed consulting instincts alongside technical ones — navigating client expectations and communicating tradeoffs clearly
IT Specialist
Business Consultant
Started my career at IBM in a hybrid technical and consulting role. Hands-on with React Native and Android development, building mobile features and solving problems from day one.
- Built mobile features, debugged production issues, and contributed in client meetings from the start
- Developed an early sense that the most interesting problems live at the boundary between technology and business
Expertise
Core Competencies
Strategy & Advisory
Delivery & Leadership
Client & Engagement
Certifications
Recognition
Academia
Teaching & Education
Industry Professor – Generative AI
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, NS · March 2026 – Present
Teaching Generative AI to Master's students, bringing real industry context into the classroom: what enterprise AI adoption actually looks like, why scaling it is harder than most organizations expect, and how to approach it deliberately.
Industry Professor – Mobile Development
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, NS · July 2020 – March 2025
Delivered Android development curriculum for graduate students in the MSCDA programme. Provided one-on-one mentorship and practical project evaluation to help students graduate with skills that hold up on day one of a real job.
Education
Master of Science
Computing and Data Analytics
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS · 2016 – 2017
Bachelor of Engineering
Software Engineering
SRM University, Chennai, India · 2012 – 2016
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Let's start a conversation
Whether you're exploring a partnership, discussing an opportunity, or simply want to connect — I would be glad to hear from you.
Phone
+1 (902) 292-9619Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada