Bobby Soni

Bobby is the Global Technology Consulting Leader at KPMG, and a well-recognized leader in the field of digital transformation in the marketplace. In this role, he helps clients accelerate their digital journey by embracing the modern digital stack, including intelligent automation, data and insights, and cloud. He also manages global investments to build industry relevant solutions, assets, and capabilities across the firm.

Prior to joining KPMG, Bobby was president of a leading hardware, software, and services company, responsible for the strategy and business operations for the company’s $3 billion digital infrastructure business unit (DIBU). He drove growth and innovation for the digital infrastructure solutions business, including end-to-end data solutions, and managed services to help organizations unlock the full value of their data, with an edge-to-core-to-multicloud strategy. In his prior role as chief operating officer for the DIBU, Bobby oversaw global operations and propelled a customer-driven culture across the entire DIBU value chain. He had direct global responsibility of solution innovation, engineering and development, and services.

In a prior role, Bobby led global sales, services, and operations for a leading application software solutions company. As chief platform and services officer, he was responsible for a next-generation SaaS solution platform that sits at the intersections of a vertical industry cloud, big data analytics and a near real-time decision support system.

Bobby also developed the worldwide strategy and market for industry and cloud business solutions at IBM, after having served as a co-leader of global business solutions. As a member of IBM's global business services leadership team, he helped drive the industry, service line and ISV (SAP and Oracle) solution strategy, portfolio realization and go-to-market execution worldwide. He also worked closely with industry leaders to establish and execute their solution strategy and the associated portfolio of offerings. He was actively involved with early-adopter clients both in selling the vision and in helping to educate delivery teams for successful implementations.

Bobby holds a Bachelor of Science degree in instrumentation and control from Gujarat University and a Master of Engineering degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia.