Summary
Paddy Padmanabhan is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting, a Naperville-based advisory firm that helps healthcare enterprises, global tech firms, and digital health companies accelerate enterprise digital transformation using proprietary market intelligence. With over two decades of leadership across consulting and technology—roles at Wipro, Accenture, Harmony/Symphony Analytics, and an early exit with BeyondCore—he combines strategy, go-to-market experience, and product commercialization expertise. He is a widely published thought leader, author of two best-selling books on healthcare digital transformation, host of the popular The Big Unlock podcast, and curator of the DamoIntel research platform tracking 100+ health systems. Known for translating complex tradeoffs into pragmatic roadmaps, he helps C-suite clients select technology partners and define measurable digital maturity targets via the DigiM model. Beyond advisory work, he brings operator credibility from building high-growth healthcare businesses for technology providers and advising investors on market and competitor intelligence. An IIT and IIM alumnus with Booth School training, he blends deep domain knowledge with a rare mix of commercial, technical, and research-driven insight.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
CMI General Management, CMI General Management at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
MBA Marketing Finance, MBA Marketing Finance at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
B.Tech Chemical Engineering, B.Tech Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
English, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali