Arjun Chakravarti is Managing Partner of Cogknition Analytics, a Chicago-based consultancy that helps companies use data to drive strategy in areas such as marketing, product development, and organizational productivity.

A frequently invited keynote speaker on the impact of macro and consumer-level economics on business strategy, Arjun has nearly 20 years experience as a strategic advisor to major brands in industries as diverse as tech, CPG, education, finance and media. Clients include brands such as Pepsico, Constellation, Brown-Forman, Microsoft, as well as several industry associations.

Arjun has also served in leadership roles both in industry and academia. Prior to Cogknition, he was Senior Vice President and member of the executive leadership at Global Experience Specialists (GES), where he developed and commercialized the analytics practice across three business units. He remains highly involved in the events and experience space. He received industry commendations for his thought leadership program at GES and was recognized for leading a multi-association industry effort to develop analytics standards for digital events (RSDE).

Arjun also serves on the board of the Center for Event Industry Research (CEIR). Arjun's foray into public speaking began as an award-winning business school professor at Illinois Tech, where he published in leading academic journals and received a research award for his work in driving interdisciplinary research across the university. He was a founding faculty graduate and executive programs in analytics, design, and management and continues to teach MBA courses at the UICLiautaud School of Business today. Arjun received his Ph.D. and MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

SPEAKING TOPICS: My specialty is in describing how macroeconomic conditions in US, Canada and Mexico affect consumer behavior in those regions. I take time to ensure that these insights relate to industry-specific needs for the audience at hand. I am also able to deliver this work both the US National and US Regional level. I also have experience speaking on Global Economic Conditions, both overall (e.g., how dynamics in the US, China and elsewhere affect specific countries). Further afield I do have a great deal of experience talking about marketing strategy, analytics and organizational leadership, but for brand-clarity reasons (i.e., being known for a clear topic) I do not explicitly market those talks.