About
Prakash Ramalingam
AI Advisory & Consulting · Cognida.ai · Cumming, GA
I've spent over 25 years at the intersection of enterprise technology and business operations — starting with Oracle ERP implementations in the late 1990s and arriving, today, at the front lines of enterprise AI adoption.
My career has been defined by a single consistent thread: showing up at the messy middle of enterprise change and figuring out how to get things working. That means deep Oracle functional knowledge, yes — but more importantly, it means understanding the business processes underneath the systems, and the people who have to live with them every day.
Today at Cognida.ai, I work with organizations navigating the transition from traditional ERP and supply chain infrastructure to AI-powered workflows. Having spent decades building the systems that AI is now being asked to transform, I bring a practitioner's perspective to what works, what doesn't, and what is genuinely worth investing in.
Career Timeline
1998
ERP Career Begins
Started building expertise in Oracle Applications and enterprise resource planning — laying the foundation that would define the next 25+ years.
Oracle
Product Specialist
Worked inside Oracle itself, gaining deep inside-out knowledge of the Oracle Applications ecosystem — implementation, customization, and support.
Capgemini
Enterprise Consultant
Elevated skills to client-facing enterprise consulting — designing business processes, requirements analysis, and translating complex needs into Oracle-powered solutions.
Hitachi Consulting / Vantara
Project Manager
Led high-profile Oracle ERP implementations. Delivered a 20-week Oracle MRP project ahead of schedule, earning unsolicited client recommendations.
Hitachi Digital Services
Digital Transformation Lead
Bridged traditional ERP expertise with the industry's pivot toward cloud, data-driven, and AI-augmented enterprise systems.
2024–Present
AI Advisory at Cognida.ai
Advising enterprises on AI adoption, intelligent automation, and layering AI on top of ERP and supply chain infrastructure at Cognida.ai (Sunnyvale, CA).
Certifications
CPIM
Certified in Production and Inventory Management
APICS / ASCM
PMP
Project Management Professional
PMI
Oracle Cloud
Cost Management Cloud 2024 Implementation Professional (1Z0-1074-24)
Oracle
Areas of Expertise
Oracle Applications
E-Business Suite, Fusion Cloud, MRP, Cost Management
Supply Chain Management
CPIM-certified; demand management, inventory, MRP
ERP Implementation
End-to-end delivery, go-live management, global instances
Project Management
PMP-certified; high-stakes delivery in complex environments
AI Advisory
Enterprise AI strategy, intelligent automation, LLM tooling
Business Process Design
Requirements analysis, process improvement, adoption