Parag Karnik is the Chief Technology Officer of Enterprise Platforms at Nutanix, where he applies over three decades of global engineering and operational leadership to shape strategy and align enterprise platform capabilities with the needs of major IT organizations. His expertise spans technology products, platforms, and enterprise-scale operations across highly regulated sectors such as Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Financial Services.

Before joining Nutanix, Mr. Karnik served as Managing Director at Credit Suisse, where he led infrastructure services, platform engineering, and architecture within a centralized global shared service model. He drove a multi-year digital transformation initiative focused on accelerating business value and modernizing the firm’s risk control framework. Prior to that, he was Vice President at Johnson & Johnson, overseeing global hosting and data platform services across all business lines. In that role, he designed and implemented an enterprise-wide hybrid multi-cloud and data strategy, delivering a hybrid AI/ML platform, multi-region S/4 HANA deployment, and Software Defined Data Center and edge modernization initiatives for R&D labs, manufacturing, and warehousing operations.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Karnik spent over 21 years at Express Scripts/Medco, rising from a developer to a senior technology leader managing large global teams. He played a pivotal role in driving digital transformation programs, including the $26 billion merger between Medco and Express Scripts Specialty Pharmacy business.

Throughout his career, Mr. Karnik has built a reputation for transforming infrastructure engineering and operations functions into agile, innovation-driven organizations, improving developer and data scientist experiences while maintaining a strong focus on business outcomes. His leadership approach blends enterprise-level strategy with a startup mindset. In addition to his role at Nutanix, he advises EsperHealth, a healthcare AI startup, and continues to serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives, engineers, and architects - aligning strategy, execution, and innovation to deliver measurable business value.