Pankaj Patra is the vice president of information technology at Brinker International. Pankaj holds a bachelor degree from National Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering and a Master in Business Administration from Cox School of Business from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Pankaj has been in the hospitality industry from the past 18 years. He started his career as a consultant in the Retail and Hospitality space consulting with Cognizant Technology Solutions. During his tenure with Cognizant his focus was Restaurant POS and Corporate Systems. He has held positions of Enterprise Architect for Brinker International, Senior Manager of Enterprise Systems of On The Border, Director for BI & Data Systems at Brinker International and Senior Director of Corporate Systems at Brinker International. In his current role he manages all aspect of IT for Brinker International. With the focus on Digital Transformation in all aspects of business he has been instrumental in launching the Ziosk program, Loyalty program, Ecommerce platform to name a few.