Coforge Names Sunil Fernandes COO Amid AI-Native Push
Fernandes will oversee global delivery as well as core operations including admin, facilities, and internal IT as Coforge deepens its AI-native engineering push.
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IT services firm Coforge has promoted Sunil Fernandes to chief operating officer, expanding his role to include global delivery as well as core operations such as admin, facilities, and internal IT.
He is based in Princeton, New Jersey, and will continue to report to Chief Executive Officer Sudhir Singh, according to a stock exchange filing.
The move signals Coforge’s effort to sharpen execution as it pushes deeper into AI-native engineering. In the new role, Fernandes will focus on operational efficiency, AI adoption, and delivery consistency for clients, the company said.
“Sunil has a combination of leadership skills, technical expertise, and strategic thinking, which will be critical to transforming Coforge’s operations to support our growth ambitions,” said Singh, adding that the move reflects the company’s intent to compete in an AI-driven services landscape.
An industry veteran with over three decades of experience, Fernandes has served as Chief Delivery Officer since 2024, where he led a transformation of Coforge’s delivery organization, driving stronger execution discipline, domain depth, and engineering rigor.
Prior to Coforge, he held leadership roles at Accenture, Infosys, and Cognizant.
The leadership shift comes as Coforge builds momentum around its AI-native platform, Forge-X, positioned as the backbone of its next-generation software delivery model.
Launched earlier this year, the platform is designed around agentic AI principles, using autonomous AI agents to orchestrate software development across the lifecycle.
Forge-X integrates tools, domain intelligence, and AI assistants to enable context-aware, automated, and scalable engineering. It connects seamlessly with enterprise systems like Jira, LeanIX, Ardoq, and ServiceNow, while deploying specialized agents across roles, from product owners to developers and operations teams.
At its core, the platform is built on three pillars: embedding domain expertise into engineering workflows, deploying purpose-built AI agents for specific challenges, and leveraging industrial-grade tools and accelerators.
These include CodeInsightAI for reverse and forward engineering, BlueSwan for AI-led quality assurance, NORTHSTAR for continuous integration and observability, and EvolveOps.AI for autonomous IT operations across hybrid cloud environments.
“At Coforge, we are fundamentally reshaping ourselves to lead in an AI-first era,” Fernandes said. “This transformation will define how Coforge competes and wins in the next decade.”
