As President of Launch Consulting, The Planet Group’s digital transformation consultancy, John Cipolla oversees a robust portfolio of Studio practices—including advisory services, native app development and modernization, cloud build-migrate-run, data AI/ML and generative AI, and collaboration solutions. He also leads Launch’s Partner Channel ecosystem business groups.

John brings over 30 years of experience as an accomplished Fortune 500 and global systems integrator executive, focused on delivering client outcomes and leading high-performance teams.

Prior to joining Launch, John served as CEO of Maven Wave (acquired by Atos), where he drove global consulting initiatives focused on data, AI/ML, cloud implementations, software engineering, managed services, and licensing. He went on to form Atos’ Eviden division, building and leading the Cloud Americas group before becoming Global Chief Customer Officer.

Earlier in his career, John served as Managing Director at Accenture (NYSE: ACN), leading cloud transformation and infrastructure teams and serving as go-to-market lead for major strategic partnerships, including the Accenture Google Business Group and Accenture Microsoft Business Group. He also held executive leadership positions at Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ: NSIT) and AT&T (NYSE: T).