Who We Are

Built on Deep Expertise.
Driven by Innovation.

Cognto is an enterprise transformation firm built on 27 years of hands-on experience across SAP, supply chain, AI, and regulated-industry technology delivery.

Our Story

Our Story

Cognto was founded in 2021 to bring boutique, expert-led digital transformation capability to enterprises that deserve more than large SI overhead.

Built on 27 years of implementing SAP supply chain solutions at some of the world's most complex and regulated organizations — from global pharmaceutical manufacturers to defense primes to federal agencies — the firm exists to deliver what only deep domain expertise can: transformation that actually works.

Where large integrators bring scale, Cognto brings precision. Where generic platforms offer breadth, we offer depth. Every engagement is led by a practitioner who has done this exact work — in this exact industry — at this level of complexity before.

Our Purpose

Our Purpose

"We deliver end-to-end enterprise transformation across SAP, AI, and digital technology — with the expertise to make it real and the experience to make it last."

"We believe that regulated industries deserve technology partners who understand their compliance environment as deeply as their business operations."

"We are committed to measurable outcomes, transparent delivery, and the kind of expert counsel that only comes from having done this work, at scale, for 27 years."

Our Approach

How We Engage

Every Cognto engagement follows a disciplined four-phase approach built for regulated-industry complexity.

1
Discover

We assess your landscape, understand your constraints, and identify the highest-value transformation opportunities.

2
Architect

We design the solution, define the technology architecture, and build the business case for executive alignment.

3
Deliver

We execute — on time, on scope, with the quality your operation demands and the compliance your industry requires.

4
Sustain

We support the change, measure the outcomes, and continue advising as your enterprise evolves.

Our Leadership

Our Leadership

DA

D.A.

Founder & CEO, Cognto LLC
Greater Houston, Texas

D.A. is the founder and CEO of Cognto LLC. With 27 years of SAP and supply chain expertise spanning Fortune 500 clients across 12 industries, he has led digital transformation programs at global pharmaceutical, aerospace, semiconductor, and federal organizations.

His experience spans the complete SAP landscape — from APO and IBP through S/4HANA, EWM, and BTP — augmented by deep capability in Generative AI, Azure, and Databricks. He holds an active U.S. government security clearance and currently serves as an SAP America vendor at the DoE/NNSA Pantex facility.

Founder & Principal Consultant

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Our Credentials

Our Credentials

Active U.S. Government Security Clearance

D.A. holds an active U.S. government security clearance, making Cognto available for cleared enterprise, defense, aerospace, and government-adjacent consulting and technology engagements.

SAP Certifications

SAP Material ManagementSAP SCM Demand & Supply PlanningSAP HANA Application Associate

Education

Rice University
Entrepreneurship Development Program

JNTU — Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
B.Tech Engineering

Federal Registration

SAM.gov Registered · Active
NAICS: 541611, 541512, 541519
NAICS: 541614, 541690
Business Type: Small Business LLC · TX
OASIS+ Application: In Progress
Our History

27 Years of Enterprise Technology

1993
Engineering & Manufacturing

Advanced manufacturing and CNC operations — the technical foundation.

2000
SAP Deployment — Industrial

ABB industrial automation — first SAP enterprise deployment.

2002
SAP SCM Consulting

Tata Technologies — enterprise SAP SCM practice begins.

2005
Healthcare Supply Chain

Cardinal Health — healthcare distribution supply chain planning.

2006
Global Pharmaceutical Program

Pfizer — 5-year global external manufacturing supply chain program across NA, EMEA, and APAC.

2011
CPG & Multi-Industry

Expanded across consumer goods, pharma, and industrial sectors.

2012
Pharmaceutical Compliance

Bristol-Myers Squibb — pharma SCM compliance and serialization.

2017
Aerospace & Defense

UTC Aerospace Systems — defense supply chain stabilization.

2018
Oil & Gas Procurement

Aramco Services — global energy procurement transformation.

2019
Semiconductor AI/ML

Lam Research — AI/ML supply chain integration for semiconductor manufacturing.

2021
Cognto LLC Founded

Houston, Texas — boutique enterprise transformation firm established.

2022
EV, Pharma & CPG

ElectraMeccanica EV manufacturing, CuraScript pharma distribution, Woodstream CPG.

2024
RTX SIOP + AI Architecture

Raytheon Technologies — AI-augmented SIOP with Databricks integration.

2026
SAP America · DoE/NNSA

Current engagement — SAP America vendor at DoE/NNSA federal facility.

Our Ventures

Our Technology Ventures

Specialized practices and technology ventures built from 27 years of enterprise domain expertise.

Primary Company
Cognto

Enterprise consulting, SAP transformation, AI-powered supply chain intelligence, and federal technology programs. Parent brand and primary operating company.

Active
Blockchain Venture
ChainLogics

Supply chain provenance, ownership tracking, certificate of origin, and smart contract workflows for regulated supply chains. Platform: Chainlogix.io

Portfolio Venture
Product Engineering Lab
DevOps Labs

Cloud-native product engineering, DevOps automation, CI/CD pipelines, and platform buildout. MVP to enterprise-grade software delivery.

Portfolio Venture
AI Products
CadAI

Engineering drawing intelligence, supply risk prediction, forecast bot, and document intelligence — AI products purpose-built for the enterprise.

Active Development

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