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With more than 29 years of experience I the technology industry, Ranganath is an accomplished Technologist and Management Executive across core ICT technologies working in India and Asia Pacific & Japan regions. He has done various customer centric role across Sales, Product development, and Consulting in these geographies. As a mentor in HPE’s Digital Program, he works towards aiding co-innovation with startups for a digital future. He is also a Mentor of change with Nitu Aayog, Government of India.

Ranganath Sadasiva

Chief Technology Officer,

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Monish Kaul has over a decade of experience in helping to build organizations that deliver innovative solutions by applying cutting-edge methodologies and managing engineering and product teams in the digital economy. His technological expertise in building data-driven consumer platforms and growth products is proving pivotal in powering the intimate-wear destination towards sustaining category dominance.

Monish Kaul

Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTPO),

Zivame

Karthikeyan Krishnaswamy is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at KreditBee, along with being a member of the Board of Directors. He has served as a Director at KrazyBee Services Pvt Ltd - a systemically important NBFC registered with RBI. Karthikeyan works towards making credit accessible to one and all in India, by heading the technical innovation at KreditBee. A graduate from prestigious institutes, both Indian and foreign, he has been in tech leadership positions throughout his 2 decades of experience.

Karthikeyan Krishnaswamy

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder,

KreditBee

Technology leader with 20+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in building highly scalable, low latency & Intelligent Internet products. Excellent understanding of Digital and New Age technologies like microservices, AI, ML, UI/UX experience design. Proven track record of building high performance technology teams, driving execution excellence, building core organizational capabilities in delivering growth with large scale impact. Held leadership role at MakeMytrip, Infosys, Honeywell and Oracle with P/L responsibility.

Sambit Sarangi

Senior Vice President Technology,

MakeMyTrip

With over 25 years of experience in IT and data security, I am a results-oriented Chief Information Officer at Air Works Group, a leading aviation services company. I lead the digital transformation of the business, leveraging technology innovation and managing digital technologies, IT services delivery and operations, and cyber security. I collaborate closely with business leaders to create digitally enabled business potential that boosts sales, increases profit margins, and enhances client satisfaction.

Ramkumar Mohan

Chief Information Officer,

Air Works Group

Kirti joined the company in 2003. Over the years, she has been instrumental in giving Kotak Life’s tech strategy a cutting edge by implementing several transformational initiatives including Omnichannel Sales platform, Super App for distributor engagement, intelligent automation, video based customer calling, OCR/ICR, Conversational AI, RPA , Instant Servicing, etc. to enhance customer, distributor and employee experience and to build business and process efficiencies. With over two decades of experience spanning manufacturing and BFSI sector, Kirti has won several industry accolades for her initiatives.

Kirti Patil

Chief Technology Officer,

Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited

Shruti Kashyap is the CIO for Hindustan Unilever and the Head of IT for South Asia. Shruti has been with Unilever for over 16 years, doing a variety of technology roles across Sales, Marketing, and Finance. She has led a large digital transformation program globally at Unilever and set up a global production hub in Bangalore. She is passionate about creating business value through innovation and experimenting with new technology and experiences.

Shruti Kashyap

Chief Information Officer,

Hindustan Unilever

Vijay has nearly 20 of experience of enhancing business value through Digital Investments, Portfolio and Program Management, Product management and Agile transformation, Partner Management and has led large global and regional teams in delivering big and complex programs right from conceptualisation to benefit realization. Vijay is passionate about developing talent and is continuously curios, seeking opportunities to leverage digital innovations for business success.

Vijay Kannan

Global Head, Business Transformation & Chief Digital Officer,

Godrej Consumer Products Limited

As the CPTO of Walmart India, Neeraj oversees the strategic direction and implementation of technology solutions to enable new lines of business, optimize business operations and drive growth in one of the world's leading retail organisations. He has also spearheaded many global initiatives for the organization. Neeraj holds a distinguished position as a Director on the Board of Directors, where he contributes his wealth of experience and strategic insights to steer organizational decisions and drive long-term success.

Neeraj Chopra

Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO),

Walmart India, Flipkart Wholesale

With 28 years of experience in technology leadership and senior management within large conglomerates, he brings expertise in projects of national significance. Currently serving as a CIO of a RPG Goenka group subsidiary, he demonstrates a strong board presence, leading programs in technology-backed infrastructure projects.

Rajkumar Ayyella

Chief Information Officer,

RPG Group(KEC International Limited)

Anil Nama has been instrumental in CtlrS Datacenters growth from a new entrant in India IDC to the Largest Rated 4 as on date. He was also part of Cloud4C incubation, growth and presence in 22 Nations with Gartner Cloud WW MSP recognition. In his 3 decades career, as veteran he was part of CNO (Computer Network Offense) and CND (Computer Network Defence). Anil was worked in Airtel IDC initiative, currently known as Nxtra Data. He also served in AKS IT Services as the Principal InfoSec Consultant.

Anil Nama

Chief Information Officer,

Cloud4C & CtrlS

A Senior Leader in IT with 27+ years of global diversified experience in Product engineering, Product development and assurance

Srinivasulu Thayam

Chief Technology Officer (CTO),

Aravind Eye Care System

Saumer has been with Intel for over 20 years, managing diverse portfolios, such as Sales, Partner Programs and Technology enablement, across the APJ and PRC markets. As Director, Head - Customer & Partner Engineering for Intel India, he is entrusted to drive the best customer ROI by unlocking the value of Intel platforms and technologies . Prior to this he has led India Biz consumption teams for five years. Saumer has led B2B transformation across various sectors such as Government, BFSI, e-Commerce and the digital payment landscape.

Saumer Kumar Phukan

Director, Head of Customer & Partner Engineering,

Intel India

She is responsible for driving business impact for Intel through a very strong multi-partner ecosystem-GSI/NSI/ISVs based out of India. The key growth focus is through the large GSIs globally across multiple workstreams. Sangeeta brings ~23 years of Sales & Marketing experience, ~17 at Intel, with depth in various partner roles. She is also a strong champion of diversity & inclusion and has chaired Intel’s APJ, Sales & Marketing Group WIN(Women at Intel) role for two years.

Sangeeta Roy

Director, Software & Services Partner Business, Sales & Marketing Group,

Intel India

She is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in Sales and Product Management. Her journey with Acer began over two decades ago, and she has since held key positions spanning both Consumer and Commercial domains. In her previous stint as Director of Consumer Sales she helped steer the Consumer business to a double-digit growth and regain market share in key markets. She was also the Head of Commercial Product Management group. Priya brings in technical expertise and a strong sales acumen from her varied experience.

Priya Krishnamurthy

Director of Commercial Sales,

Acer India

Srinivas, during his 27 years of IT experience has taken up several leadership roles across Presales, Sales, Services and Technical Support. In his early career, he was a hands-on technologist and System engineer. In his previous role at Dell Technologies, he led the pan India Presales Solution Architect team focusing on customer outcomes which resulted in large IT transformation projects, competitive take-outs & business growth. A mix of Solution & Services experience has enabled him to engage with the technology teams as well as business users, which in turn helped him to build effective conversations and relationships with peers, colleagues, partners and customers.

Srinivas Rao

Head of Presales,

Lenovo ISG India & SAARC

As the Director of product support, he is responsible for ensuring that ManageEngine's UEM customers across the globe are happy. He oversees the seamless onboarding, product training and implementation, and support experience for all customers. He also heads the product evangelists, professional services, partner certification, and customer success teams to nurture long-term relationships with each client, and in turn nurtures community champions for ManageEngine. His role also demands evaluating technologies, and applying industry leading trends and tools to achieve delivery, quality, and business objectives that drive the business forward.

Romanus P

Director of Product Support,

ManageEngine

As the Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Nividous Software Solutions, Parag Talekar brings extensive experience and a passion for propelling Digital Transformative Solutions forward within the enterprise space. With a proven track record of leadership and innovation, he guides clients toward achieving unparalleled efficiency and productivity through the Nividous Intelligent Automation platform.

Parag Talekar

Vice President,

Nividous Software Solutions

Leading the helm at Magure, Pranav has been instrumental in deploying AI-driven solutions across a broad spectrum of industries including healthcare, sports event management, food delivery, and government sectors, spanning India, the USA, and the Middle East. Pranav assists enterprises in embracing their digital transformation journey with AI.

Pranav Agrawal

Founder,

Magure Inc

Philips Dayanidhi works at Bosch Global Software as Vice President heading IT and Digital transformation. He has been with Bosch for over 30 years playing various roles l like Manufacturing, IT, Consulting, Business Development etc.

Philips Dayanidhi Maria

Vice President & Chief Information Officer,

Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited

Saurabh is a proven Product leader having built and scaled highly successful products. In his current role as the Senior Director of Product Management at Whatfix, Saurabh oversees three product lines: Digital Adoption Platform for Web, Mobile, and Desktop. His focus is on empowering enterprise customers to seamlessly onboard, train, and support their application users. He aims to enhance learning experiences, reduce training expenses, increase user productivity, and improve user satisfaction.

Saurabh Mehta

Senior Director of Product Management,

Whatfix

Srini has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, with acquired skills spanning across enterprise architecture, data center design and optimization, consulting, he also has in-depth knowledge with respect to the Indian enterprise Market and trends across the industry.Currently as lead for specialists in India, his team drives architecture for deep tech solutions like Big-Data Analytics and AI, He is also responsible for Strategic Alliances and evangelizing Dell’s solutions and portfolio across the broad Dell Technologies’ offerings.

Srinivaschary T

Lead- Solution Architects,

Dell Technologies