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Suresh Sadhu is a seasoned SAP S/4HANA Finance Consultant with over 15 years of experience in financial transformation, including 12+ years specifically focused on SAP systems. He specializes in configuration management, data migration, and business process analysis, having successfully implemented S/4HANA solutions across multiple regions that increased operational efficiency by 30%. Combining his expertise in SAP FICO with emerging technologies like AI and machine learning, Suresh has driven innovations that streamline financial operations, improve data accuracy, and reduce processing time across various finance modules.
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Vittesh is a strategic tech executive with over 12 years of experience in data analytics, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence across various sectors. As the Senior Director of AI Engineering at Coherent Solutions, he transforms complex business challenges into innovative solutions that drive business growth. He promotes ethical AI practices to maintain a competitive edge in fast-paced, evolving markets.
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I am Senthilkumar Sakthivel, a Senior AI Cloud Architect with 17 years of experience in Software Industry specialized in Cloud, data, generative AI, machine learning, and Kubernetes. My journey in the tech industry has been marked by a continuous drive to leverage cutting-edge technologies to solve complex problems and drive innovation.
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Vinay Samuel is the founder and CEO of Zetaris, a data management platform. Founded in 2013, Zetaris aims to make data analysis easier, more accessible, and faster for businesses, empowering them to gain valuable insights and remain competitive in the evolving market.
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Paula is ABBYY’s Senior Vice President of Pre and Post Sales and oversees all Sales Engineering activities worldwide. Prior to her international role, Paula was the Director of the US Sales Engineering Team. A leader by example, Paula quickly established a reputation for her understanding of ABBYY’s products – establishing credibility with clients, prospects and VARs. Paula is instrumental in delivering impactful solutions, developing relationships
with customers, and leading the global customer enablement team to achieve
record-breaking revenues.
Prior to joining ABBYY in 2011, Paula spent over 20 years in increasingly senior roles within the Document Imaging / Data Capture / ECM industry. Through her deep domain knowledge and broad industry experience, Paula is a valuable asset to ABBYY for sales and delivery of high-value solutions to our customers, and to advocating women in tech and leadership.
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Surabhi Sankhla is vice president of product and an expert in conversational AI. With more than 14 years of experience building digital platforms and solutions, she is currently leading the launch of an enterprise virtual assistant. During her tenure at Amazon, Surabhi built, launched, and expanded products for Amazon’s Alexa. She also led several international digital transformation projects during her time at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Uber. Surabhi has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and an MBA from Stanford.
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Arun Sanna serves as Enterprise AI Solutions Architect at Precise Software Solution, where he architects AI and cloud modernization strategies for federal agencies including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration. His work directly impacts how hundreds of millions of Americans access critical government services. Previously, as Chief Architect at VivSoft Technologies and Principal Architect for the Department of Defense, Arun led some of the most significant federal technology transformations in recent history. He spearheaded the development of PlatformOne PartyBus, the DoD's largest Platform-as-a-Service supporting over 300 mission-critical applications and 20,000+ containers. During Operation Allies Refuge, his platform enabled the coordination of the largest airlift evacuation in U.S. history, helping save 120,000+ lives in just 72 hours. At CMS, Arun shattered federal modernization records by compressing the typical 18-month Authority to Operate certification process into just 90 days while simultaneously modernizing five applications with 50+ microservices. He pioneered AI/ML integration in federal healthcare, enabling secure deployment of large language models for fraud detection and advanced analytics. Arun holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Los Angeles, and maintains elite certifications including Certified Kubernetes Administrator, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Google Cloud Professional Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, and NVIDIA Certified AI Infrastructure and Operations.
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Ariel Santamaria is the General Manager of the MRO and Industrial Parts business unit at Advanced Technology Services, Inc. He oversees strategic direction and operational execution, ensuring high-quality service delivery. With a strong background in driving business growth, streamlining supply chain processes, and fostering long-term partnerships, Ariel leads innovative solutions to optimize performance and meet the evolving needs of ATS customers.
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María Sara Roberts is a director at Propeller, where she leads digital transformation initiatives and oversees the firm’s data and business insights service line. With a focus on aligning business goals with actionable, insight-driven strategies, she helps organizations harness data to drive sustainable growth and operational efficiency. María Sara has partnered with organizations across technology, retail, hospitality, e-commerce, and the nonprofit sector, bringing a versatile perspective shaped by experience in engineering, marketing, operations, and training.
Her expertise spans AI enablement, strategic planning, and analytics, and she’s known for her ability to bridge strategy with execution. With a foundation in consumer behavior, market research, and tech-enabled innovation, she approaches complex challenges with a holistic and data-informed approach and designs solutions that are built to scale and evolve. Maria Sara holds a master’s degree in data analytics and business intelligence from INCAE Business School and a bachelor’s degree in business management and entrepreneurship from Babson College.
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Zack Schuler is the Executive Chairman and Founder of NINJIO, a leading Cybersecurity Awareness Training company. With over 1,000,000 viewers a month, NINJIO empowers employees at some of the world’s largest organizations to protect themselves against cyberthreats and scams. Prior to NINJIO, Zack founded Cal Net Technology Group, an I.T. Consulting and Security firm in 1995. Zack grew Cal Net into one of the larger MSPs in Southern California before selling the company to a private equity firm in 2013.
He holds a B.S. from California State University Northridge and has served on the boards of charitable groups supporting children’s causes, opportunity & empowerment, and education.
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Roie Schwaber-Cohen is the Head of Developer Relations at Pinecone, specializing in AI and data-intensive applications. With nearly 20 years of experience in software engineering, Roie has expertise in full-stack development, microservices architectures and data intensive applications. His career spans roles from software architect to engineering lead across various tech companies. (https://www.pinecone.io/)
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Avthar is the AI Product Lead at Timescale, where he works on making PostgreSQL a better database for developers building AI applications. He has a background in product management, product marketing and developer relations, and prior to joining Timescale, he was a venture-backed startup founder and made products used by thousands of people. Avthar earned a BSE degree in Computer Science from Princeton University.
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Ikigai Labs CEO/co-Founder and MIT AI professor.
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Harshal Shah is a seasoned Electrical Engineer and Senior Product Manager specializing in voice technology and audio solutions. With over 11 years of experience and more than seven of which have been in the automotive industry.He has played a pivotal role in developing and optimizing cutting-edge voice processing systems.
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Sarfarazurrehman Shaikh is a technology leader with over 20 years of experience in the fintech and proptech industries, mainly in investment risk analysis and management. Shaikh has experience working with multinational companies, global banks, and disruptive start-ups across India, the UAE, and the United States. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Pune University and a specialization in entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School Online
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As a renowned Cloud, Data & AI Thought Leader, Ashish Sharma from AgreeYa Solutions, drives digital transformation through leading-edge technology solutions. With expertise in multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), he pioneers scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud architectures. He integrates cloud computing, AI, and data analytics to optimize performance, enhance decision-making, and unlock business value. With a focus on innovation, he helps organizations align technology strategies with business goals, driving tangible results and measurable outcomes.
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N Shashidhar is an accomplished VP and Global Platform Head of AssistEdge with an illustrious tenure spanning more than 25 years in the software industry. Not only is he a founding member of EdgeVerve, but he also had the distinction of being a part of the vanguard team that conceptualized and established EdgeVerve as a dynamic product subsidiary of Infosys. Shashidhar’s diverse experience in product and platform domains is unparalleled. Throughout his career at Infosys, he has donned various influential roles gracefully, showcasing his expertise across Technology, Client Engagement, and Functional Leadership sectors. Passionate about Strategy and Business Transformation, Shashidhar has left indelible footprints in the sands of business architecture. His remarkable contribution in transforming the Engineering Business and, later, during the nascent stages of Infosys’s Products & Platforms business speaks volumes of his strategic acumen and leadership skills. As the Head of Strategy and Operations for the Edge Portfolio, he was at the helm of transforming EdgeVerve. His relentless pursuit of refining the EdgeVerve portfolio strategy has been pivotal in the organization’s evolution. Academically brilliant, Shashidhar was bestowed with the University Gold Medal in Engineering. He also holds an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. In the realm of software and business transformation, Shashidhar’s journey and achievements stand as a beacon of inspiration and a testament to his prowess.
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Chris is responsible for the overall strategic direction and performance of Applause’s business in the high-tech sector and AI practice. Since joining Applause in 2015, Chris has held roles on multiple teams including software delivery, product strategy, customer success, and leading the strategic account segment in North America. Chris has over 24 years of experience with high-growth software companies as an operating executive, investor and board member.
Prior to Applause, Chris was COO of venture-backed TrueLens, a SaaS AI data platform. Previous experience includes serving as a general partner of an early-stage software VC fund in Boston, and operating roles at enterprise software company BEA Systems and Stax, a global strategy consulting firm. Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Queensland, Australia.
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As Chief Technology Officer, Sundar is responsible for setting our technology direction and strategy. He has extensive experience in Agile process, quality-first development, and converting on-premise products to cloud services.
Sundar joined Edifecs from Oracle where he spent 24 years building multiple enterprise products and cloud services. Most recently he led the Oracle AI Voice Digital Assistant cloud service, Oracle AI automation cloud service and Oracle BPM suite of products.
Sundar has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from IIT Bombay.
Hitesh Sheth
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Hitesh Sheth is the president and CEO of Vectra AI. Previously, he held the position of chief operating officer at Aruba Networks. Hitesh joined Aruba from Juniper Networks, where he was EVP/GM for its switching business and before that, SVP for the Service Layer Technologies group, which included security. Prior to Juniper, Hitesh held a number of senior management positions at Cisco. Before Cisco, he held executive and engineering management positions at Liberate Technologies and Oracle Corporation. Hitesh started his career as a Unix programmer at the Santa Cruz Operation. He holds a BA degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
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As chief technology officer at Barracuda Networks, Fleming leads the company’s threat research and innovation engineering teams in building future technology platforms to support Barracuda's broad portfolio of products. Additionally, Fleming has more than 20 patents granted or pending in network and content security, and he has been with Barracuda for over 18 years.
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Brad Shimmin is Vice President Practice Lead, Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure at Futurum, where he provides strategic direction and market analysis to help organizations maximize their investments in data and analytics. Currently, Brad is focused on helping companies establish an AI-first data strategy.
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Swapnil Shinde is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zeni and General Partner at Twin Ventures. He is a three-time entrepreneur with two successful exits, as well as an advisor and investor in more than 40 early-stage startups.
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Yoni Shohet is the co-founder and CEO at Valence Security.
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Aviram Shotten is CTO, EMEA at Qualitest, the world’s leading AI-powered quality engineering company. He is an experienced C-suite executive with a global track record in the aerospace, defense, information technology, and services industries. His fields of expertise include business development, management consulting, project management, change management,
and innovation management.
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Margarita Shvetsova is a content writer at Alconost, a full-stack localization company which helps businesses of all sizes connect with global audiences in more than 120 languages.
Margarita leverages her background in linguistics and her passion for interviewing industry experts to create articles packed with helpful information. Together with AI engineers at Alconost, she is avidly exploring ways to make the most of AI translation and transforming this experience into the ‘AI translation know-how’ series of articles.
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Charles Simon, BSEE, MSCs is a nationally recognized entrepreneur and software developer, and the CEO of FutureAI. Simon is the author of “Will Computers Revolt? Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence,” and the developer of Brain Simulator II, an AGI research software platform, and Sallie, a prototype software and artificial entity that learns in real-time with vision, hearing, speaking and mobility. For more information, visit https://futureai.guru.
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Saugat Sindhu is the Senior Partner and Global Head, Advisory Services of Wipro Limited. He leads a diverse group of practitioners globally, providing management consulting and business advisory services at Wipro focused on cybersecurity and risk, and related technology integration and transformation services for commercial and public sector clients. He is responsible for leading strategy development and execution planning, industry motions, solution innovation, and client service for Wipro’s Cyber Advisory business. His major industry expertise includes Media, Technology and Telecom. Saugat can be reached online at https://www.linkedin.com/in/saugatsindhu/ and at our company website Wipro | Consulting-Led and AI-Powered Technology Services & Consulting Company
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Content Marketing Expert with a combined experience of more than 9 years in IT Software Services and Research organizations.
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Sandeep Singh is Senior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Storage at NetApp. Sandeep is a driven, passionate, creative business leader with a proven track record of leading business and product strategy, building innovative products, managing high-performance organizations, and delivering business results at startups and Fortune 500 technology companies. Prior to joining NetApp, Sandeep spent four years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in multiple roles, including Vice President of Product Management for Data Infrastructure, Vice President of Marketing for HPE Storage, and CMO for Zerto, an HPE company. Sandeep joined HPE from Pure Storage, where he led product marketing for FlashArray, and helped the company scale from pre-IPO $100M run rate to a public company with greater than $1B in revenue. Prior to Pure, Sandeep led product management and strategy for 3PAR, an enterprise storage company, from pre-revenue to greater than $1B in revenue, including four-year tenure at HP post-3PAR acquisition.
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Sumit Sinha is Senior Director of Software Engineering at DIRECTV, where he leads customer experience and AI platform engineering. With over 16 years of experience in enterprise software and a passion for scaling intelligent systems, Sumit has spoken at CCW Vegas, reviewed for top academic conferences like AMCIS and ICIS, and is scheduled to speak at Genesys Xperience in September.
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Stu Sjouwerman (pronounced “shower-man”) is co-founder and CEO of ReadingMinds.ai, a pioneering AI-moderated interview platform for conducting sentiment analysis. He also is the founder and Executive Chairman of KnowBe4, the world's largest cybersecurity platform that addresses human risk management. Sjouwerman is author of "Agent Powered Growth: Deploy AI Agents that Build your Marketing Pipeline 24/7" [Wiley 2026], which achieved national bestseller status, debuting at #17 on USA Today's Bestselling Book List within two weeks of its release. A serial entrepreneur with decades in the IT industry, Stu was co-founder of Sunbelt Software, an award-winning anti-malware software company acquired in 2010.
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Shawn Smiley is the CTO at Achieve Internet and Apiboost. Shawn brings his 25 years of enterprise software experience to his role as CTO to architect, design, and implement robust solutions for customers. Shawn’s extensive experience enables him to help enterprises understand and leverage the rise of AI and LLMs to streamline business processes to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve revenue. He is also the chief architect and product owner for Apiboost, an enterprise-grade SaaS Developer Portal solution providing the expertise to ensure that customers have a secure, performant, and maintainable API Developer Portal solution for Google Apigee, Microsoft API Management and API Center, Kong, and other API management solutions.
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Hunter Smit is a senior product marketing manager for enterprise AI products and solutions at F5, a multicloud application security and delivery company. Smit holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in business administration from Whitworth University and is a member of the Whitworth School of Business Advisory Board.
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Pete Soderling is the founder of Data Council and the Data Community Fund. As a former software engineer, repeat founder and investor in more than 40 data-oriented startups, Pete’s lifetime goal is to help 1,000 engineers start successful companies. Most importantly, Pete is a community builder — from his earliest days of working with the data engineering community starting in 2013, he has witnessed the unique power of specialized networks to bring inspiration, knowledge and support to technical professionals.
Previously, Pete founded Hakka Labs (a social network for software engineers), Stratus Security (an early cloud-based API platform) and mechanikal (a software development agency in NYC). He is a graduate of New York University, has spoken at events such as TEDx, O’Reilly Strata and QCon, and has worked actively in supporting technical founders around the globe.
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Natan is a journalism student at the University of Florida and is expected to graduate in 2024. He plans on attending law school after graduation and wants to eventually become a best-selling author. When he’s not writing, he loves to watch hockey and listen to rock music.
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John Son is the Head of Marketing at DeepBrain AI, with over 10 years of experience in B2B sales and business development. He specializes in generative AI, strategic marketing, and driving global business growth, having successfully closed major deals and increased revenue
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Hemant Soni is a distinguished technology and product leader with over 22 years of global experience driving digital transformation and platform innovation across the Telecom, Media, and Technology (TMT) sectors. His career spans leadership roles at Capgemini, Evalueserve, and Vodafone, where he has consistently delivered high-impact solutions that blend strategic vision with deep technical expertise.
Hemant specializes in architecting AI-powered platforms that enhance digital customer experiences, streamline operations, and accelerate product innovation. His work in intelligent automation and enterprise system integration has led to measurable business outcomes and elevated engagement across diverse markets.
Renowned for his ability to lead complex, large-scale telecom initiatives, Hemant brings a unique blend of business analysis, application architecture, and data-driven strategy to every project. His contributions have shaped next-generation service solutions, modernized infrastructure, and advanced customer experience platforms.
His core competencies include:
• AI-driven digital transformation
• Telecom network operations
• Service and product innovation
• Infrastructure modernization
• Customer experience optimization using IoE and GenAI
Hemant is widely recognized as a thought leader in the TMT industry, known for his forward-thinking approach and influential contributions. He operates within globally accepted frameworks such as SAFe Agile, ITIL, and TM Forum’s eTOM, ensuring alignment with industry standards while delivering innovation at scale.
Beyond his technical leadership, Hemant is a passionate mentor in product management and artificial intelligence, committed to nurturing the next generation of innovators and advancing the field through knowledge sharing and ecosystem collaboration.
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Aditya K Sood (Ph.D) is a security practitioner, researcher, and consultant. With more than 16 years of experience, he provides strategic leadership in information security, covering products and infrastructure. Dr. Sood is interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud security, malware automation and analysis, application security, and secure software design. He has authored several papers for various magazines and journals, including IEEE, Elsevier, CrossTalk, ISACA, Virus Bulletin, and Usenix. His work has been featured in several media outlets, including the Associated Press, Fox News, The Register, Guardian, Business Insider, and CBC. He has been an active speaker at industry conferences and presented at Blackhat, DEFCON, HackInTheBox, RSA, Virus Bulletin, OWASP, and many others. Dr. Sood obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from Michigan State University. Dr. Sood is also an author of the "Targeted Cyber Attacks" and “Empirical Cloud Security” books.
Currently, Dr. Sood is the VP of Security Engineering and AI Strategy at Aryaka.
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Hari Srinivasan is the Founder and CEO of iCover, an AI-based algorithmic underwriting platform that helps insurers sell to the middle market. By leveraging data and predictive analytics, iCover can quote, underwrite, and deliver life insurance in under 5 minutes. For more information, please visit www.icoverinsure.com.
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Nikki St. Martin is VP of Marketing for The Jacobson Group, the premier insurance talent acquisition firm in the country. St. Martin is responsible for the ongoing marketing and branding efforts of The Jacobson Group.
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Jackson Stakeman is a solutions architect and AI systems leader at Sparq, where he leads efforts to design and deploy AI within real-world enterprise environments. With a background in digital strategy, cloud architecture, and software engineering, he has spent several years building and scaling production-grade systems across complex organizations. He currently leads Sparq’s AI engineering initiative, “The Shop,” where teams stress-test agentic AI in live conditions before it reaches production.
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Paul is a co-founder and VP of LangGrant, and former Microsoft executive involved in the launch of Windows NT. Paul began his career at Intel, where he was involved in the ascent of the Personal Computer. He joined Microsoft in 1990 to help accelerate Microsoft's success in the enterprise. He shares that he believes the looming transformation driven by AI will be more impactful than earlier sea-change events such as the internet.
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Jeremiah Stone is the CTO at SnapLogic, where he leads product strategy and is responsible for guiding the development and future direction of the SnapLogic platform. Stone is an experienced builder of advanced technology products that leverage the full power of AI to solve real business problems. Prior to joining SnapLogic, Stone was the CTO at healthcare technology company Ontrak, and before that held senior leadership roles at GE and SAP. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado’s mathematics program and more recently completed his Master’s in data science at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Susie Su is a seasoned professional holding the positions of DevOps Manager and Global Software Operations Architect at Signify (Philips Lighting). With a remarkable 14-year background in Software Development, 10 years in Cloud Computing (AWS & Ali Cloud), and 8 years of experience in team management and project oversight, she has proven herself as a versatile and accomplished leader. Susie's expertise extends to IoT, Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Spring Boot, ISP, overseas work, and emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Blockchain, making her a true tech pioneer. Beyond her technical accomplishments, Susie is a passionate advocate for women's leadership in technology, regularly sharing her insights through articles, speeches, and industry events.
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Krishna Subramanian is the co-founder and COO of Komprise.
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Dr. Muddu Sudhakar is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Aisera, the leading provider of AI Copilot and Generative AI solutions for enterprises. He has deep technical expertise in generative and conversational AI with a background in enterprise product management and GTM. Dr. Sudhakar has led several startups through acquisition as CEO (Caspida, Cetas, Kazeon, Sanera, Rio Design) and in public companies in SVP & GM roles (ServiceNow, Splunk, VMware, and EMC). He was recently named 2023 EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
His latest venture, Aisera, is one of the fastest growing companies in America, with 1,717% growth over a three-year period, serving more than 100 million users in global enterprises including Gap, Chegg, Zoom, Dave, McAfee and many others. Dr. Sudhakar holds a Ph.D. and MS in Computer Science from the University of California Los Angeles and a BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.
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Greg Sullivan is a former Fortune Global CIO, CTO, and CEO and a Founding Partner of CIOSO Global, where he advises boards and executive teams on cybersecurity, AI governance, and enterprise technology risk. With leadership experience spanning national security and large-scale global operations, he helps organizationsm operationalize responsible AI adoption, strengthen resilience, and meet evolving regulatory expectations. Sullivan is a CISSP and a board member and senior advisor to organizations navigating high-consequence technology and risk decisions.
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Swapneswar Sundar Ray is an enterprise AI and distributed systems engineer with over 15 years of experience building large-scale platforms across banking, APIs, microservices, and enterprise integration systems. His work focuses on agentic AI architectures, AI-driven API ecosystems, distributed workflow orchestration, observability, and governance-centric enterprise systems. He writes about the operational realities of production AI, particularly where AI agents intersect with distributed systems, infrastructure reliability, and execution coordination at scale.
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Ravi Teja Surampudi is a digital platform and marketing technology leader at Workday, working at the intersection of customer experience, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven operations. He leads teams focusing on building secure, scalable enterprise systems that connect marketing platforms, identity services, and production engineering workflows through policy-governed automation and zero-trust design.
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Sachin Suryawanshi is a highly accomplished Enterprise Architect, Cloud Strategist, and DevOps & Cybersecurity Leader with over 15+ years of experience in designing and optimizing scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud architectures. With deep expertise in Azure, .NET, Next.js, Web API, SQL, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps, he has successfully led large-scale cloud migrations, security transformations, and DevOps automation initiatives. His ability to architect cost-effective, resilient, and secure solutions has helped organizations modernize their technology ecosystems while maintaining operational efficiency. As a judge for the Edison Awards, BIntelligence, Globee Awards (Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence), and the Future City International event, Sachin plays a key role in recognizing groundbreaking technological innovations. His extensive experience in cloud security, DevSecOps, and AI-driven automation allows him to evaluate and advocate for cutting-edge advancements in cybersecurity and enterprise computing. Sachin has been at the forefront of cloud migration and enterprise architecture, leading one of the most complex cloud transformation projects—seamlessly transitioning hundreds of applications and databases from Rackspace to Azure with zero downtime. His expertise in multi-region disaster recovery solutions has eliminated single points of failure, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance for mission-critical applications. Beyond cloud strategy, Sachin is a recognized leader in cybersecurity, DevOps, and compliance automation. He has played a pivotal role in implementing Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing (SAST & DAST), SIEM, CSPM, and container security solutions, strengthening organizations’ cybersecurity postures and regulatory compliance. His leadership in achieving SOC 2 Type I & II certification has helped businesses meet stringent security standards while building customer trust. Additionally, he has driven Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) implementations, fortifying application security against evolving cyber threats. Sachin is also a performance and deployment optimization expert, having introduced architecture-driven optimizations that reduce response times, enhance deployment efficiency, and streamline cloud infrastructure management. His initiatives in cloud cost governance have resulted in significant cost savings, ensuring organizations maximize ROI while maintaining optimal performance. By integrating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Registry (ACR), and serverless computing, he has driven cloud-native development, scalability, and automation. As a trusted technology strategist, Sachin collaborates closely with executives, product leaders, and security teams to align technology roadmaps with business objectives. His ability to balance cost, security, scalability, and performance has made him a sought-after expert in enterprise cloud adoption, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. With certifications in Azure AI Fundamentals and Azure Fundamentals, Sachin continues to push the boundaries of AI-driven security and cloud innovation. His contributions to the industry set new benchmarks in cloud architecture, security-driven DevOps, and next-generation enterprise.
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Murali Swaminathan joined Freshworks as Chief Technology Officer in September 2024. Murali is responsible for Freshworks’ technology roadmap and strategy, leading the company’s global engineering and architecture teams. With over 30 years of experience in software engineering, he has held leadership roles at ServiceNow, Recommind (now OpenText), and CA Technologies (now Broadcom), where he delivered scalable, secure solutions that enabled digital transformation and business agility. Murali holds a master’s degree in Software Engineering Management from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and instrumentation from Annamalai University in India.
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Jon Swartz is senior content writer at Techstrong Group. Most recently, he was MarketWatch’s senior reporter based in San Francisco covering technology and Silicon Valley.
Previously, Swartz was USA Today’s San Francisco bureau chief. He has also written for Forbes, The (London) Independent, London Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and New Orleans Times-Picayune. He has won numerous journalism awards and is a two-time finalist for the Loebs, the Pulitzers of business reporting. Additionally, he frequently appears as a panelist on Fox Business and NBC Bay Area’s Press:Here program.
He has been nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize. Swartz is co-author of “Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity” and sole author of “Young Wealth.”
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Kraig is the founder & CEO at Qualified. Previously, Kraig was the Founder of GetFeedback. Before that, he served as CMO of Salesforce where he was responsible for driving the global corporate and product marketing functions, leading a team that drove Salesforce into hypergrowth.
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Charles Sword is the chief revenue officer at UpMetrics, a leading impact measurement and management software company that’s revolutionizing the way mission-driven organizations harness data to drive positive social outcomes. With a wealth of experience in business development and strategic planning, Charles is responsible for all aspects of market development for the company and is passionate about helping the world’s leading foundations, nonprofits and impact investors to drive accelerated social and environmental change. Mr. Sword has held leadership positions for multiple market-leading technology organizations including Blueprint, CAST, and iRise among others, and continues to hone his understanding of market dynamics and innovative strategies to unlock new opportunities and drive growth at UpMetrics. For more information, visit https://upmetrics.com/
