Head - AI Business & Strategy, Tech Mahindra

Head of AI Business Development and Strategy at Tech Mahindra. With more than 15 years of experience, Rahul has held roles across investment, sales, corporate strategy and software development. He has Masters in Computer Science and an MBA.

SVP & Business Head - Technology Business & West Coast, Tech Mahindra

Harshul Asnani is SVP & Business Head- Technology Business & West Coast at Tech Mahindra. He is a global technology business leader with over 20 years of experience in strategic sourcing, business development, building new markets in IT, Engineering/R&D and BPO outsourcing with primary focus on Communications and Hitech industries. He has worked in a wide range of leadership roles including P&L ownership, leading complex large IT/Engineering outsourcing deals, Alliances and strategic partnerships at a global level spanning North America, Latin America, Europe and India.

Principal Analyst Serving Application Development & Delivery Professionals, Forrester

Kjell, Principal Analyst at Forrester, serves application development and delivery professionals, covering data science, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics. His research helps organizations take advantage of the increasing, untapped potential of these analytics technologies to drive growth and transform existing ways of doing business. His research agenda focuses on the strategies, best practices, skills, and vendors that accelerate the pace at which firms adopt and drive value from machine learning and advanced analytics.

CTO, Manufacturing industry, Microsoft

As CTO for the Manufacturing Industry at Microsoft, Indranil Sircar is focused on shaping Microsoft’s industry solutions by driving the full value of product innovation and roadmap to accelerate digital transformation and value to customers and partners. Indranil joined Microsoft in 2012 and has been responsible for establishing and driving Microsoft’s strategy for high-tech and semiconductor industry, intelligent supply chain with focus on Cloud & Edge, IoT, AI, Mixed Reality, Blockchain etc. Indranil brings with him more than 30 years of experience in strategy and technology leadership in developing industry solutions and processes.

CTO- Hi-Tech industry, Tech Mahindra

Dr. Pandian Angaiyan heads the technology office for Tech Mahindra’s Hi-tech Business Cluster as CTO based out of San Jose office. He has decades of experience in incubating & leading computing businesses based on cutting edge; niche technologies give him the right tools to lead disruptive digital transformation for Tech Mahindra’s customers. As the head of the technology office, Dr. Pandian is tasked with leading the group’s innovative efforts toward providing technology driven solutions across all horizontals. He brings together the thought leadership from the industry, the technical capabilities of new-age technologies and case specific designs to enable services and solutions that provide a direct value add in terms of cost reduction, ROI and revenue.

Product Head, Tech Mahindra

Head of Presales - AI/ML Platforms at Tech Mahindra. With more than 20 years of experience in Business Analytics, Cognitive applications, AI/ML Platforms across verticals, Amit has authored many Technical & Strategy articles and whitepapers. He is participating member of various Industry Standards like TM Forum, ONAP.

Executive Director, Linux Foundation Artificial Intelligence

Ibrahim Haddad (Ph.D.) is the Executive Director of the LF AI Foundation that supports and sustains open source innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning. Prior to the Linux Foundation, Haddad served as Vice President of R&D and Head of the Open Source Division at Samsung Electronics. He established the global open source division, executed Samsung’s open source strategy, launched internal and external R&D collaboration projects, supported M&A and corporate VC activities, and represented Samsung in various foundations and consortia. Throughout his career, Haddad has held several technology and portfolio management roles at Ericsson Research, the Open Source Development Lab, Motorola, Palm and Hewlett-Packard. He graduated with Honors from Concordia University (Montréal, Canada) with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, where he was awarded the J. W. McConnell Memorial Graduate Fellowship and the Concordia University 25th Anniversary Fellowship.

Head, Strategic Development - Zen3

Chaitanya ‘Chetan’ is the Head of Strategic Development at Zen3 across India, USA, and EU. He is driven by building new businesses and solving complex real-world problems with the use of data, accelerating data teams across multiple regions. Chetan specializes in Strategic Sales, Partnerships, Business Planning and Strategy.

Presales and Solutioning Lead, Zen3

A jack of many trades, Salil has 12 years of expertise in data management in various roles across business verticals. Currently, he drives Presales and Solutioning for Zen3’s AI Enablement Services. He focuses on developing Human-in-the-Loop solutions for his clients looking to leverage AI.