Aditya Ghose is Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Decision Systems Lab at the University of Wollongong Australia. He holds a PhD and MSc in Computing Science from the University of Alberta and a Bachelors in Computer Science and Engg. from Jadavpur University. His research addresses AI applications in enterprise computing, clinical informatics and Defence. His recent research has involved robotic process automation (RPA), business process analytics and process mining. He is President of the Service Science Society of Australia and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (Australia).

Neeraj is a Senior Director of Product Management at Virsec handling application and workload security for both cloud and on-premise environments. He has more than 20 years extensive expertise in security, risk management and compliance for the entire digital footprint including infrastructure and applications. Over the years, he has partnered with numerous CIOs and organizations in their digital journey from classic datacentres to modern cloud environments, helping them make their business more agile while navigating the complex maze of risk, compliance and governance in the most efficient manner.

Rohan Parakh is the Director of Product Management at Virsec. Throughout his career, he has worked to design and deploy cybersecurity technologies and services for organizations across the globe.

Having spent over 12 years in information security, Rohan has vast experience in wide security subjects, particularly Application & Data Security. Rohan's career responsibilities have involved technology design, implementation, and support for organizations across the globe. Having worked with global cyber security companies, Rohan has experience in solving key application and data security problems for very large enterprises and regulated industries.

At Virsec Rohan is responsible for working on product strategy and roadmap. He’s also deeply involved with various field teams to sense the pulse of the customers to ensure greater success.

With a illustrious career as a senior executive at multiple companies, from consulting, SCM & Logistic, IT services to financial services and currently at Tranzlease Holdings (I) (TZL), Vishal brings 17 years of industry experience, having successfully launched and scaled technology businesses. Vishal started his career in consulting with AdroIT Software & Consulting Inc, NJ for BI and Infrastructure practice for US blue chips before moving to iConnect Group,VA for their SCM, Logistic & Transportation business. He was heading product, application development and infrastructure in Binyas IT and Ackcezione Technologies for large scale projects in India, USA, MENA nations and OEM partnershipsin various roles and capacities including Head -Technology Operations and Vice President before joining Tranzlease. Presently Vishal serves as CIO, CISO, Head -IT at Tranzlease for strategizing, building, transforming,and creating Tranzlease’ technology edge and has served various roles in his and companies’growth and digital business transformation journeywith a strong expertise in Digital Transformation Strategy for Digitization, Product development, Cyber Security, IT GRC& security audits, Analytics, AI and Automation, Cloud Strategy & Deployment, Digital &Mobile Strategy for businesses.

Vishal with hisprofession work and success has received various industry recognition award which includes the CXO Excellence Award 2021, INSIGHTS CXO Award (Cloud Champ)2021, Cyber Sentinel Award 2021 etc.and various industry recognition award in the past and has been featured as” Icons of Digital Era” in brand book Indiafor Digital transformation. Vishal has been a key speaker, panelist in various reputed industry forums and a paper & article contributor as well.

Years of Experience: 26 Years

Technical Background: Chemical Engineering, Doctorate in Stereoscopic 3D, Certified Industry 4.0 Professional.

Brief Job Profile: Discovering the problems, performing Gap-analysis, Designing and Executing Immersive Industry 4.0 Solutions for Clients from Manufacturing and Process Industry.

Professional Expertise:
An evangelist for adoption of Industry 4.0 and immersive technologies for smart manufacturing progress in India and internationally
Nearly 3 decades of professional industry experience in consultancy, teaching, training, research & product development in Singapore and India
Adobe certified video specialist and the first certified instructor of South East Asia in 2004
Doctorate in stereoscopic 3D (Virtual Reality)
One of his major initiatives was ImmeX-Zone, the first ever commercially launched real immersive VR product in India and Singapore in 2014. He has also developed an indigenous VR-HMD and a dynamic haptic and effects integrated simulation chair for experiencing VR in Yr. 2014
Engaged in continuous R&D in the area of indigenous & cost-effective stereo 3D imaging, VR/AR, interactive-holography, Mocap systems, haptics and industrial simulations
Listed under “Iconic Business Leaders” by Fortune India
Crowned as “New Generation of Indian Leaders using International Best Practices” by Forbes India
Contributed Research articles for Science Magazines and Awarded as “Distinguished Scientist” @ International Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics held at Hyderabad in 2012

Han Ngi Juan holds more than 25 years experiences in Industrial Automation, Test & Measurements and IT Solutions. He currently leads Industry 4.0 Initiatives on Immersive Technology for a secure and collaborated communication in an intelligent enterprise.

His opinion has been featured by well-regarded media and publications on various topics of expertise, including Singapore News Radio FM938 mid-day business review, Miller Heiman’s publication on Strategic Selling, Dempa Publication on Asia Electronic Industry and speaker at Microsoft APAC CRM Business Solutions launch in 2004.

Han has been invited to speak at numerous public seminars and conventions with the Marketing Institute of Singapore, Singapore Institute of Management, Spring Singapore, Singapore Productivity Association, Temasek Polytechnic, LifeLong Learning Institute, Smart Nation - SkillsFuture Festival Singapore, Clariden Global Conference, guest lecturer with University of New Castle, Industrial Transformation Asia Pacific ITAP 2018 to 2020, IoTSG conference, Global Energy Simulation Technology Townhall panelist, Infocomm South East Asia, Workplace Safety & Health Webinar, L&D Skillsfuture SG Festival of Learning 2020, Global Energy Simulation Technology eSummit 2021, Singapore Polytechnic judge for Industrial Engineering projects competitions for 2019 & 2021 and VR/AR Global Summit 2021.

Han is also a facilitator and master trainer of Coaching and Reverse Coaching program using Relationship awareness theory and Strength Deployment Inventory SDI. He is an accredited 360 degrees transformational leadership coach and Team Leadership development consultant based on Bass & Avolio model.

Puneet is Executive Director & Regional Sales Director – India @ Virsec Systems, managing overall Indian Operations and Business. As a Business and Technology Leader, he specializes in conceptualizing business model, financial analysis and managing overall business & technology strategy. Puneet brings with him over 30 years of executive and start-up advisory experience, gained in several world-class firms in India, Middle East and Singapore. Puneet graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and holds an MBA from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.

Navin Chawla is based out of Mumbai and leads the Solutions Engineers team of Poly in India. After his graduation from Loyola College Madras, he completed his MBA from Maharishi Institute Of Management. He started his career in 1999, selling the Polycom range of video conferencing systems for a Polycom reseller in India. He then moved to Tata Communications where he spent almost 10 years in the product management team. He was instrumental in establishing the video practice there with the launch of several UC products on Cisco platform – like TelePresence as a Service and Jamvee, a unified conferencing service, during the early years. In his current role he manages a team that passionately designs conferencing solutions that fits the need of every user and every conference room in a multi-platform environment.

Arun Goyal is a seasoned professional with vast IT experience spread over three decades. He is a BITS Pilani and IIM Calcutta graduated with several professional certificate like CEH, ITIL, OCP, JCP etc. Currently he is a CIO with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, before this assignment he was driving

• National Digital Health Mission at National Health Authority as a Project Director,
• QNu Labs a quantum security company, as a Executive Vice President,
• Strand Life Sciences a genomics laboratory as a President,
• HCG Oncology hospitals as a President & CIO,
• Paras Hospitals as a Facility Director,
• Quest Diagnostics as a Sr. Director-IT & Operations,
• Central Bureau Investigation as a Head IT & CISO,
• Doordarshan as a Asst. Director.

Manoj Paul, Managing Director, Equinix India

Manoj Paul, Managing Director of Equinix India, is responsible for leading the company’s business strategy in India. In this role, Manoj focuses on expanding Platform Equinix® and business ecosystems in India, ensuring customer success in digital transformation in support of the government’s digital strategy.

Manoj joined Equinix in 2021 following the acquisition of GPX India where he was the Managing Director. He has successfully helped GPX India become India’s most hyperconnected carrier-neutral edge data center with an unparalleled ecosystem of carriers, content providers and cloud service providers. He has more than 25 years of experience in the IT and telecom infrastructure and services industry. Before GPX, he has held senior management positions in leading ICT companies, including, Bharti Airtel where he was the COO for Enterprise Business, Lucent Technologies (acquired by Nokia), HCL and Avaya.

Manoj holds an MBA from the IIM Ahmedabad and a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Electronics and Telecommunication from the Jabalpur Engineering College.

Arun Tewary, Digital Acceleration veteran | Strategy & Technology Adviser | Director | CIO, UAE

Arun Tewary’s association with Middle East has been for over 25 years and known in the IT industry as one of the leading CIOs. Arun has 4 decades of international professional experience in Information Technology and business transformation through automation and process reorganization across numerous industry verticals in various capacities. He has successfully transformed organizations through digital acceleration and agile processes. He has worked across Manufacturing sector, Retail, Trading, Real Estate, Food & Beverages, Aviation (aviation catering), and Information Technology. He worked mostly on Tier-1 ERPs. Arun has ddemonstrated success in strategy planning and execution and advisory/consulting service with stellar record of serving as Board Member for multiple groups as well as councils. Empowering business leader with demonstrated success. Managing teams of professionals internationally while ensuring professional growth. He has worked with Tata Steel, India, Essar Steel India, Al Futtaim Group, UAE, Emaar Properties, UAE and Emirates Flight Catering, UAE. Arun is an active member of CIO Majlis, UAE. He is a challenger and at the same time a leader in collaborative working. Presently he is Strategy Advisor and Director with Fineness, a global system integration company with HQ in Dubai. He is also Group CIO of Alpine Creations, a global apparel manufacturing company.

Mr. Piyush Somani, Managing Director & ChairmanESDS Software Solution Ltd.

A born leader and a gifted strategist, Mr. Piyush Somani defines what ESDS stands for through his exceptional ability to build and grow a business and nurture-long term relationships. Piyush founded ESDS Software Solution when he was just 23 years old but since then he has successfully expanded ESDS Group to 19 nations across APAC, Europe, Middle East, Americas, and Africa.

Piyush has always focused on innovating technologies like cloud hosting platform, datacenter management system, core banking solutionsand Pay-Per-Consume billing system to provide great experience and satisfaction to customers.

Piyush has administered various departments in ESDS right from Tech Support, Marketing, Sales & finance, which has elevated and transformed him into a great technology leader. Under Piyush’s leadership, ESDS has touched great heights, won laurels, expanded its product portfolio and caters to some of the best Enterprises, Banks and Government Institutions in the World. With a strong workforce of over 1000 employees across domestic and international offices, Piyush ensures to personally connect with each employee because he believes in creating and nurturing professional relationships more than anything.

Today ESDS is a leader in offering cloud solutions and advanced technologies purely because of Piyush’ forward thinking mentality and a big heart.

Pinkes Ambvat is ‘Chief Information Officer’ for CRIF India. CRIF is one of India’s leading provider of Credit Information, Business Information, Analytics, Scoring, Credit Management. In his role, Pinkes is responsible for driving digital transformation through emerging enterprise technologies and strategic initiatives. Pinkesh is also providing various innovative product solutions related to open banking, Account aggregator and digital banking business lines.

Pinkes is highly accomplished and seasoned professional with over 18+ years of global experience and specialized in developing IT strategy, innovation, enterprise solutions that deliver business benefits across business processes and horizontals. Pinkes drives several initiatives to deliver high-performance solutions by capitalizing various cutting-edge technologies.

He is also responsible for overall Operations, Infrastructure, Security, and Applications with cross cultural engagements across geographies including India, Italy, Germany, Poland, USA, UAE, Russia, etc

A thought leader in driving Digital Business Transformation, he provides business focused IT Leadership. Pinkes in the past has also played several leadership roles such as CISO, CTO, IT Director etc.

Arun Tewary, Digital Acceleration veteran | Strategy & Technology Adviser | Director | CIO, UAE

Arun Tewary’s association with Middle East has been for over 25 years and known in the IT industry as one of the leading CIOs. Arun has 4 decades of international professional experience in Information Technology and business transformation through automation and process reorganization across numerous industry verticals in various capacities. He has successfully transformed organizations through digital acceleration and agile processes. He has worked across Manufacturing sector, Retail, Trading, Real Estate, Food & Beverages, Aviation (aviation catering), and Information Technology. He worked mostly on Tier-1 ERPs. Arun has ddemonstrated success in strategy planning and execution and advisory/consulting service with stellar record of serving as Board Member for multiple groups as well as councils. Empowering business leader with demonstrated success. Managing teams of professionals internationally while ensuring professional growth. He has worked with Tata Steel, India, Essar Steel India, Al Futtaim Group, UAE, Emaar Properties, UAE and Emirates Flight Catering, UAE. Arun is an active member of CIO Majlis, UAE. He is a challenger and at the same time a leader in collaborative working. Presently he is Strategy Advisor and Director with Fineness, a global system integration company with HQ in Dubai. He is also Group CIO of Alpine Creations, a global apparel manufacturing company.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankajmittal1/

Cell: +91-9818081412 / Pankaj@digizenconsulting.com

Pankaj Mittal is a Digital transformation strategist, TedX Speaker with over 25 years of progressive leadership experience in the IT, security and telecom industries in India and abroad.

His experience cover multi geographies & domains in ITeS Service, Banking & Telecom companies & working as IT enabler to business. He has hands on understanding on Data Center, Security, Cloud & Network solutions across various technologies.

He has handled large & complex transformations impacting global outcomes for various business during his tenure. He also has a good understanding of emerging technologies like RPA, AI/ML, Cloud & Distributed Ledger Technologies (Blockchain) platforms. He has been a sought-after speaker at various National & International stages on new age technologies. He specializes in:

• Digital Operations & delivery (Blockchain, AI/ML, BI & RPA)
• Strategic Alignment of Technology with Business
• Business Development & Go to Market for Product/Services
• Cost Optimization
• IT Strategy
• IT Security & Audits
• Startup Ecosystem

He has worked with companies like SLK Group, Tata Communications, Vodafone & Barclays bank etc. Recently he founded DigiZen Consulting based in Pune, India & launched vCIO & vCISO services to tap the SME & MSME market segments. He has been on panel of various IT Initiatives as well like:

• Member National committee for ecommerce- CII (3rd year in a row)
• TiE Bangalore Chapter Member/Speaker
• Member- ISACA Pune Chapter
• Practioning Master at School of Advance Computing, Masters Union
• Advisory Board Member (Global Blockchain Committee)- EC-Council
• Member DSCI Chapter, Pune
• Board of Governance- GV Pula Reddy University- Hyderabad

He is also passionate to work & nurture the startup ecosystem. He is lead Investor at CIO Angel Network (CAN) & work with many angel networks in India. He is also associated with various angel networks & communities across India & also actively mentoring startups in his portfolio. Have almost got 12+ startups under his portfolio as Investor across B2b domains. He is currently on board of:

• Technical Mentor & Advisor – India Accelerator
• Technology Advisor- Spanache VC, Singapore
• Lead Investor- CIO Angel Network

With a Degree in Commerce from Delhi University, multiple IT certification like MCSE, CCNA, Lead Auditor for ISO 27001, BS25999, & Global CIO certification from ISB Hybd & he is based of Pune, India.