In his role at Lulu Group International, Piyush Kumar Chowhan is responsible for Digital strategy and execution of technology for all its global businesses across 12 countries which include Retail, Hypermarket, and Shopping Malls. He has over 20+ years of experience in driving businesses change using the latest technology innovations thereby enhancing business value.

Piyush has acquired strong domain knowledge in Retail, E-commerce and Supply Chain Management while working for global retailers like Walmart, Target, Circuit City, Tesco, and Best Buy. He has also been instrumental in leading the deployment of state-of-art, award-winning supply chain replenishment program, defining the roadmap for future-ready retail stores and Artificial Intelligence and Analytics.

He has won many awards for his work and is a part of the Steering Committee of the Analytics and Data Science COE (jointly started by the Government of Karnataka and NASSCOM in Bangalore).

Damodaran Raman had started his career as Space Scientist and served 14 years in Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO). He is an expert in Launch Vehicle and Satellite component design and control system programming. His extensive work helped ISRO in the indigenisation of various elements like Bimetallic transition joint & Gas Dynamical Ignitor for Cryogenic etc.,

Damodaran Raman’s second stint was in IBM for around 14 years and performed various key roles. He performed client facing roles in North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Middle East in the capacity of Project & Account Executive. He is an SME and Consultant in Telco, Payments, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Cloud and Microservices. He also played key roles in many of the organisational initiatives like Base Account Growth to drive grass root innovation, Inside Track 2017 – Global hackathon with around 8500 ideas across 50 countries, Cost Take out, Eminence and Excellence Program across Global Business Services. He performed the role of Microservices Leader to help clients towards digital modernisation, develop capability and eminence and to increase Microservices foot print as part of their strategy. He is also an expert instructor in conducting Microservices Architecture courses for architects and senior consultants across various countries (India, Philippines, Thailand & Chile) and he trained around 2000+ professionals.

Damodaran Raman joined Bayan Payments Ltd., a Saudi Arabian Fintech as Chief Technology & Innovation Officer from March 2019. The company’s vision is to take digital payments to the next level in Saudi Arabia, followed by global expansion. He was awarded as “TOP 50 TECH LEADER AWARD” by Intercon Global recently(October 2019).

International Awards:

• “Best 10 CIOs in Indochina (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) by IDG & VCCI” – May 2005.
• “Best ERP Project Leader in Vietnam” by ADOC (APEC Digital Opportunities Center) in Taiwan – August 2005.
• Speaker/ Presenter / Interviews/ Talks on IT , CIO Event, Digital Transformation and Cyber Security at Tech Seminars/ Talks in ASIAN Countries: Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, …

Over 25 years of work experience in IT, being mainly the Chief Information Officer, working for different industries like FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods), Retail, FinTech, Life Insurance, Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Automotive Manufacturing, Estate & Construction, Logistics, F&B (Food & Beverage) and IT & Telecom, Agriculture, …

Sound & proven track of successful records in delivering very unique & valuable contributions to most sophisticated and biggest multinational organizations for Digital Transformation, IoT, AI, Industry 4.0, Machine Learning, Automation in Automotive manufacturing, Agriculture, Smart building and logistics and be present over 35 countries in the world with a lot of IT project deployment experiences like SAP ERP, CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management), BI (Business Intelligent), Data Warehouse, ISMS (Information Security Management System), ISO27001, Big Data, Digital Transformation, IoT, Automation, Industry 4.0 and Cyber Security, …

Have been internationally awarded “The best 10 CIOs in Indochina” (Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia) by the most famous US Tech Media IDG (International Data Group) and VCCI (Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry) in 2005 and awarded “the best ERP and e-Business project leader” by ADOC (APEC Digital Opportunities Center) in Taipei, Taiwan in 2005.

Being exposed on various interviews, talks, articles about the achievements, successful stories, contributions, leadership style, …on various newspaper like Saigon Time Daily, PC World Vietnam, PC World Saigon, Saigon Times Weekly, VNPT IT Society Magazine, Vietnam HR Magazine (dedicated for C-Levels & Senior Executives only), Digital Power Magazine (from VNPT, top 1 Telco in Vietnam), …or On the Internet like Vietnam Business Forum, Vietnam Banking website, …and on TV programs like VTV1 (Vietnam Television) 1, HTV7 (Ho Chi Minh Television 7), HTV9 (Ho Chi Minh Television 9), …

Conference Speaker, Professional Talk/ Presenter at International Events/ Seminars/ Tech Talks:

• On IT and Security among CIO Asia Network: Eg: http://bit.ly/cyberinsights_hcmc_ciovn; https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cio-academy-asia_cio-academy-asia-hosted-an-invigorating-cyber-activity-6602786400704266240-73py/ : Nov 19, 2019
• On Digital Transformation for ASEAN Countries: Singapore, HongKong, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam on Digital Transformation: https://w.media/webinar/digital-transformation-through-the-lens-of-cxos-and-sme-business-owners/ : May 14, 2020
• On Digital Economy of Vietnam Infrastructure: https://w.media/webinar/digital-economy-in-vietnam-dragon-unleashed/ ; … for Asian Countries: June 30, 2020

Mr. Rajesh Uppal is a visionary and a thought leader with an impressive career of more than 30 years in the field of Information Technology. Mr. Uppal is currently serving as the Chief Information Officer of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and acts as the Senior Executive Director of IT, Safety, HR and Education & Training functions at Maruti Suzuki.

Mr. Uppal’s association with Maruti began in 1985 when he joined the IT team. He has successfully established IT as a critical business function in initial years of Maruti. Surpassing the era of stream-lining and sustaining operational processes, he forayed into areas of business analytics, products & service innovation while improving efficiencies across the value chain.

Renowned as a leading thought leader, Mr. Uppal is a regular speaker at various forums across the globe and has chaired numerous national and international conferences. Mr. Uppal has many accolades including Global CIO, CIO Choice, Best CIO of the year etc.

Realizing the importance of trained and motivated human resource, Mr. Uppal had conceived and successfully established a dedicated Training Academy in Maruti Suzuki which has garnered prestigious awards and accolades including Brandon Hall Award for Learning Management System and Silver trophy for the category Best Private Organization Training Program at ASSOCHAM’s Summit-cum-Awards on Skilling India.

In this rapidly evolving business context, his focus is to build organization ready for future and be able to respond to the strategic challenges of providing a continuing stream of talent, building organizational capacity and driving systems and processes that create a high performance culture.

Mr. Kumar Prasoon is the Co-Founder COO / CIO – ConsultValiant – An AI Leader in Next Generation Enterprise Architecture and Business Digital Transformation Consulting.

Enterprise Digital Leader 2017 and Digital Retail Leader 2018 by MIT Sloan Review and the Khaleej Times plus CIO of the Year 2018/ 2019, Kumar Prasoon had been the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a prominent retail chain and honored as one of the Global Topmost CIOs in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), Asia and also at the international level.

As a CXO Advisory Leader he makes technology recommendations to Global Executive management on the aspects of AI , ML , Deep Learning , Computer Vision, Data Science,Fuzzy Analytics, Business Intelligence; BigData, IoT /IIoT, BlockChain, cloud computing, enterprise 2.0, integrated systems architecture and virtualization. Being the founder of Fuzzy Analytics Framework and Modern Industrial Complex Mathematical Calculus for Emerging Technologies, Kumar is also the global leading Industry Researcher, Scientist and Technology Evangelist for Smart Systems, Smart Retailing, Smart Cities, Smart Parking, Smart Engineering, Smart Instrumentation, Smart Metering and Industry Quantum Mechanics employing the Modern Emerging Technologies.

He chairs as an advisory board member with numerous national and international consortiums in the capacity of consulting, research and bringing supreme Industry Innovations. Another strong facet is his contribution to the Academia Sector for the Global Universities from Far East to West where he has mentored , coached and executed successful projects with hundreds of incumbents in Bachelors , Masters and Doctorates in Engineering , IT , Business and Management in the areas of Emerging Technologies , Emerging Markets and Emerging Systems.

Phil joined Great-West Lifeco in January of 2016 and is currently responsible for all aspects of technology strategy, governance, delivery and support across Great-West Lifeco, with a focus on technology innovation, digital transformation and agility, cyber security, hybrid-cloud enablement, risk management, employee productivity, data analytics, A.I. and robotic process automation. Reporting to the CEO, Phil is a member of the Lifeco Executive Management Committee, Lifeco Strategic Operating Committee and Executive Risk Committee.

Phil has 43 years of progressive global technology experience, having worked in 49 countries during his career as a Global CIO, senior technology professional, advisor, and technology consultant. Phil has extensive global financial services and capital markets experience and has managed technology portfolios through numerous large company mergers and acquisitions.

Phil is the first and only Canadian-based CIO ever to be inducted into “The CIO Hall of Fame” and serves as a current board member of The CIO Strategy Council, The Technology Business Management Board and The Trusted Advisory Board.

Prior to joining Great-West Lifeco, Phil held global roles as the Chief Digital Technology Officer for Sun Life Financial and the Chief Technology Officer for Manulife Financial/John Hancock having also worked at the Royal Bank of Canada, AT&T, and PwC Consulting. Phil holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm) from York University (Canada) and a B/TEC from Leeds University (England). Phil currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

Sadat started his professional career in a local software firm before joining Unilever in 2008 as an IT Analyst. He has been through several cross functional stints by partnering with Finance, HR, Sales and Marketing departments. Sadat took up regional role of managing Salesforce technology of South East Asian countries based out of Malaysia. He then joined Danone to lead the Salesforce tech team of India and South East Asia in 2015. Later he joined back Unilever Bangladesh as Head of IT function in 2018. He has lead some of Unilever’s global digital transformational programs in multiple geographies and currently steering Bangladesh tech team to greater heights in the era of industry 4.0.

Sadat earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from NIT Warangal, India. He later completed his MBA from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sadat is a tech enthusiast and passionate about leveraging new technological innovations into business value addition and growth. His current area of focus is data science.

A seasoned IT leader with 18+ years track record of transformation Technology, Information, Security, Projects, building ground up IT departments in start-up organizations and delivering complex and challenging IT Solutions and projects. Served multiple very large government organizations with technology oriented and aligned with business need to accelerate the future and shaping the future government. Highly motivated with a proven ability to lead, manage and develop IT teams. Adept in aligning IT Department with organization's Business goals and creating value for stakeholders. Expertise in defining IT strategy, tactical direction and governance framework for making IT as business enabler to deliver targeted results.

Also looking to escalate my career on digital transformations and Information Technology and to qualify for a position in the leading organization which both challenging and rewarding to exceed the objectives and positive outcomes of a high profile organization.

As advanced qualifications and experience working with C level for the past 15+ years giving the opportunity to exceed the expectations and support the government vision by narrowing the thinking from vendor and government view.

DR. Hamad and his team manage the wireless telecommunication for AD Police, Starting from the designing of our based location to the activation of the network itself. He had two degrees from HCT (Higher college of Technology) which are HD higher diploma in science of Network and a Bachelor’s in Network Computer. Also, he has the TNM (Telecommunication and Network Management) Master’s degree from SYRACUSE University, NY United State of America. His managerial experience has provided him with most valuable first-hand experience of organizational and corporate change and inspired his passionate interest in organization management and administration. In his first management position, with Abu- Dhabi police as a Network Section Manager, from 2005-2009 and 2012 to 2016. However, he spent four months working in one of the Information Technology company in Boston, MA United State of America, he acquired valuable of experience of successfully record of customer satisfaction as well as figured out the differences between the business overseas and his own country. He is CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), CCNP (Cisco Certified Networking Professional) and ITIL certified (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). Moreover, he has a successful course training in leadership preparation in Abu Dhabi Police training department.

Arvind Sivaramakrishnan is the CIO of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, India and is based out Chennai, India. He is responsible for the IT strategy and implementation across the Apollo Hospitals group. Arvind has extensive experience in management consulting, architecting, and building solutions for enterprise wide applications.

He has led Apollo Hospitals in achieving the prestigious HIMSS Level 6 Health care IT maturity model certification in 2013 which is a rare maturity level attained in Asia Pacific Arvind has lead the Apollo team to be recognized with the HiMSS-Elsevier award (2013,2014, 2015, 2016) for outstanding use of IT in patient care delivery in Asia Pacific .Under his leadership, Apollo Hospitals was awarded the Microsoft Health Innovation award in 2016 for the use of effective big data analytics using Microsoft solution in Infection control surveillance in health systems.

His experience in the domain of health care IT has spanned geographies across the world. Prior to his current assignment, Arvind was with the Healthcare Practice of Computer Sciences Corporation, in Michigan USA. During assignment, he was the Director of Clinical Applications with Henry Ford Health system in Michigan, USA.

Arvind holds the credentials of CHCIO certified by the College of Health Information Executives,USA as aHealthcare CIO.He currently serves as the Secretary of CHiME’s India chapter and is a member of the founding board of CHiME in India.Apart from ICT solutions in the Healthcare domain, Arvind has keen interest in IT solutions that aid Quality and Service excellence in service industries.

Arvind has been inducted into the CIO Hall of Fame by CIO.in and is also the recipient of the CIO Sammanan from CIO&Leader. He is also the receipient of the prestigious IDC ICONIC award.Arvind lives in Chennai with his family and is a very keen Carnatic music enthusiast.

Linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/in/nsarvind

Sainbileg Mandakh is the CIO, Golomt Bank, Mongolia and Chairman, Information technology council of Mongolian Bankers Association, Mongolia.

In his previous tenures, he has assumed many roles in not only Mongolia but also global companies. He carries experience of Data analyst, QOSQO, The Netherland, System analyst A.C.E.R, Australia, Software Developer, Golomt Bank and in the immediate past Director IT Division of Golomt Bank.

Sainbileg is a master’s degree holder in the Information technology development of HAN University of Applied Science, The Netherland and, bachelor’s Degree holder in a Software Development from Mongolian University of Science and Technology

Top500 CIO Awards winner, Manish Gaur has over 18 years rich experience working with Software, Education , KPOs , System Interrogators and Manufacturing companies , including in the Silicon, Adhesive, Automobiles, Cement, Glass, FMCG, Pharmaceuticals, Elevators, and Engineering verticals. As the Head of IT at Patanjali , he drives Digital Transformation and delivers complex and large enterprise wide projects at country and global levels; these include SAP , CRM, Customer Loyalty, E-Commerce, SFA, Retail, Dealer Management, Digital Supply Chain, Manufacturing Automation and RFID, Analytics, Productivity, and Infrastructure Transformation. Manish is also Advisor IT to the Chairman of Patanjali.

Yogesh is the “Chief Digital Officer for Bharat Forge Limited/Kalyani Group of Companies. In this role, he is driving the digital transformation Kalyani Group of Companies using Industry 4.0. During his 23 years journey at Kalyani Group, Yogesh has successfully implemented SAP ERPs & multiple Enterprise IT systems for group companies.

He has overall 27 years’ experience in IT & related technologies.

He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering Business Management from University of Warwick, UK & Bachelors of Engineering in Computers from University of Pune. Yogesh is also CEO & Founder Member of Kalyani Technologies Ltd. Prior to joining Kalyani Group, Yogesh worked with Alfa Laval (India) in MIS function.

He has won several prestigious recognitions including CIO100 for consecutive four years & CIO Hall of Fame, multiple EDGE Awards, TOPCISO 100 Award, BEST CIO of India Award.

He is part of managing committees of various national organisations like SAP India User Group (INDUS), ACMA IT Committee, CIO Klub.

Keyur, with more than 18+ years of experience in Information Technology enablement in Global Conglomerate Manufacturing Sector, Presently - associated as Chief Information Officer- Essar Ports & Shipping business, responsible for aligning the Digitisation journey with the business strategic roadmap and as Vice President, Spearheading Network, Unified Communications and Information Security domains for the ESSAR Group, a USD 15 Billion conglomerate in Diversified Business like Steel, Power, Energy, Shipping, Telecommunications, BPO, Retail and EPC. With Operations in more than 25 countries across five continents, the group employs 8000 people.

One of the key members of the Essar Group CIO Office Senior leadership team, Essar Group Global Information Technology Committee (GITC) and member of Mobility Technical Advisory Board of a reputed Multinational Organisation and Jury member for reputed Award Events.

Responsible for managing a team of 15 member’s staff to Plan, Evaluate, Implement and Maintain respective IT domains for various ESSAR verticals in liaison with respective vertical Business Heads. Key deliverables are Strategy Management, Project Delivery, New Technology Evaluations, IT Infrastructure Integration during M&A, IT Security and Governance across various Essar verticals.