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Silicon Valley Technology Executive - Passionate about performance engineering, cryptography, blockchain use cases, and implementation to solve real-world problems. Tuned architecture, and disruptive technologies. Building and maturing world-class engineering teams, organizations, and companies.

Rajiv has diverse experience leading large scale digital transformation, strategy, and innovation in a global environment across government, health care, banking, insurance, real estate, and manufacturing sectors. He has 20 plus years of technology leadership experience for several Fortune 500 companies like JP Morgan, New York Life Insurance, CBRE, TATA Steel. Rajiv has consistent track record in delivering business value with revolutionary technology solutions, minimizing risk, and aligning technology investments with evolving business and strategic goals. He is a solution champion and early technology adopter proven at building key internal and external partnerships. Rajiv’s primary area of expertise include Digital transformation, Data and Analytics, Cloud, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, automation, architecture, strategic planning, and business process transformation. Rajiv holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology, India, and a master’s degree in Finance and Strategy from Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University Texas, USA.

James has spent over 20 years bringing digital transformation to companies of all sizes. He is passionate about increasing business value with solid, sustainable solutions and growing and empowering teams. He focuses on bringing calm, vision, and clarity to challenging situations. His specialties are leading leaders and teams, mentoring, inspiring a love of learning in others, handling complex issues across large groups, and producing lasting value.

Chris Bontempo is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for IBM Americas. In this role, he leads all aspects of Marketing and Communications for IBM with direct responsibility for marketing associated revenue, demand generation, brand reputation, and geography field marketing and communications professionals across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Chris works with IBM sellers and ecosystem partners to help clients find the right innovative IBM solutions to solve their digital transformation challenges. Chris has held a variety of Marketing roles at IBM over the last 18 years, with roles in Software Marketing, Market Intelligence and Brand Marketing. Prior to his current role he spent 7 years leading cybersecurity and then software and cloud marketing in the Americas. Prior to joining IBM, Chris helped run a software startup into the ground, got an MBA and lived a glamorous life abroad in the late 90s doing EU antitrust filings and bumming around Europe. Chris is based in New York City with his family and dog, where he runs, plays and coaches soccer, and occasionally plays guitar and bass in some truly forgettable bands.

Jag is a Senior technology executive with expertise in building/optimizing organizational vision, process and infrastructure to maximize business outcome. 24+ years in Information Technology with various technology platforms and methodologies. Experience in a variety of industries such as, Healthcare, Human Capital Management(HCM), Financial Services and Retail.

Mike has over 25 years of experience in the technology market. He started his career at EDS where he was exposed to early application development disciplines and methodologies. He then spent many years helping evolve approaches to development including Information Engineering, Component Based Development methods and Agile practices. Mike then spent 9 years at OutSystems helping establish them as the leader in the low-code market. Currently he is Do iT Lean’s General Manager for Americas providing customers with expert services to maximize their investment in OutSystems.

Ad Ghauri is currently a Director of Enterprise Architecture at Baker Hughes in Houston, TX, and has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry, specializing in enterprise data management. At Baker Hughes, Ad is responsible for their PLM integration's architecture and strategy, which connects their ERP, CRM, MDM, MES, and design tools through the entire lifecycle of Baker Hughes critical assets and their complex supply chain. Ad's experience with organizations such as Intergraph, Accenture, and Saudi Aramco has provided him with deep expertise in the requirements and challenges of digitalizing modern oil & gas, energy, and process industry organizations.

Jayanthi Srinivasan started her career in IT 20+ years ago and learned and grown through several roles in various industries and organizations. She is a servant leader at heart and her passion is to leverage human centered tech to bring the best out in people, and processes to deliver business value.

Nitin is an accomplished technology leader with over two decades of experience in building and scaling high-performance engineering teams. He has a strong track record of delivering complex, large-scale software products and currently serving as the Head of Technology at Moneygram leading the engineering, architecture and product incubation organizations.

Russ Finney is an award-winning assistant professor of instruction and the director of MIS undergraduate programs at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business where he teaches technology & business strategy. He is also an advisory partner with the itmWEB Group where he assists with research and client engagement projects. He is a former CIO in the semiconductor, aerospace, and financial services industries where he focused on manufacturing, engineering, defense products, core banking, and trading. In 2016, Russ was named by Apollo Research as one of the Top 5 most highly followed US CIO influencers through social media (@rfinney). In 2021, he was named to the Texas McCombs faculty honor roll based on student academic performance and feedback. He began his career working with Ernst & Young.

Lucy Mariappa is a multi-award-winning CIO (Chief Information Officer), recognized and celebrated for her Transformational Leadership, Technology Expertise, Innovation, and adding business value to drive the organization to the next level. She is a certified CIO from the CIO Institute (Carnegie Mellon University), a global Technology Leader and a Speaker at various technology conferences and events. Lucy is a global IT leader with 23 years of experience. She has worked at top technology companies leading the global product development for 32 countries, consulted at Fortune 500 companies driving their business ahead, and subsequently served at a large education organization. She has expertise and experience in leading large-scale business and digital transformations, strategy, and innovation in a global environment across public and private sectors including technology, education, telecom, energy, and manufacturing sectors. RECOGNITION & AWARDS : • “CIO of the Year” Orbie Award - by DallasCIO, 2023 • “2021 US CIO 100 Award” – by CIO.com • "10 Best CIOs of 2021” - by Industry Era Magazine • "The Most Extraordinary Business Women in Leadership, 2021" - Featured on the Cover of CIO Views Magazine • "Top 100 Leaders in Education” - global award by ‘Global Forum for Education and Learning’

Jayanthi Srinivasan started her career in IT 20+ years ago and learned and grown through several roles in various industries and organizations. She is a servant leader at heart and her passion is to leverage human centered tech to bring the best out in people, and processes to deliver business value.

Stephanie specializes in operational innovation and transformation, driving change through people, process and technology that improves our client and team member experiences, increases capacity and effectiveness within daily workflows, scales successful delivery of strategic objectives, and supports new growth opportunities and projects. She is a creative designer of client service and support programs in various industries, uniquely equipped to identify opportunities for efficiency and effectiveness in teams and processes. Consistently identifying opportunities to strengthen organizational culture with joy and an innovative, open-source mindset, Stephanie is known as a culture driver, recognized for building global engagement across communities. She has a passion for building teams, perpetual learning, volunteering in my community, event planning, encouraging women, and mentoring the next generation.