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Venkatesh Mahadevan
CIO, Dubai Investments.
Venkatesh Mahadevan
CIO, Dubai Investments.
Venkatesh Mahadevan has over two decades years of progressive work experience in leadership positions with top Fortune 100 companies such as Motorola, Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble. He has led Digital Transformation programs at global corporations and been a part of the Transformation leadership team. His background includes extensive exposure in managing Strategic initiatives, Planning, Establishing, Directing technology programs and leading IT functions spanning multiple geographies.
During his professional career across several industries, including FMCG, Telecom & Retail, he has held several leadership positions and been a member of the Executive Committee, serving on Leadership Boards. Prior to joining Dubai Investments, Venkatesh was in a Technology leadership position @ Motorola where he was instrumental in implementing key strategic technology initiatives across the APAC Region and a Key member of the Global Supplier Management Leadership Team, accountable for driving Strategic Relationships with Global / Strategic
vendors/Partners out of India. An MBA & a Research Scholar, he is the recipient of ‘CXO 50’ and several CIO leadership awards. He is also a recipient of the “Peter Drucker Award” for Outstanding achievements in the field of Management. He is an accomplished “ENERGY & Peak Performance” Speaker, and a “Premier Skills Coach”.
In addition to holding several prestigious certifications from accomplished international organizations, Venkatesh is also a Mentor at the “Columbia University” New York - Centre for Technology and Management. He is an Internationally Qualified Counsellor & a distinguished Guest Faculty at leading Management institutes, where he mentors Engineering and Management students.
John Mattone
Top Executive Coach & the Co-Founder of the Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching Franchise
John Mattone
Top Executive Coach & the Co-Founder of the Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching Franchise
Dr. Jassim Haji
President, IGOAI Community
Dr. Jassim Haji
President, IGOAI Community
Dr. Haji is a veteran in the field Information and Communications Technology with over 3 decades of robust experience in implementing IT strategies to move applications/infrastructure, formulating vision, improving vision/culture, innovation and change management . With hands on expertise in reorganizing operations, managing core infrastructure including servers, storage, network, collaboration, application, middleware products. Deft in IT infrastructure management, management of heterogeneous networks, information security and service delivery as well as it regulatory compliance. Proven ability to affect transformational change across a range of operational areas and create a sustainable difference to a business’s operational performance.
Manage large scale delivery assignments for various platform technologies coupled with established credibility in providing domain support for managing operations round the clock while establishing command center and security operation.
He is continuously conducting research in Artificial Intelligence and Organizational Change, exemplified by his publications on latest technologies and how to be leveraged operationally and economically in organizations. He lead the entire Information Technology department in Gulf Air and implemented numerous cutting edge projects and technologies. He managed to achieve over 40 prestigious awards including 15 distinguished CIOs (Chief Information Officer). He formerly served on the board of directors of a leading hospitality and tourism technology provider in the Middle East and on SITA Council representing Middle East and North Africa. He has the ability to implement processes for improving IT Services entailing continual service improvement, service operations, service transition and service design & strategy.
Dr Khalid Saeed
Regional Advisor, Mental Health and Substance Abuse unit, Department of Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health WHP
Dr Khalid Saeed
Regional Advisor, Mental Health and Substance Abuse unit, Department of Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health WHP
Dr Saeed is a consultant psychiatrist of more than 25 years standing, currently working as Regional advisor, Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean of WHO.
He is currently coordinating the work on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies in the region besides leading the work on scaling up mental health and strengthening public health response to the substance use problem in countries of Eastern Mediterranean region.
Abubakar Arshad
Director of Cyber Security , BNET- Bahrain Network
Abubakar Arshad
Director of Cyber Security , BNET- Bahrain Network
Cyber Security Strategist with 14 years of international experience in Cyber Security strategy development, data privacy, and CERT design and implementation.
As an Advisor to the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in Bahrain, Abubakar has led the Cyber Security policy and strategy for the Telecom Sector. Abubakar has played a leading role in drafting the Telecom Data Privacy regulations and Telecom Cyber Security Regulation in Bahrain. In his current role, Abubakar is the Director of Cyber Security in a leading Telecom Operator in Bahrain. He is also an international speaker on Cyber Security, digital transformation and Data privacy. Abubakar is a part of board in ISACA Bahrain Chapter. He was also awarded IT person of the year while representing Bahrain in the Future IT summit 2018 held in Dubai.
Eng. Mohammed Mahnashi
Consultant at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Eng. Mohammed Mahnashi
Consultant at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Technically sophisiticated & business savvy management professional with notable success of nearly 2 decades in directing a broad range of corporate IT initiatives, while participating in yearly planning, analysis & implementation of solutions in support of business objectives; holds full P&L accountability for business transformation and projects. Highly competent ICT / project / service delivery consultant; experienced in aligning with NTP2020 & Vision 2030 Transformation Initiatives; management of Vision 2030 and Digital Transformation Consultations; Strategy Formulation; Business Development; Budgeting and so on
LinkedIn : https://sa.linkedin.com/in/mahnashim
Partha Banerjee
Group IT Manager, Safeer Group
Partha Banerjee
Group IT Manager, Safeer Group
Information Technology professional with a Degree in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering and a Masters in Operations Research & Management. Experienced Enterprise Consultant with a
demonstrated expertise of working in the Retail industry. Skilled in Business Planning, Operations Management, Infrastructure Planning, Customer Relationship Management, and Business Process Management. Carrying an industry experience of over 26 years. Winner of the Transformation Maestro Award, CXO-50 Award, CIO-100 Award and The Titans Badge of Honor.
Krishnan Gopi
CDO at GEMS Education
Krishnan Gopi
CDO at GEMS Education
Krishnan Gopi is the Group Chief Disruption Officer at GEMS Education. He is currently leading the charge to disrupt from within to challenge the status-quo and create agile, scalable and future-ready technology capabilities for the education needs of ‘Education of Today & Tomorrow’. In this journey, he is leading multiple strategic initiatives globally such as Digital Transformation, EdTech, IP Building, Disruptive Innovation, Enterprise Mobility, Process Engineering & Automation, Data Analytics and Technology Consolidation & Standardization, Education Digital Eco-system rationalization resulting in huge customer satisfaction, control improvements, increase in process efficiencies and reduction of operational costs.
Mr. Krishnan is a Strategic Technology Leader with two decades of International experience and successful track record of spearheading Technology led Business Transformations for Fortune 100 companies. His prior work experience includes successful stints at large corporates such as Al Hilal Bank, QIB Group, BankMuscat, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Fidelity Investments and Citigroup. He has been awarded recently as “Digital Disruptive Leader of the Year” by MIT Sloan / Khaleej Times at DIGITRANS 2019 & 2018 and voted as "Digital Disruptor of the Year" at CDO Conclave 2018 in addition to his numerous honors and awards.
Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Regional Chief Information Security Officer, Standard Chartered Bank UAE
Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Regional Chief Information Security Officer, Standard Chartered Bank UAE
Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a leading Cybersecurity Professional with business development, management, and Academic skills who focuses on securing the Cyber Space & sharing his real-life skills as a Security Advisor, Speaker, Lecturer, and Author.
Erdal is known to be passionate about reaching communities, creating cyber aware campaigns, leveraging new and innovative approaches and technologies to holistically address the information security and privacy needs for every person and organization in the world.
He is an award-winning technical expert & speaker: His recent awards are: Cyber Security Professional of the year MEA , Hall of Fame by CISO Magazine , Cybersecurity Influencer of the year (2019) ,Microsoft Circle of Excellence Platinum Club (2017), NATO Center of Excellence (2016) Security Professional of the year by MEA Channel Magazine (2015), Professional of the year Sydney (2014) and many speaker of the year awards in conferences.
He also holds Global Instructor of the year awards from EC Council & Microsoft. Erdal is also a part-time lecturer at Australian Charles Sturt University. Erdal has co-authored many cybersecurity books as well as security certification courseware and exams for different vendors.
Erdal has the following qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy in Cybersecurity, Master of Computing Research, Master of Information Systems Security, Bachelor of Information Technology, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant, ISO27001 Auditor & Implementer, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Ethical Instructor & Licensed Penetration Tester.
Ajay Rathi
Director IT, Dubai Healthcare City Authority
Ajay Rathi
Director IT, Dubai Healthcare City Authority
Results-oriented’ Technology Industry Leader with 25+ years of core IT experience in interconnected Information Management disciplines to deliver value-based programs with commitment, shared purpose, and achievement of enterprise goals. Passionate ‘Transformation-Agent’, assertively launching break-through technology initiatives leveraging business focused IT strategies to help organizations maximize today’s opportunities while preparing for the future. ‘Collaborative Leader’ with proven skills to foster a culture committed to driving ‘Business Value’, and in developing high-performance teams with diverse Business Technologists. Seasoned professional in managing Corporate IT Strategy & Budgets, Investment Planning, Charge-backs, Bench-marking, Cost Optimizations, & Business Value drivers. A ‘Steller Communicator’ with outstanding interpersonal abilities to present complex issues in both technical and business formats.
Source : https://ae.linkedin.com/in/ajayrathi
Randall Choh
Group IT Director, Park Hotel Group
Randall Choh
Group IT Director, Park Hotel Group
Randall is a strategist with a knack in harnessing the potential of technology to drive corporate business strategy across different industries for more than 10 years. At Park Hotel Group, he leads the charge in transforming the business through IT innovation; optimizing, integrating and implementing new technology that benefit guests and team members across the expanding portfolio. His wide breadth of experience with global technology companies includes leading various game-changing business transformation initiatives, as well as providing business consultancy to businesses on how to better leverage systems and technologies to improve business processes and bring further technology value to the business.
Mohammed Abulhouf
Regional Sales Director, Saudi Arabia, Nutanix Middle East
Mohammed Abulhouf
Regional Sales Director, Saudi Arabia, Nutanix Middle East
Mohammad has been in the IT industry for the past 15 years, witnessed & participated in major IT digital transformations. Joined Nutanix as the country manager for Saudi & Bahrain two years ago, to lead the Datacenteroperational transformation in this region toward simpler, agile and much more cost effective choices.
Manoj Saxena
Chairman of RosettaNet Singapore (GS1 digital commerce Standards)
Manoj Saxena
Chairman of RosettaNet Singapore (GS1 digital commerce Standards)
Recipient of Digital transformation leadership legendary award Top 5 in Singapore and global CIO200 in December 2019
Senior IT Executive with over 20 years’ experience in leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative technological solutions that align with globalstrategies and roadmaps across diverse world-class organizations globally.
As a former CIO of APAC for Ingram micro I did championed the digital commerce roadmap, achieving 250% year-on-year growth across B2B and 150% across B2C over 3 consecutive years based defining the digital customer journey using agile methodology. As a spin off from the Stanford Executive Program, appointed in a 5-member global IoT team to define and make recommendations to establish IoT business unit across startup, ISV, telco and high tech MNC with recommendations for next 3 years for Ingram micro.
On Mergers & Acquisition front, streamlined product lines, standardizing business processes and consolidation of IT systems which includes Digital to Compaq, Compaq to HP and Stats to Stats ChipPAC and acquisitions in Ingram Micro.
As Chairman of RosettaNet Singapore on voluntary industry best practice digital commerce roles I represent Singapore in promoting RosettaNet as best practice for GS1 digital commerce standard across industry, government, SME’s and educational institutions globally for over 15 years.
- Drive high value national pilot projects such as paperless ecustoms declarations across borders that demonstrated ROI benefit of up to 200%.
- Piloted national project on rapid automation enabler solution (RAE) Industry program in early 2000 to help SME together with Govtech and Spring Singapore with a lean IT ecommerce architecture, it also commonly adopted by the industry, ISV, Startups and solution providers for process automation.
- Drove the first RosettaNet STAR industry benching marking global program.
- Setup the Global RosettaNet Centre of excellence in NYP school of IT school in Singapore for pilot projects and RosettaNet Certification courses.
- I am an advisor for Digital strategy innovation project across Europe driven by LUT School of Business and Management, Finland for RosettaNet and Blockchain convergence.
- CIO advisory on the board of Singapore based start-up for Supply chain, ecommerce and Industry 4.0 (IOT, Blockchain, AI) to build product roadmap, RFP/ROI reviews of major deals and Product road map evaluations. Mentor start-ups to globalize seek venture capital funding and commercial solutions to be global.
My passion is to share industry best practice experiences and help industry to adopt Smart technology.
Anil Menon
GM, IT Innovation Tata Starbucks
Anil Menon
GM, IT Innovation Tata Starbucks
I am an IT professional with 16 plus years of experience across Information Technology and Retail organizations. Currently moved as General Manager - IT innovation at Tata Starbucks. In my previous capacity as Head –IT, Trent Hypermarket Pvt. Ltd. I have worked extensively on the company’s transformational projects, Cloud & Mobility Platforms, Retail Analytics, Enterprise systems and Security & Information management systems.
Prior to Trent Hypermarket, I have worked with Cybage Software as a Solution Architect in the retail CoE focusing on digital and e-commerce solutions. Having worked with companies such as Future Group, Wadhwan Retail and Zensar Technologies has also given me vast techno-functional experience. In my career as a technology consultant, I feel extremely passionate about using the latest in technology to provide business solutions to accelerate growth.
The areas that challenge my interests are Artificial Intelligence, ML, Blockchain and robotics and I am always keen to enhance processes to up the customer experience in my organizations.
Vineet Kakkar
Unit Head – Governance Sharjah E-Government
Vineet Kakkar
Unit Head – Governance Sharjah E-Government
Business leader with unique 14+ years of techno-functional experience in Information Security Governance, IT Service Management, Risk & Compliance, BCP/ DRP, Managed GRC, Consulting & Advisory, and GDPR. As Governance Unit Head at Sharjah E-Government, his work entails designing and maintaining tailored IT governance & management framework for the enterprise, ensuring compliance with regulatory directives and driving improvements in IT processes and services. Experienced in implementing a comprehensive and innovative governance, risk, and compliance framework in IT for organizational maturity. Proven ability to translate business needs into technology requirements that supports company’s business objectives, technology strategy, road-map and to successfully manage all phases of IT projects.
Ektaa Sibal
International Speaker & Counselor Inner - Self Transformation Specialist
Ektaa Sibal
International Speaker & Counselor Inner - Self Transformation Specialist
Ektaa is a renowned Gifted Energy Healer, an International Meditation Expert, award winning Inner-Self Transformation Specialist, International Speaker and a Counselor. Ektaa works by
transforming individuals on a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level bringing the body, mind and soul into balance and harmony; while making it stronger and empowering.
She has for over a decade been promoting Mindful Meditation, Spirituality, and Holistic Well-being in all dimensions. Ektaa with her instinctive ability to connect with diverse sects of people gives her an extra edge as an effective Coach, Guide and a Mentor. A postgraduate in Human Resources, she began her career as a Learning & Development Specialist. She is also a certified Wellness and Life Coach and a Master Practitioner & Trainer in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) approved by American Board of NLP. She has had several events in India and abroad across Europe & UAE. She recently represented India in the field of Inner-Self Transformation and Meditation at “The World CIO 200 Summit” in Dubai for a global audience from 3 Continents, 15 Countries. Ektaa was also invited, this February 2020, to conduct her Masterclass on “Spiritual Fitness” at “The Soul Project” – India’s biggest wellness festival hosted by DLF; which was then followed by “World Marketing Summit- March 2020” at Vigyan Bhawan – New Delhi, where she was invited as Guest of Honor and spoke upon Spirituality, Sustainable Development & Mental Health and Combating Stress. She is listed among "Top 50 Global Leaders & Transformation Champions" by Business Transformation Publication USA/UAE.
Ektaa is on the Expert Panel of BPositive (India’s leading Health and Lifestyle, Wellness publication by Apollo Life) as a Spiritual Healer and an International Meditation Expert and also on the Expert Panel are Sadhguru, Sri Sri Ravishankar.
As an Inner self Transformation Specialist, Wellness and a Life coach Ektaa has transformed many Individuals, Business Leaders, Professionals, Top Level Executives (cxo's), Industrialists and Political leaders.She combines her understanding of coaching while creating wellness in all facets of their life be it personal or Professional
Ashith P
Group CIO, Regulus Capital
Ashith P
Group CIO, Regulus Capital
A self-motivated and goal-oriented ‘C’ level IT Management professional and PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner with ITIL® 2011 Certification. Solid experience in Application Management, ERP Implementation, IT Infrastructure Management, Business Analysis, Project Management, Delivery Management, Service Desk Management, Change Management, & Software Development in the areas of sales and Distribution, Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance in Pharmaceuticals, Multinational FMCGs, Banks, Logistics and Entertainment industries.
Joel Bork
Threat Hunter - IronNet Cybersecurity
Joel Bork
Threat Hunter - IronNet Cybersecurity
I am a seasoned digital professional, leader, and strategist. I am capable of driving innovation, increasing connections, and streamlining operations in IT. While you can take my word that I can do these things - I challenge you to watch me relentlessly deliver.I am the calm one who aggressively drives goals to completion.
Jeffery K Smith
WHO consultant and environmental health solutionist
Jeffery K Smith
WHO consultant and environmental health solutionist
Jeffery K Smith is a passionate advocate for environmental protection, CleanTech and Clean Energy. His mission is to use Big Data to allow Governments, Industry and citizens to make smart decisions to protect public health and increase productivity. Jeffery is a noted Influencer on several social media outlets. He works with individuals, citizens groups, and policymakers to help connect research and data for informed decisions and environmental responsibility.
Jeffery has been monitoring air quality levels in New Delhi since his daughter was hospitalized for acute respiratory distress in the winter of 2008. He spent 9 years in Delhi as a researcher and advocate for environment. He speaks Hindi and his wife was born in India.
Jeffery is a founding member of Help Delhi Breathe, a coalition of individuals and NGOs working to promote awareness of the health effects of air pollution and empower policymakers and individuals to take action.
He is a member of ASHRAE, ISHRAE, CASANZ, and IAQA.
Jeffery K Smith currently supports BreatheLife, a Global campaign for clean air. BreatheLife is a global campaign led by WHO, the Climate & Clean Air Coalition, UN Environment, The World Bank, and supported by the Government of Norway. BreatheLife combines public health and climate change expertise with guidance on implementing solutions to air pollution in support of global development goals. The campaign advocates action in the areas of knowledge sharing between cities, increasing monitoring, supporting solutions and educating people.
Girish Bapat
Former Director, Life Essentials, Unilever
Girish Bapat
Former Director, Life Essentials, Unilever
Global and Cross functional experience of 33 Years in Business Operations, Strategic Management, Turnaround Initiatives and Business Development with majors in Consumer and Farm Equipment Industries.
Girish has worked with companies like Unilever, Godrej GE, Daewoo Electronics, LG in India and Supra (a brand of Jumbo Electronics) and Nikai in Dubai. He has worked with the farm equipment brand of Mahindra Tractors in India and Europe.
A master in Strategy Development and Operational improvement while leading business with P&L responsibility. He has re-engineered an entire business operation for profit and growth, by restructuring a complex Global Supply Chain with a unique customer centric approach.
Girish has built enduring brands and has successfully performed Marketing and Sales roles in India and Middle East. He has vast exposure in business development and has worked on acquisitions in India, Europe and China. He was involved in managing a start-up in a fiercely competitive industry.
A leader as well as a team player, with exceptional skills to build and sustain growth momentum while motivating peak performance from teams. He has served as Director on Board of Mahindra & Mahindra and Unilever Group Company.
Academic Engagement:
Girish has flair for teaching at Management Institutes with 29 years of experience as a visiting faculty at Welingkar, ADMI- Mumbai University and iFEEL. He is actively involved in Corporate Training in leading companies in India.
Education:
Girish is a qualified Mechanical Engineer from Manipal Institute of Technology and a Masters in Management Studies from Welingkar Institute. He has immense exposure to various Global Management programs with IIM Ahmedabad, ISB Hyderabad and University of Michigan Business School. He was a Research Scholar in Consumer Buying Behavior at Symbiosis International University.
Brett Williams
Maj Gen USAF (Ret) Co-Founder and COO - IronNet Cybersecurity
Brett Williams
Maj Gen USAF (Ret) Co-Founder and COO - IronNet Cybersecurity
Major General (Retired) Brett T. Williams is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer of IronNet Cybersecurity. IronNet delivers the power of collective cybersecurity to defend companies, sectors and Nations. He served nearly 33 years in the U.S. Air Force and his last assignment was Director of Operations, U.S. Cyber Command. In that position, he was responsible for the operations and defense of Department of Defense networks as well as the planning and execution of offensive actions in support of national security objectives. General Williams is a highly experienced fighter pilot with more than 100 combat missions in the F-15C. In addition, he held several large operational commands to include Commander of the Air Force’s largest combat wing located in Okinawa Japan.
Yazan Hammoudah
Technical Director Middle East, Turkey & Africa at IronNet Cybersecurity
Yazan Hammoudah
Technical Director Middle East, Turkey & Africa at IronNet Cybersecurity
Experienced specialist engineer & IT architect with more than 12 years of experience in IT consulting career and designing innovative business solutions for different sectors (Public, Enterprise, Financial, ..etc.) with vast experience in providing IT solutions, managing Information Systems and implementing projects in different IT Areas
Tasnim Pithapurwala
Chief Technical Officer, CyberMAK
Tasnim Pithapurwala
Chief Technical Officer, CyberMAK
An entrepreneur by heart and CTO by designation, Tasnim has 20 years of experience at CyberMAK in cutting-edge innovative technologies that are core to Digital Strategies and Digital Transformation. These technologies encompass Robotic Process Automation, Cognitive Automation, Cognitive Service Management , Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science & Analytics, Customer Experience Management, Service Quality, AIOps & SecOps. Her expertise is also centered around working with organizations to heighten customer experience, increase efficiencies and reduce costs through the use of Robotic Process Automation and AI Enabled Chatbots.
Tasnim has contributed to the global growth of CyberMAK over the years by leading highly agile and skilled technical teams, on diverse multifaceted projects in 15 countries, achieving 3000+ successful implementations and leaving a trail of happy and satisfied customers. She heads Strategy, Presales, Implementation, Support and R&D teams at CyberMAK and her key KPI is customer success.
“It has always been critical for me to understand the customer’s goals and product gaps in the market and thereafter design a path towards fulfilling these requirements by creating precision-solution-blueprints, in-turn generating a legacy of satisfied customers and a trail of success stories for CyberMAK.”
Fady Ahmed
Technical Services Manager, CyberMAK
Fady Ahmed
Technical Services Manager, CyberMAK
Fady is an expert in the Automation domain with over 12 years of industry vertical knowledge. His core strength is to consult, design and assist customers with their automation journey which includes front-end and back-end automation across disparate systems including legacy, cloud and big data, in order to generate operational efficiencies and maximizing ROI. He has in-depth diverse industry knowledge and works with strategic enterprise customers in Telecommunication, Banking, Government and Retail sectors. He is a founder-member of CyberMAK’s “Center of Excellence” automation roadmap.
Alexandre Depret Bixio
Regional Director Middle East, Turkey and Africa at IronNet Cybersecurity
Alexandre Depret Bixio
Regional Director Middle East, Turkey and Africa at IronNet Cybersecurity
Specialties: IT Security: Authentication, Content filtering, GRC, IAM, DLP, SIEM, SOC, AntiVirus, Encryption, 3D Secure, Online Anti Fraud solutions (e-Commerce and online banking), Anti-Phishing...
Tarek Elsabaa
Technology Solutions Manager at Share Technologies
Tarek Elsabaa
Technology Solutions Manager at Share Technologies
where He leads Technical Team including Veritas technical consulting services ,With more than 15 years of experience in IT field, A proven track record in the delivery of large and small capital projects, from conception to operational deployment, managing change impacting at all levels of the business” .
Samer Othman Manasrah
Senior Project Manager , Head of PMO at GIG TSME
Samer Othman Manasrah
Senior Project Manager , Head of PMO at GIG TSME
Samer Othman Manasrah has more than 9 years of experience in Software and Portals industry. Samer is a SharePoint Projects Lead from Jordan-Middle East. Samer is a Microsoft SharePoint certified with more than 6 certificates and has extensive experience in different areas (Portals managing, Business analysis, Presales, project management and solutions development).
Nitish Rucktooa
Central Africa and Indian Ocean Islands Country Manager Veritas Technologies
Nitish Rucktooa
Central Africa and Indian Ocean Islands Country Manager Veritas Technologies
Nitish has over 16 years’ experience in the IT industry, 8 of which have been at Veritas.
His roles within the company have ranged from Presales Consultant, Technology Sales and Services Manager, Territory Manager and recently to Country Manager.
Nitish has been working with the Banking and Financial sectors as a strategist and thought leader for data protection and information management.
Nitish has a passion for photography, good food and whisky.
John Dewar
Data Management Business Unit Manager at Datacentrix
John Dewar
Data Management Business Unit Manager at Datacentrix
John started with Datacentrix in 2010 and heads up the business’ data management business unit. He combines his experience with ICT, business and his in-depth understanding of modern technology solutions to support clients in achieving sustainable business value and quality outcomes. Working closely with management teams and customers, John drives return on investment, helping to ensure customer success. He has a strong track record of working with multi-national companies.
Omar Madaeen
Territory Sales Manager, TSME
Omar Madaeen
Territory Sales Manager, TSME
Omar has 17 years of experience in IT Solutions and digital transformation, he is TSME’s Territory Sales Manager.
During his career, Omar was responsible for helping clients to adopt IT solutions and to change their way of thinking by reengineering, analyzing, digitalizing and automating business processes.Omar believes automation is the success key to agile companies.
Mostafa Salama
Senior Technical Consultant at Share Technologies
Mostafa Salama
Senior Technical Consultant at Share Technologies
He leads Security Technical Team, with a role of consultancy also in Veritas availability product (Enterprise Vault) With more than 10 years of experience in IT field, A proven track record in the delivery of large and small projects, from designing, Implementing and support the solutions which are provided.
Mohamed Youssef
Technology Consultant, Egypt | Veritas Technologies LLC
Mohamed Youssef
Technology Consultant, Egypt | Veritas Technologies LLC
Full Name: Mohamed Youssef Mohamed
Date of Birth: 15 March 1980
Nationality: Egyptian
Education: Bachelor of Science: Electronics and Communication, Zagazig University - Faculty of Engineering
Title: Technical Sales - Veritas Technologies, Cairo, Egypt
Job Description:
- Works deals assigned to the sales team supported, prioritizing effort based on maximizing total impact on team productivity and profit, or as directed by the sales manager.
- Proactively scopes the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assesses customers' met and unmet needs, and recommends solutions that optimize value for both the customer and the
firm.
Bobby Thomas
Delivery Head - Emerging Technologies
Bobby Thomas
Delivery Head - Emerging Technologies
Bobby Thomas serves as Delivery Head for Emerging Technologies at Finesse, Dubai. He is an RPA evangelist with Automation Anywhere certifications and an avid follower of Blockchain Technology as well. He has managed various implementation projects using renowned technology solutions. He is an accomplished, resourceful and results-driven senior at Finesse with over 20 years of professional experience.
Wayne Miller
Director, EMEA Healthcare Practice at Zebra Technologies
Wayne Miller
Director, EMEA Healthcare Practice at Zebra Technologies
EMEA Healthcare solution champion for Zebra technologies, including - GS1 compliance, Positive Patient ID, Sample traceability, Medication administration, Blood bag labelling and tracking, Infusion pump management, Scan4Safety, Inventory management, Secure communication, RTLS, RFID, Asset management, printing, scanning and mobile computing.
Aisha Addo
CEO/Founder, DriveHER
Aisha Addo
CEO/Founder, DriveHER
Aisha Addo thrives on working to make the world a better place for women. Although a graduate in Business Administration-Accounting, her true passion and dedication lies in ensuring girls around the world are provided with the guidance and resources that help them identify their true purpose and calling to reach their full potential. Aisha founded Power To Girls Foundation, a non-profit organization to offer young girls the mentors and role models that were absent during my own youth. As a facilitator and director of Power To Girls, I use my personal experiences and knowledge to create safe and engaging spaces for the girls I work with. I am the recipient of the Young Black and Gifted Award for Community Service and was also named a Black Diversity Group Role Model and One of 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada and among the 150 Black Women making history in Toronto. DriveHER, the ride-sharing service for women by women, is her latest initiative and the next step in her journey to continue to empower and protect women
Samuel Amanor
CEO of BlueSPACE AFRICA
Samuel Amanor
CEO of BlueSPACE AFRICA
Samuel Amanor is currently the CEO of BlueSPACE AFRICA, Samuel Amanor is an Information Technology veteran with 20 years experience. From 2009 till 2014, he led EMC Corporation (HQ Hopkinton, MA) and Dell Computers (Austin, Texas) into West African Markets, focusing on Intelligent Data Management & Information Lifecycle Management and Country Management roles. His practice spans Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Financial Services in the West African English speaking regions. Samuel enjoys reading, furniture design, movies, travel and most importantly working and consulting with customers around Information Infrastructure technology. Samuel holds a degree in Computer Science from Wayne College-Detroit, MI & Stanford Open University Executive Programme focusing on Corporate Strategy & Entrepreneurship for Emerging Markets.
Rosy Fynn
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Busy Internet
Rosy Fynn
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Busy Internet
Rosy Fynn is an award-winning business and change leader with over a decade’s executive level experience building and transforming organizations across Africa, the United States and the Caribbean. She has a wealth of experience in the technology, financial services, consulting and insurance industries. She is amongst Ghana’s marketing elite, having held the role of Chief Marketing Officer at three major telecommunications companies, and being voted in 2017 as one of West Africa’s top marketing and communications professionals at the Marketing World Awards.
Rosy is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Busy Internet, a leading internet service provider in Ghana. She brings to Busy expertise in areas such as marketing, customer experience and brand management, honed at multinational organizations mainly Airtel and Millicom International Cellular (Tigo). Rosy also played a key role in the successful launch of Surfline Communications, Ghana’s first and Africa’s largest 4G LTE provider.
Earlier in her career, she worked in the consulting and financial services industries in New York with Booz & Company, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.
Rosy is passionate about unlocking the potential of African youth and women. She has served on the advisory board of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), an organization that provides superior educational and career programmes to promising youth and spends a lot of time mentoring students within the SEO organization. She is an advocate for women in STEM and in 2020, was named one of 30 Top women in STEM, by The Stem Woman Project.
Rosy is a member of the Archbishop Tutu Fellowship program, a program focused on identifying, nurturing and equipping Africa’s elite future leaders with tools to address Africa’s challenges. She holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA (honors) in Computer Science and Mathematics from Smith College, Massachusetts, USA.
Nehemiah Attigah
Founder Hatua Tech
Nehemiah Attigah
Founder Hatua Tech
Nehemiah Attigah has over 20 years of international experience in the IT industry and in management positions. He has expertise in Software Engineering, Project Management, Business Analysis & Process Engineering, Human centered Design, and Digital Technologies.
Nehemiah is one of Ghana's leading tech influencers and thought leaders in the areas of digitization, enterprise computing and digital growth strategy.
Nehemiah founded Hatua Tech in 2011 as part of his efforts to help enterprises manage their information and process better. He also co-founded the Civic Tech organization, Odekro in 2012. Nehemiah has led innovation management and technology roll-out projects in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Gambia.
He is involved in the propagation of Data for development, citizen engagement and transparency. He has been responsible for the digital media strategies of some leading organizations in Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
He is also known for his involvement in Social Justice Projects such as Reclaim Naija –Nigeria, Ghana Decides , One Simple Step and Ebola Watch.
Kojo Choi
Business Entrepreneur, PayBox
Kojo Choi
Business Entrepreneur, PayBox
Kojo Choi is a seasoned entrepreneur who has spent the past two decades in developing businesses in Ghana and across the West Coast of Africa. He has served in consulting roles for the Korean Embassy and multinational companies due to his in-depth knowledge of business in Africa.
His scope of business experience ranges from telecommunications, financial technologies, marketing communications, and consultancy. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of PaySwitch Limited.
PaySwitch Company Limited is the only third-party processing company in Ghana with the capacity of processing international card schemes like Visa, MasterCard, UnionPay. It is also directly connected to all mobile money operators such as MTN, Vodafone & AirtelTigo.
The company is a wholly owned Ghanaian company established in 2015 operating with world class standard technology platforms and professionals. PaySwitch is certified under the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) and is ISO 27001 certified and PCI DSS compliant. It operates under the new Payment Systems and Service Act, 2019 (Act 987).
Sumeet Pathak
Digital Workforce Evangelist
Sumeet Pathak
Digital Workforce Evangelist
Sumeet has 20 years of experience in top tier global banks.Over the course of his career, Sumeet has led major functions and projects covering financial, digital and core banking products with team spread across multiple geographies. An avowed evangelist of Software Automation, Sumeet has lead implementing Automation strategy and execution in finance industry. Sumeet has built Automation CoEs in multiple banks and is a thought leader in the field of intelligent automation.
Mohammad Abusinnah
Account Executive, Middle East | Appian
Mohammad Abusinnah
Account Executive, Middle East | Appian
Discover the power of low-code automation. Appian is the only leader recognized by industry analysts -- in automation, low-code, and case management.
Contact Details:
Jordan: +962779260050
KSA: +966541853308
Eljo Pynadath
Chief Business Officer at Finesse
Eljo Pynadath
Chief Business Officer at Finesse
Eljo JP serves as the Chief Business Officer (CBO) at Finesse. With his expertise and professional experience in the field of Technology and Business Development, he has successfully acquired strategic clients in the region. Eljo thrives for excellence and is a visionary with thorough understanding of the market and client requirements. Finesse has delivered numerous successful projects under his guidance and has a lot more prominent projects in the ever-growing pipeline. He has a wide knowledge of technology solutions including RPA, Blockchain, BI & Analytics, Chatbots, CRM/CEM and much more.
Walid Shehata
Technical Specialist
Walid Shehata
Technical Specialist
Take a test drive of Nutanix infrastructure with no hardware, setup, or cost. Experience the simplicity and agility of public cloud combined with the performance, security, and control of private cloud via an easy-to-follow guided tour.
Try an entirely new way of managing your infrastructure, applications, and data with one-click simplicity, intelligent automation, and rich insights.
Siter Ali
Area Vice President EMEA & APAC, Solutions Consulting
Siter Ali
Area Vice President EMEA & APAC, Solutions Consulting
Discover the power of low-code automation. Appian is the only leader recognized by industry analysts -- in automation, low-code, and case management.
Contact Details:
Email: siter.ali@appian.com
Tosin Odukoya
District Manager, English Africa and Indian Ocean Island
Tosin Odukoya
District Manager, English Africa and Indian Ocean Island
Tosin Odukoya is a strong ICT Sales Manager with good Services oriented background. He has developed and demonstrated the competencies required in areas of ICT sales/services strategy - operations and organizational related issues, proven tracks of successful high-valued customer relationships and engagements.
He currently manages the business for VERITAS for English Speaking Africa, a role which has held for over three and a half years
Tosin is a graduate of Computer Science and holds a Master’s in business administration; With over 17 years of very challenging experience covering; customer service, service management, Sales and Executive management.
Praful Thummar
Vice President IT, Jazeera Airways
Praful Thummar
Vice President IT, Jazeera Airways
Influential IT Management Executive with 25 years of achievement in leveraging the business understanding and technology to drive organizational growth, performance and profitability through digital transformation. Excellent all around understanding of Airline domain with 20 years managerial experience. Winner of multiple awards such as DX Inspire Award for Inspiring Customer Experience, CIO200 Legend 2018 and 2019, IDC CIO Excellence Award for Business Operations Transformation, CXO50 and The Titans Badge of Honor.
An innovation champion with a focus on developing flexible, scalable solutions for consumer and organizational problems
Diverse experience in high-growth, start-up, and turnaround environments and regrowth stages with extensive knowledge of the Airline industry
Dynamic management career with strong leadership, problem-solving, planning, team-building and project management skills
Specialties: Having professional Certification on CISA, CISSP and PMP gives added advantage in understanding information security, compliance requirements and complete project management. Finance specialization in Business Administration gives an added edge in understanding everything from business and finance perspective.
Arun Shankar
Editor, GEC Media
Arun Shankar
Editor, GEC Media
Arun Shankar is a well experienced technology journalist and editor in the region. He is the Editor of Enterprise Channels MEA and Business Transformation brands published by GEC Media Group. As part of GEC Media Group, he continues to moderate webinars, round table discussions, and panel discussions.
Overall, Arun has been a high-level content writer and content provider, covering business, technology and financial industries. He has experience of managing online business based on high value content, social media engagement, integrated reader experience through text, images, videos. He is well experienced in content workflow models, online sales strategies, online business development, online pricing, online marketing outreach.
He has a wide base-line of working in the print publishing and print journalism business and has worked in multiple African, GCC countries, and India. He has experience in marketing communication, media relations, public relations, event management, point of sales. He is a graduate in physical sciences with post graduate diploma in advertising, and management of technology.
Arun has over twenty-five years of work experience, across multiple Middle East, Africa, and India in the area of digital content, journalism, business analysis, marketing communication, public relations, sales, account management, supplier management.
Anushree Dixit
Global Head - Content and strategic Alliances
Anushree Dixit
Global Head - Content and strategic Alliances
Anushree has over a decade's experience in content curation and strategic business relationship. She also has an extensive background in event management and relations. Prior to joining GEC Media Group, Anushree has handled key positions in Datamatix and few other companies in India. Her core strength are business content development, Relationship building, Event management and forging strategic alliances on regional and global level. In her current role, she is responsible for driving the content and group's strategic partnerships and alliances globally, covering key regions - META, SEA and the US.
Yan Chow
MD, MBA
Yan Chow
MD, MBA
Dr. Yan Chow is Global Industry Leader for Health Careat Automation Anywhere, which isan industry leader in intelligent automation software. Intelligent automationrelieves humans of manual, repetitivetasks better done by computers,and leverages next-generation capabilities like natural language processing and machine learning.
Formerly, Dr. Chow was Medical Director for Digital Medicine at Amgen, where he led strategy and implementation of digital initiativesin clinical trials.
Dr. Chow was alsonational Director oftheInnovation & Advanced Technology Group (IAT) at Kaiser Permanente.IAT assessedover 2,000startups, ran a successful innovation grant program, and worked with KP’s award-winning Garfield Innovation Center.
Dr. Chowco-founded a venture-funded NLP analytics startup, has 3 U.S. patents, and has been an invited speaker at industry conferences.In 2014 he was recognized by Healthcare IT News as one of the top healthcare innovation leaders in thenation.
Dr. Chow earned his A.B. from Harvard, M.D. from UC San Diego, and MBAfrom UC Berkeley.
Malavika Shanker
President South East Asia GEC Media Group
Malavika Shanker
President South East Asia GEC Media Group
Malavika pushes for Adapt2LEAD Business and People Transformations. Her career embodies and signifies milestones that have made her a strong advocate for Adaptability.
Malavika has a successful track record of about two and a half decades in Sales, Service Delivery, Customer Experience, Change, Culture development for influencing success of executives to drive business excellence. She inspires people with her engaging style. She has coached and conducted programs in Leadership, Service, and Sales for Business Transformation across industry domains of IT, Telecom, Logistics, Pharmaceutical, Aeronautic, Finance and Banking, Hospitality and Manufacturing.
She has lived and worked in China, US, Singapore, and India. She has versatile corporate experience in conceptualizing, developing and executing Sales, Key Account Management, Marketing and Service and Change Management strategies across varied industry giants; like Reliance, DHL and Essar.
She is a certified Management Consultant for Service Excellence, also a Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming NLP Master, and a Certified Language and Behaviour Profiling Consultant
Malavika is founder, Areta Biz Solutions, a boutique Leadership and Service Consulting firm, with Clients in Asia-Pacific and Middle East. As President, GEC Media Group, Malavika pushes for a next generation media that stands strong to be committed, responsible and passionate
Derrick Louis
Executive Director Global CIO Forum USA
Derrick Louis
Executive Director Global CIO Forum USA
Derrick is a seasoned IT leader with numerous successes in guiding strategic direction and enterprise implementation of retail, transportation and accounting systems with emerging technologies to ensure maximum operational impact.
Derrick has been with RaceTrac for more than 18 years and has held a number of positions, where he showcased his talent for managing risk, anticipating business needs, and working through process developments to achieve change. He is now the Executive Director over all Applications, Business Intelligence, Tech Support, and QA.
An expert presenter, negotiator and communicator. Derrick believes in forging solid relationships with stakeholders, executive leaders and partners for developing innovative direction and building creative business solutions.
Derrick attended Georgia Southern University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management Information Systems. Prior to joining RaceTrac, he was with MCI Telecommunications as well as consulting on his own. Professionally, he is a huge fan of Agile delivery and rapid change to make organizations more competitive. He is a huge Atlanta Falcons fan and enjoys spending his time with his two children.
Anil Bhandari
Chief Mentor & Thought Leader - ARCON
Anil Bhandari
Chief Mentor & Thought Leader - ARCON
Anil Bhandari is an inspired innovator, technologist, and thought leader in Information Risk Management. He serves as a Mentor & Thought Leader and provides his invaluable insights forthe future growth and development of ARCON. He mentors the product technology roadmapwith his insightful knowledge in the areas of Risk Management, Internal Audits, and Regulatory Compliances.
Anil brings his expert domain knowledge in areas of Banking, Financial Services, and Telecommunication. He is also an internationally recognized Thought Leader in the subject of Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC). Thanks to his in-depth experience of assessing risks for data centers, networks, varied technology platforms, and core IT processes, Anil possesses intensive knowledge in the Information Security and GRC domains. The knowledge acquired over the years has helped him to consult large enterprises looking to implement cutting edge solutions in Cyber Security and the best practices for critical functions such as BCP/DR.
He has persistently contributed to several Associations and Forums and has been a part of various national and International Committees that focus on technology risk management and Internal Audit.
Having contributed as an honorary advisor to Regulators on matters pertaining to Risk and Compliance, Anil is now internationally regarded as an innovator, technologist and a thought leader in the Information Risk Management, Internal Audits, Regulatory Compliances, Frauds, Forensic, and IT/Cyber Security space. Now he also invests in high-growth technologies. As an investor and mentor, he works in tandem with an array of early-stage technology companies that focus on mitigating Information technology-related risks.
In his spare time, he particularly enjoys reading up on the Internet of Things (IoT). He is also a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, and a Certified Information SystemsAuditor besides academically inclined he also serves as an honorary advisor to several regulatory authorities on the matter of Enterprise Risk Management. Further, he has alsocontributed to several standards being on the Advanced Technology Committee of the IIA, Inc USA.
Barun Aggarwal
CEO of BreatheEasy
Barun Aggarwal
CEO of BreatheEasy
Barun Aggarwal, CEO of BreatheEasy (https://breatheeasylabs.com) is one of India's leading full service providers for air quality (assessment, solutions, monitoring and servicing), whose focus is not only Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) but also energy conservation. BreathEasy is also the exclusive India partner for IQAir (www.iqair.com), a world-leading, 55-year-old Swiss manufacturer of premium room and personal air purifiers.
BreatheEasy is incubated under the Paharpur Business Centre Nehru Place - one of Delhi NCR's healthiest buildings in terms of air quality (having certifications from various national & international bodies like CPCB, IGBC, ASHRAE, among others) and been working on this subject for over 30 years now.
Barun is a serial entrepreneur with a versatile background and international experience spanning 20+ years in several continents. He currently heads his entrepreneurial venture BreatheEasy Consultants Pvt Ltd. with an aim to help individuals breathe pure air, by also providing companies to implement solutions for improving Indoor Air Quality while reducing energy consumption. Barun actively engages in creating awareness campaigns on climate crisis and in disseminating the message of environment stewardship, especially amongst school children. He has also co-founded an NGO, “Care for Air” to help create awareness about air pollution and health hazards associated with it.
Anders Hedstrom
IAQ Expert - IAQ Sweden AB
Anders Hedstrom
IAQ Expert - IAQ Sweden AB
Starting with apprenticeship in our family business as guilder and conservator for graphicsand art my interest was acid free fibers. Our family imported acid free boards from Holland. From the time at Institute of Material it went over to fiber studies in SEM, within fibers. From that i was starting to develop filters from fibers for Electrolux industrial hoovers. Starting up companies as Zehnder adn Calir international and finally as an expert at Camfil. Beside that i was hired 3 years as MD for East Europe for Alcro Beckers to set up business there. My focus today is I A Q and pollution in our homes.
Pradeep Viswanathan
Global System Architect, MEA & India, Digital Energy Division at Schneider Electric
Pradeep Viswanathan
Global System Architect, MEA & India, Digital Energy Division at Schneider Electric
Pradeep is a Solution Architect with a focus on integrated building management system solution designs and engineering. Pradeep has over 20 years of experience in iBMS solution design, engineering and implementation, with good exposure to large and complex projects across India, the Middle East and Africa.
Paul Slater
Vice President , Operations and Health, Safety and Environment at GEMS Education
Paul Slater
Vice President , Operations and Health, Safety and Environment at GEMS Education
Paul Slater is a passionate health, safety and environment professional, with over 15 years’ experience. In his current position as Vice President Health, Safety and Environment within GEMS Education. He is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic health and safety vision across the GEMS network of schools and support functions, while also providing operational health, safety and environment support.
Paul has worked in various sectors in the UAE and Middle East for the past ten years, before which he was based in the UK. Paul holds a Master’s degree in safety and risk management from Robert Gordon University in the UK and is a chartered health and safety professional with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
Josiah K. Eyison
Manages iSpace Foundation
Josiah K. Eyison
Manages iSpace Foundation
Josiah manages iSpace Foundation and its program activities in West and East Africa. For this project, he will work closely with participants in work plan activities and as a Business Development Tutor. He is an innovative, transformative, and collaborative entrepreneur with over 20 years of international business management experience. Josiah also has a proven track record in all aspects of business formation and transformation, including operations, project management, marketing, communications, customer service, and analytics. He is an effective communicator and motivator with the ability to identify and leverage assets within teams to reach organisational and performance objectives.
Atul Gaur
Director, Savex Technologies
Atul Gaur
Director, Savex Technologies
"Atul Gaur is a seasoned professional in ICT industry. With almost 3 decades of experience in IT distribution, he has closely worked with many OEMs and Channel partners and has seen the evolution of industry with very close quarters.
He has served the industry under various hats, such as Sales, Biz management, Logistics, Finance, Exe Managing Director ( Mobility) and is currently serving as Director on the board of largest privately held ICT distribution of India ie Savex.
He is an alumni of MNIT Jaipur and did a leadership course from Stanford Graduate School of Business. "
Samir Chopra
Founder & CEO RNS Technology Services
Samir Chopra
Founder & CEO RNS Technology Services
Samir Chopra CEO and Founder of RNS Technology Services, is a cyber security enthusiast. His stands by the belief ‘Customer Merit' and 'Determined Employees’ which is easily conveyed by his company RNS Technology Services. RNS is a niche organization, partnered with the top of the game vendors, globally. In the mere span of 5 years, Samir has expanded the company’s reach into the APAC & Middle East region with offices present in Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, India and Qatar.
His passion for travelling has helped him identify the best markets for growing his business and himself as an entrepreneur. His vision to be the best in the cyber security market space, has helped RNS achieve multiple awards as the best reseller & system integrator in the last 5 years and bags Top IT Company to work for in 2020.
With over 20 years of experience, he understands partners’ and customers’ requirements and helps them achieve their goals seamlessly. Highly skilled, experienced and having executed sensitive projects in IT Security Consulting and Audits, helps him vision the possible future security gaps or loopholes which in return has secured top class organizations.
Samir stands by his values in delivering the best of the quality to his employees, customers and partners. He has been a speaker in many security related events/webinars addressing the upcoming Cyber Security trends and technologies.
LOH Sin Yong
Director, Trade Sectoral Transformation Group Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
LOH Sin Yong
Director, Trade Sectoral Transformation Group Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
As the Director for Trade in IMDA, Sin Yong is responsible for transforming trade (Wholesale Trade, Trade Finance, and Logistics) sectors using ICM technologies to enhance the sectors’ competitiveness in the global market.
Sin Yong has more than 25 years of professional IT and extensive leadership experience in Trade Facilitation, Logistics, and Maritime domains, with international exposures in China, South East Asia and South Asia markets.
Before joining IMDA, Sin Yong spent more than 11 years in CrimsonLogic where he most recently served as Senior Director, Asia. In addition to leading the Strategic Account Management team to deepen customer intimacy and cultivating new opportunities, he was responsible for creating and driving business strategies in the region. Prior to this recent role, he was the General Manager of CrimsonLogic eTrade Services Pte Ltd (a fully owned subsidiary of CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd) and his team was responsible for offering innovative and secured electronic connectivity solutions to the trade and logistics industry. Under his leadership, GridNode Pte Ltd, a provider of business-to-business (B2B) integration solutions and managed platforms, was successfully acquired by CrimsonLogic.
Before joining CrimsonLogic, Sin Yong spent more than 8 years with PSA Corporation (previously the Port of Singapore Authority). Besides being an expert in the area of EDI, he is also experienced in the design and implementation of an organization’s IT infrastructure, IT strategy and master plan, a project which he undertook while being seconded to PSA’s flagship overseas joint venture project in China for 3 years.
Additionally, he spent 3 years with Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd, the commercial arm of A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), supporting A*STAR’s Research Institutes on matters relating to intellectual property protection. His work at Exploit included managing part of A*STAR’s IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio comprising at least 250 IT-related patents and patent applications at their various stages of prosecution cycle.
Sin Yong holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer & Information Sciences, a Master’s degree in Management of Technology, and a Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law.
Khang NGUYEN TRIEU
CIO Asia Pacific at Accor
Khang NGUYEN TRIEU
CIO Asia Pacific at Accor
Khang has 20 years of tech leadership in digital native companies and more traditional companies going for deep digital transformation in France then in Singapore, with teams distributed geographically. He is currently CIO Asia Pacific of Accor, the leading Augmented Hospitality hotel group offering unique and meaningful experiences across 110 countries. He is a strong advocate of “Management 3.0 | Agile Leadership Practices” and of "Tech for Good".
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/knguyentrieu/
Abubakar Arshad
Director of Cyber Security , BNET- Bahrain Network
Abubakar Arshad
Director of Cyber Security , BNET- Bahrain Network
Cyber Security Strategist with 14 years of international experience in Cyber Security strategy development, data privacy, and CERT design and implementation.
As an Advisor to the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in Bahrain, Abubakar has led the Cyber Security policy and strategy for the Telecom Sector. Abubakar has played a leading role in drafting the Telecom Data Privacy regulations and Telecom Cyber Security Regulation in Bahrain. In his current role, Abubakar is the Director of Cyber Security in a leading Telecom Operator in Bahrain. He is also an international speaker on Cyber Security, digital transformation and Data privacy. Abubakar is a part of board in ISACA Bahrain Chapter. He was also awarded IT person of the year while representing Bahrain in the Future IT summit 2018 held in Dubai.
Virag Thakkar
Head of IT, Risk and Governance - Agoda Thailand
Virag Thakkar
Head of IT, Risk and Governance - Agoda Thailand
18+ years of leadership experience in Cyber & Information Security Covering Audit Compliance, Privacy Frameworks, Risk Management & establishing Security Operations. Has worked across multiple industries including Ecommerce, Energy Verticals, Software Product Development and Government institutions.
Eng. Mohammed Mahnashi
Consultant at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Eng. Mohammed Mahnashi
Consultant at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Technically sophisiticated & business savvy management professional with notable success of nearly 2 decades in directing a broad range of corporate IT initiatives, while participating in yearly planning, analysis & implementation of solutions in support of business objectives; holds full P&L accountability for business transformation and projects. Highly competent ICT / project / service delivery consultant; experienced in aligning with NTP2020 & Vision 2030 Transformation Initiatives; management of Vision 2030 and Digital Transformation Consultations; Strategy Formulation; Business Development; Budgeting and so on
LinkedIn : https://sa.linkedin.com/in/mahnashim
Abdelmajed Ahmed Saeed
Acting CISO, Medgulf The Mediterranean & Gulf Cooperative Insurance & Reinsurance Co. (S.J.S.C.) KSA
Abdelmajed Ahmed Saeed
Acting CISO, Medgulf The Mediterranean & Gulf Cooperative Insurance & Reinsurance Co. (S.J.S.C.) KSA
Acting Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in one of HealthCare Group then Moved As Acting CISO in Insurance sector Obtained number of certifications: C|NDA, L|PT, C|EH,E|CSA, CCIA, MCITP, Certified BlockChain Engineer ,ITIL Expert, PMP, Prince II, More than 21 years experiences in IT including 16 years in Information & Cyber Security
Ayad (Ed) Sleiman
Head of Information Security King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KSA
Ayad (Ed) Sleiman
Head of Information Security King Abdullah University of Science and Technology KSA
I establish an enterprise security stance through policy, architecture, and training processes. Build relationships, actively influence in a diverse environment with conflicting interests, and interface with peers and leaders working within IT and KAUST. This is the highest information security position in my organization and is critical to managing significant and evolving risks to the organization’s operations.
Syed Abdul Qadir
Director - Technology Risk and Cybersecurity Assurance A.F.Ferguson & Co. (PwC Pakistan)
Syed Abdul Qadir
Director - Technology Risk and Cybersecurity Assurance A.F.Ferguson & Co. (PwC Pakistan)
Abdul Qadir is an experienced global technology and cybersecurity professional, trainer and keynote speaker and has led several local and international projects over 18 years of experience spanning end-to-end Digital Transformation, IT Operations and Project Management, Cyber security and Enterprise IT Risk assessments, GDPR, overarching IT reviews, IT Due diligence, Data Governance, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, ERP Solutions Selection and Implementation Supervision, Data Governance and Analytics, IT Governance and IT Strategy development and emerging technologies such as big data analytics, robotics process automation etc. for several clients in the Financial Services, Energy, Manufacturing and Telecommunication arena. He has a proven track record in being able to present and influence at the board and C-suite level. He also have an exposure to work with colleagues in PwC Middle Eastern offices.
Abdul Qadir is Computer Systems Engineer (BE) by profession and also achieved his MBA from IoBM. He also achieved “Global Technology Leader” award and also attained many certifications and training such as CISA, PMP, CRISC, ISO 22301, ISO 27001-2, ISO 20000, COBIT and MCITP etc. Prior to joining PwC, Abdul Qadir was associated with Shell Group Pakistan Refinery heading their IT department having responsibility for ensuring the smooth running of whole IT and Digital Transformation.
His collaborative leadership is evidenced through speaking invitations to local and international IT and security conferences, universities and forums and has been interviewed by the multiple TV channels, blogs and publications. He has also conducted 1000+ hours of workshops and trainings attended by Senior Professionals from IT, Infosec, Internal Audit, Compliance and Risk Management.
Abdullah Al Barwani
General Manager for Corporate Security, Omantel
Abdullah Al Barwani
General Manager for Corporate Security, Omantel
"Abdullah is currently the General Manager for Corporate Security with Omantel, the leading provider of integrated telecommunication solutions in Oman. He is an experienced IT Director General, with strong competence across all aspects of IT including Strategy, Business Planning, Service Management & CyberSecurity.
In his earlier stint with ITA Oman, he was leading all IT Infrastructure initiatives as its Director General where he spent better part of his career.
As an accomplished speaker in Industry forums, he is well known across the Middle East region. He has acquired his Master's in Business Administration from the prestigious Bradford University & a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from California State University"
Dr. Lopa Mudraa Basuu
Executive Director Cyber Risk & Information Security, Sysinnova Infotech India
Dr. Lopa Mudraa Basuu
Executive Director Cyber Risk & Information Security, Sysinnova Infotech India
Dr. Lopa Mudraa Basuu has demonstrated her expertise in numerous security disciplines including but not limited to: Enterprise Security & Risk Governance Portfolio Management, Strategic Alignment of Technology with Business & Regulatory requirements, Cyber Defence Program Management, Privacy Program Management, Security Operations, and Third Party Risk Management. She has nearly two decades of reach and versatile experience with a proven performance record of delivering value as business enabler. Dr. Basuu is the Esteemed Member of EC Council Global Advisory Board, Cloud Security Alliance APAC Research Advisory Council, Member of Prestigious International Judging Panel For The IFSEC Global - Top Influencer Of Security 2020, Esteemed Jury Member for Women Leadership Influencer 2020 & Program Director of CISO Platform CISO Fellowship Program. She authors articles and is a regular speaker & panellist in the professional public domain on the same. She also mentors & guides the professionals.
She holds a master degree in Information Technology and Doctor of Excellence in Cyber Risk Management. She is a Certified Global CIO from ISB Hyderabad and holds required industry certifications - C|CISO, CRISC, CISM, CHFI, ECSA, CEH, DCPLA, DPO, LA ISO 27001, Certified SAFe 4 Practitioner & ITIL. She served industry majors in leading positions that include ？ Global Head Cyber Security Risk Governance & Compliance, Nissan Motor Corporation; Global Director IT Risk Office, OCWEN Financial; Head & AVP Enterprise Security & Risk Governance, SLK Global; Manager IT Security & Quality, MetLife; Consultant Security Audit & Architecture, Infosys Technologies Ltd. .
Dr. Basuu's contributions to the security industry have resulted in numerous awards & recognition including: Featured on ET CISO Wall; Featured as Epic Women in Cyber; Global Top 20 Security Influencer 2020 on peer voting over CISO Platform; INDIA's Top IT SECURITY INFLUENCERS & COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS AWARD 2020, 2019 & 2018; Top Women in Cyber Security in INDIA 2019; CSO 100 AWARD 2019 & 2018; CISO MAG Award - InfoSec Leader Of The Year 2019; CIO Leader of The Year 2019; INFOSEC MAESTROS AWARD 2019, 2018 & 2014; Big CIO 50 Innovators Award 2019; CYBER SENTINEL AWARD 2018; IT WORLD CHANGE AGENT AWARD 2018, TOP 100 CISO AWARD 2015, 2014 & 2012; C|CISO OF THE YEAR 2015; GRC BEST IMPLEMENTATION AWARD 2014.
Abdul Rehman Tariq Butt
Country Director Middle East, Pulse Secure
Abdul Rehman Tariq Butt
Country Director Middle East, Pulse Secure
Passionate about everything sales and channel. Startup expert. 12 years of Quota Breaking sales and channel experience for companies like Cisco, Juniper, Brocade and Pulse Secure.
Bassam Jbara
Technical Director Africa, Levant and East Europe Veritas Technologies
Bassam Jbara
Technical Director Africa, Levant and East Europe Veritas Technologies
Salman Ali
Regional Technical Channel Manager Middle East Riverbed
Salman Ali
Regional Technical Channel Manager Middle East Riverbed
Shahzad Hussain
Sr. Presales Consultant in Starlink
Shahzad Hussain
Sr. Presales Consultant in Starlink
- Working as a Sr. Presales Consultant in Starlink. He is responsible for Presales activities with Enterprise and Service provide level customers in Security, WAN and DataCenter domains.
- Extensive experience in Network Design, Planning, implementation, analysis and administration of complex Networking Projects
- Demonstrating proof-of-concepts for Service Provider and Enterprise customers for technologies like SDN/NFV, SDWAN,WAN Optimization & Application/Network assurance platform with vendors like Riverbed, Arista Networks, Extreme Networks etc
Jennifer Lin
Synology Regional Manager
Jennifer Lin
Synology Regional Manager
Jennifer is responsible for the sales strategy and business development in the Middle East region (GCC countries). She is fluent in Arabic and was an exchange student in Egypt for one year during college time. Prior to joining Synology, Jennifer handled a key role in marketing and public relations for the ICT industry in a global leading PR company.
With her in-depth understanding of the Arabic culture and mastery of the language, Jennifer demonstrates a strong skill set in business content development, relationship building, and forging strategic alliances.
Waeil Eldoamiry
Senior Solutions Architect, Red Hat
Waeil Eldoamiry
Senior Solutions Architect, Red Hat
Wael has a total of 20 years of proven experience in architecture, design and implementation of software solutions across different business domains, helping organizations to implement methodologies, adapt technologies in addition to applying frameworks/best practices within enterprise IT. Wael also has a sound experience in Middleware complex solutions backed with a very strong foundation of both Java and JEE technologies. Part of Wael’s responsibilities is to help companies migrate traditional workload to cloud, applying cloud native development and Microservices concepts using DevOps practices. With a mixture of governance of enterprise IT (CGEIT), IT Service Management (ITIL), Kubernetes administration (CKA), and project management (PMP), Wael is contributing not only in IT departments but also across organizational levels with cross-functional teams to drive shared vision and overall IT strategy. His experience is very rich as he managed and participated in many projects across 3 continents including projects in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, KSA and UAE.
Mohammad Mobasseri
CEO, emt Distribution
Mohammad Mobasseri
CEO, emt Distribution
Experienced Group Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Negotiation, ISO 27001, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), IT Service Management, and Internet Security.
Adam Simon
Global Managing Director & CFO CONTEXT
Adam Simon
Global Managing Director & CFO CONTEXT
Adam joined CONTEXT as a Board Director in 2013.
Adam hosts a regular weekly channel update online and is a well-known presenter at channel events. He often brings together industry players in research groups, conferences, roundtables and collaborative ventures to track and anticipate trends in the IT industry.
He is responsible for thought leadership in CONTEXT, including best practices in technology retail and distribution, and tracking the reseller market. In 2020 he took over the CFO function at CONTEXT.
Adam began his professional career at KPMG. He then worked as Finance Director for
global American office equipment manufacturer Pitney Bowes and as Global Managing Director at retail expert PRGX.
Adam is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and has a degree in Modern History from the University of Oxford. He is married with 2 daughters and a son.
Tim Davies
Country Manager, Middle East at CONTEXT
Tim Davies
Country Manager, Middle East at CONTEXT
Tim joined CONTEXT in 2018 as the Country Manager for the Middle East. His role is focused on the promotion of trust and transparency amongst the Channel community through the establishment of a CONTEXT Middle East panel of Distributors. By introducing the region to the unique insights available from the CONTEXT database, he aims to support Channel partners in their key business activities and help them exploit new market opportunities. Tim is a keen outdoor enthusiast and studied Ancient History at University College London.
Anand Choudha
CEO, Spectrami
Anand Choudha
CEO, Spectrami
Anand is an all-out entrepreneur having founded companies such as Spectrami, Altrosmart, AmiseQ and Hive Pro. With over a decade of cybersecurity experience, he continues to launch startups addressing current and future challenges. Possessing a natural transformational leadership style, his forte lies in developing businesses to their maximum potential through clarity of vision and determined execution. Anand is a board member and advisor to several security startups and is recognized as a thought-leader and influencer in the security industry.
Harish Sukumaran Vijaya
Managing Director of CRESCOtec
Harish Sukumaran Vijaya
Managing Director of CRESCOtec
Born and raised in India, he took his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering. Harish started his humble beginning as a Software Developer in Dubai where he developed and supported various software applications. In 2010, he joined CRESCO Software Technology FZE as a Sr. System Analyst specialized in programming interface and automation solutions.
After five years of consistent innovation and providing an exemplary contribution to the company, he became the Managing Director of CRESCOtec, which is the implementation partner of various software solutions in the Middle East region. In 2017, the firm opened an additional branch in the Philippines.
Harish has more than thirteen years experience in the IT industry, he is a passionate Business Analyst, Software Developer, Reporting Analyst, Business Intelligent and SQL Developer with proven ability to develop scalable and sophisticated server solutions. He has extensive expertise in complex software development and in solving challenging problems that require a strong scientific background.
His focus over the past few years revolves around Software System Analysis and Implementation, Data Migration, Data Intelligence and many other projects where data is used to drive business decisions. He specializes in various software technologies such as .Net, SQL Server Oracle, Synology, BITRIX24, SAGE300 ERP, XTRACTA, Polymatica and among others.
Harish always put the user's needs at the center of his work, he help companies to communicate clearly based on a data driven work system. He implemented and designed various IT software solutions that is quick, easy to understand and straightforward as possible.
Nandini Sapru
Vice President Of Sales, EMT
Nandini Sapru
Vice President Of Sales, EMT
Nandini Sapru is the VP for Sales at emt Distribution. She has 20 years of experience in IT and Cyber Security and has supported many vendors and partners with market expansion, customer development and technology reviews.
Ali Riza Kucuk
Regional Consumer Director at Intel Corporation
Ali Riza Kucuk
Regional Consumer Director at Intel Corporation
A fast track Sales & Marketing Director, with over 15 years international experience of achievements in Business Development and Start Ups,
Specialties: Client PC and Consumer Electronics
Emerging Market Consumer Channels
Instructor for DISC Behaviour Analysis,
Instructor for Versatile Sales Person
Instructor for Biz Simulation in Intel
Ashish Panjabi
Chief Operating Officer at Jacky's Business Solutions LLC
Ashish Panjabi
Chief Operating Officer at Jacky's Business Solutions LLC
I'm an entrepreneur at heart who loves technology. I enjoying sharing my experiences as an entrepreneur and about the tech trends I follow, hence you'll find me sharing links on various social media platforms regularly. I'm a member of the MENA One Chapter of the Young President's Organization (YPO) I'm currently also serving as President-Elect for the Dubai Chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneur).
Gabriel Ajilore
Head Information Security, Union Bank Nigeria
Gabriel Ajilore
Head Information Security, Union Bank Nigeria
Gabriel is currently Head of the Information Security Department with over 14 years of Banking experience in the area of Information Security, Risk, Audit, and Control.
Gabriel has extensive experience in the area of Cybersecurity, Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, Forensic, Application, and Database security, System Monitoring, Network Security, E-Business/Cards Security, Information Security Management System (ISMS), Secure Application design, Drafting and recommendation of policies, directives, standards, guidelines and Regulatory Compliance. He is also skilled and Knowledgeable in Risk Management, Information Security Governance, Information Security Policies, Incident and Response Management (IT Disaster Recovery), Audit and compliance.
Gabriel has several certifications in the area of information security, Controls, and Audit.
Besides being a professional in Information security and security management, his other areas of competencies include:-
- Business Strategy
- Management of Change
- Operations Management
Ernest Azzam
Large Format Printing Regional Business Manger - Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East & Africa at HP
Ernest Azzam
Large Format Printing Regional Business Manger - Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East & Africa at HP
Experienced Regional Business Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Strong multi-cultural team management professional, skilled in Business Planning, Sales and Product management.
Hesham Tantawi
Vice President, Asbis Middle East
Hesham Tantawi
Vice President, Asbis Middle East
As one of the few distributors that represents Components, Solution and Printing business in the Middle East and North Africa, Mr. Hesham Tantawi continues to play a pivotal role in shaping ASBIS successful business. Under his leadership, ASBIS Middle East celebrated 22 Year of Success. Mr. Tantawi also holds Life Time Achievement Award, the first executive who received it ever, after honored with Channel Executive awards many times. The Life Time Achievement Award is highly-regarded award, established to encourage the region's entrepreneurial spirit and recognize excellent standards of corporate management and governance, it also recognizes the special accomplishments of an individual among 360 IT leaders from the vendor, distributor, reseller and retailer community across the Gulf region.
Marc Montiel
Vice President Enterprise Countries EMEA NetApp
Marc Montiel
Vice President Enterprise Countries EMEA NetApp
Marc Montiel, General Manager of NetApp France since 2007 and Vice President since 2011, was appointed Vice President in charge of the Southern EMEA region in May 2013. Since 2019, he leads the Enterprise Focus countries for NetApp, including Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Israel, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
His goal is to ensure the growth of the business and position NetApp as the number one hybrid cloud provider across the geo. To increase market share and raise the profile of each subsidiary, Marc emphasizes NetApp's proven capacity for innovation, not only in terms of the company's internal operations, but also in terms of its external partner relationships, its marketing strategies and the relevance of the solutions it develops. Before stepping up as VP Enterprise Countries EMEA, Montiel successfully built an organizational growth structure and winning marketing strategy for NetApp France and then the Southern European business. He managed the development of indirect sales through a strong relationship with key partners. Under his leadership, NetApp became all-flash market number one in France, Spain, Israel, and the Netherlands.
Marc has over 20 years of experience in ICT. A graduate of the EDG Business School, he began his career at Bull in 1994 in technical sales. He later worked for Sun Microsystems as part of the sales team before joining NetApp as a Customer Account Manager in 1999. He was promoted to Sales Manager in 2005 and then general manager at age 36. Marc Montiel is a contemporary art enthusiast with a passion for painting and architecture.
Richard Meeus
Director Security Technology and Strategy, Akamai’s EMEA
Richard Meeus
Director Security Technology and Strategy, Akamai’s EMEA
With over 20 years’ experience, Richard is responsible for designing and building secure solutions for some of the world’s most influential organisations. Starting out as a hardware engineer, his career has progressed alongside the tech industry as a whole, transitioning from a hardware to a software focus.
Richard is an industry expert in cloud computing, enterprise software and network security. During his time at Akamai, Mirapoint and Prolexic, he has had a strategic role across a broad range of projects, including the transformation of the UK’s largest corporate email implementation, and the deployment of DDoS solutions for multinational organisations to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data. He is a chartered member of the BCS and CISSP, and is a thought leader in the industry.
Maya Zakhour
Director Channel Sales, MEA, Italy and Spain, NetApp
Maya Zakhour
Director Channel Sales, MEA, Italy and Spain, NetApp
An accomplished, result driven sales professional with over 18 years of channel and sales experience focused on technology and IT companies.
Expertise in Account Management, Consulting, Channel Management and Marketing with focus in channel management and development of Emerging Market sales, as well as building strategies to increase mind share / market share.
Proven ability to interface with partners and customers to ensure product solutions meet customer’s requirements and satisfaction.
Exceptional communicator with demonstrated success building relationships with upper management of several corporate accounts. Track record for consistently exceeding multi-million dollars sales quotas.
Ashish Saxena
Director Technical Sales and Services, MEA, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Ashish Saxena
Director Technical Sales and Services, MEA, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
With 23 years of experience in the ICT industry, Ashish is currently leading a team of Presales Experts, Solution Architects, Services and Support in Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise in 2011, Ashish has held senior technical roles with Tata Group, General Electric (GE) and Al-Futtaim Group. He also worked in Australia for 5 years.
He started his career as an IT trainer of Novell, Microsoft, IBM and networking technologies. With his passion for technology increasing multifold, he specialized in designing networks for large organizations across various sectors including transportation, healthcare, education and finance.
Ashish holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Master’s degree in Business Administration and he is passionate about digital transformation and how technology can make human life better. He enjoys reading and one of the recent books he read is ‘Ikigai’, a Japanese concept exploring the purpose of life.
Ben Bulpett
Marketing Platform Director SailPoint
Ben Bulpett
Marketing Platform Director SailPoint
Ben is the SailPoint EMEA Marketing Platform Director, working across the region he supports the local SailPoint teams, partners and customers in helping define their strategy and adoption of an integrated Identity Governance platform. He also works closely with product management and the CTO office in inputting in future product development.
With over 25 years’ experience in the software industry; where he has led teams, in the development and implementation of complex IT Security solutions in areas such as; Access Management, Identity Management, Data Governance and Database etc across multiple verticals.
Ben has travelled extensively throughout Europe, Middle East, Africa & America through his work responsibilities. He has spoken at numerous events on matters such as Security, Identity Governance and various related privacy issues.
Mario M. Veljovic
General Manager | VAD Technologies
Mario M. Veljovic
General Manager | VAD Technologies
I am a veteran of the ICT industry who has held various Senior Management positions at leading ICT distributors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Through the course of my 25-year long career, I have been building and executing strategies that have helped transform organizations I’ve worked for from Traditional ICT Distribution to Value-Added Distribution, as well as founded a Distribution Business that is focused on Next-Generation and Disruptive Technologies.
I have been based in the Middle East since 2003 and as the General Manager at VAD Technologies, I’m excited to engage with enterprises, vendors and resellers in the region to help address some of the biggest IT opportunities and challenges in the Middle East. Specifically, my aim are to:
- Help organizations realize their digital transformation objectives
- Build a sustainable business that is committed to the success of its vendors and resellers
- Introduce new value-add services that meet ICT market requirements
So, if you're looking for a distribution partner that's committed to your success, or if you offer an exciting technology solution, please feel free to get in touch with me.
Haddi Hakim
Systems Engineer Manager, Pure Storage MEA
Haddi Hakim
Systems Engineer Manager, Pure Storage MEA
Haddi Hakim, Pure Storage Systems Engineer Manager for the Middle East has over 13 years in the IT & Storage industry, graduated from California State University as an Electrical Engineer with a Minor in Mathematics, is one of the strong solution architects that has lead multiple teams throughout his career with technical designs & implementations showcasing great insight into multiple technologies with the likes of Dell EMC, HP, Nutanix, Brocade, Cisco, McData & more.
Yasser El Mashad
Cyber Security Specialist – F5
Yasser El Mashad
Cyber Security Specialist – F5
“Information Security Consultant with more than 10 years of experience in multinational environments. Served some of the most well-known Enterprises in the Middle East and Africa.
Deep understanding of information and technical security architecture, engineering and management disciplines. Proven risk assessment, risk management and process excellence experience.”
Michel Atallah
Technical Director, Reach – Levant, BMB
Michel Atallah
Technical Director, Reach – Levant, BMB
Michel is the Technical Director at BMB Reach. In addition to managing the extensive team and department, he is the main consultant on all things Data Center and Cloud solutions.
Over the past 20 years, he has gained an extensive experience in Networking, Storage and Virtualization which led him to his current role at BMB where he is responsible for designing and delivering a wide range of fully-integrated Data Center and cloud solutions to help clients build, modernize and transform their IT infrastructure to support their enterprise needs.
Yahya Jaber
KSA Account Manager – Pure Storage
Yahya Jaber
KSA Account Manager – Pure Storage
"Over 13 years of ICT experiences in Hardware, Software & Services within the Enterprise market segment with roles diverse from presales, sales to a trusted technology advisor for the Banking & Enterprise sectors with a proven record in translating business needs into enterprise technology solutions."
Yousef Mohammad Mhana
Principal Systems Engineer – EMEA Middle East – Pure Storage
Yousef Mohammad Mhana
Principal Systems Engineer – EMEA Middle East – Pure Storage
Technological expert with 13 years of experience in Systems, Storage and Network solutions with a primary focus on Data Center & Virtualization Technologies, working with clients across the Middle East region in order to help them select, architect and implement business critical systems and data platform solutions for a wide range of use cases in digital transformation and AI/big data solutions.
Danna Bethlehem Coronel
Director, Product Marketing, Identity and Access Management (IAM) at Thales
Danna Bethlehem Coronel
Director, Product Marketing, Identity and Access Management (IAM) at Thales
At Thales, I lead product marketing for the company's IAM product line. This includes the articulation of our product strategy and messaging, campaign development, though leadership, and PR, partner marketing, analyst relations and sales enablement.
Augusto Barros
VP of Solutions, Securonix
Augusto Barros
VP of Solutions, Securonix
Augusto Barros is VP of Solutions at Securonix. Augusto is a former Gartner analyst with 20 years of experience in cybersecurity-related roles and consulting for enterprises in finance, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare. Augusto has worked on a variety of information security projects and initiatives, from security awareness campaigns, to penetration testing, to security infrastructure design. The challenges of threat detection and response are his main interests and the focus of his research. He has also ventured into the application of behavior economics concepts to the security space. Augusto has taught courses and presented at numerous security conferences, including Black Hat Europe, RSA Conference, and Gartner security summits.
Kowsik Guruswamy
Chief Technology Officer, Menlo Security
Kowsik Guruswamy
Chief Technology Officer, Menlo Security
Kowsik was previously co-founder and CTO at Mu Dynamics. Prior to Mu Dynamics, he was a distinguished engineer at Juniper Networks. He has more than 15 years of experience in diverse technologies.
Neatsun Ziv
VP, Threat Prevention, Check Point
Neatsun Ziv
VP, Threat Prevention, Check Point
Neatsun Ziv is Check Point Software Technologies’ VP of Threat Prevention & Intelligence since 2016. In this capacity Ziv leads Check Point’s R&D teams and its main products. Prior to this position, Ziv served as the company’s Director of Secure Cloud since 2011. Before joining Check Point, he founded Vanadium (RawAnalysis) where he continued to hold the position of CEO for seven years.
Rhea Seddon
Astronaut, Author, Surgeon
Rhea Seddon
Astronaut, Author, Surgeon
A woman of many firsts, Dr. Seddon was one of only six women in a class of 100 in medical school and the first woman ever accepted to her General Surgery Residency Program. As one of the first six women accepted into the Astronaut Corps, her marriage to fellow Astronaut Capt. Robert “Hoot” Gibson produced the first astronaut couple and the two of them produced the first official “astrotots.” She was the eighth woman accepted to the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Besides her space career, Rhea’s life experiences have led her from surgeon to licensed private pilot, to healthcare executive, entrepreneur, business owner, author, and now public speaker.
Dr. Seddon spent 19 years with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In 1978 she was selected as one of the first Astronaut class to include women. She served as a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle flights in 1985 and 1991 and as Payload Commander in charge of all science activities on her final flight in 1993. This brought her total time in space to 30 days.
After leaving NASA in 1997, Dr. Seddon was the Assistant Chief Medical Officer of the Vanderbilt Medical Group in Nashville for 11 years. There she led an initiative to improve patient safety, quality of care, and team effectiveness by the use of an aviation-based model of Crew Resource Management. She then helped to found LifeWings Partners, LLC which teaches this concept to healthcare institutions across the United States.
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in physiology, Dr. Seddon received her M.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, where she completed her residency in General Surgery.
She was inducted into the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame in 2005, the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Tennessee Women’s Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2016 she was awarded the National Football Foundation Nashville Chapter’s Fred Russell Distinguished American Award, the Independent Book Publishers Association Ben Franklin Gold Award for Best Autobiography/Memoir – Go For Orbit and the Athena International Leadership Award (Rutherford County) and a University of Tennessee Centennial Top 100 Alumni Award. She was the co-recipient of the Great American leadership award which was presented to her along with her husband Capt. Robert “Hoot” Gibson at Awakening 2017.
George Eapen
Group CIO, Petrofac
George Eapen
Group CIO, Petrofac
“George Eapen is currently the Group CIO for Petrofac (FTSE 250), one of the world's largest O&G EPC Companies with 12,000 employees and $4B annual revenue with Operations in Malaysia, India, Middle East, UK, US and Mexico. In his previous capacity as Group Head of Cyber Security, he was managing IT and OT Security for the organization
In his earlier stint with GE, he spent a significant portion of his corporate career of 12+ years, rising through the ranks. In his last role with GE he was the Group CISO of Global regions including LATAM, Europe, Russia, China, South Asia, Greater China & Asia Pacific which contributed almost 60% of total company revenues. He is a graduate of GE IT leadership program (ITLP), GE Six Sigma Black Belt program and graduate of GE Corporate Audit Staff (CAS), a fast track Executive leadership program of GE.
He was selected among 50 senior professionals world wide, to undergo the prestigious MIT Sloan EPGM program. As a well known CyberSecurity technology / key note speaker, he has presented topics at 30+ conferences, spanning across Middle East, USA, Portugal and UK including Gartner conference-2016, GISEC-2018, MILIPOL- 2017, Cloud MENA-2017. He is an IBM Security Board of Advisor and sits on the Board of several other CyberSecurity organizations & committees”
Mohammed Almeshekah
Founder & Managing Partner of Outliers Venture Capital
Mohammed Almeshekah
Founder & Managing Partner of Outliers Venture Capital
Mohammed is an entrepreneur, Kauffman Fellow and a technologist. He has previously founded and exited his Cybersecurity company, worked as a software engineer at Google and Mozilla and was an angel investor in many companies and lead a number of national initiatives as a Deputy Minister for Planning & Development in ICT Sector.
He is a recognized cybersecurity thought-leader; previously winning the prestigious ACSAC award in its 31st year. He has a PhD in CS focusing on the intersection of Cybersecurity, Machine Learning and Cognitive Psychology.
Saeed Abu-Nimeh
Founder and CEO, Seclytics
Saeed Abu-Nimeh
Founder and CEO, Seclytics
Saeed is one of the leading thinkers on the intersection between machine learning and cybersecurity. Prior to founding SecLytics, he held the position of Distinguished Scientist at PayPal. Before that, he was Senior Scientist at Damballa and a Security Researcher at Websense. He holds a Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University and a Postdoc from Carnegie Mellon. Saeed has co-authored more than 19 papers and books on the applications of machine learning to cybersecurity.
Fun fact: When Saeed isn’t busy predicting cyberattacks, he patrols the soccer pitch as a crafty right winger with a nose for goal.
Sarfaraz Kazi
CTO, Spectrami
Sarfaraz Kazi
CTO, Spectrami
As Spectrami’s Chief Technology Officer, Kazi brings with him the complete competency of his decade plus experience in various leadership roles within the technical domain. His in-depth knowledge of enterprise infrastructure business aids in strategic decision-making. Diligent and foresighted, his expertise in business management, technology and customer business drivers accelerates the firm’s growth and meets the desired business objectives. Technically proficient and analytically strong, Kazi was heading a systems integration firm across three countries in Southern Africa, prior to joining Spectrami.
Jeremy Grigg
President & Founder, Council Vision
Jeremy Grigg
President & Founder, Council Vision
Jeremy Grigg is the founder of Council Vision, and has a background in research, analytics and executive facilitation spanning over 25 years with global expertise in financial services, government, telecommunications and IT services.
He led the Customer Advisory Council program at HCL Technologies until 2017, and was responsible for driving engagement from and strategic alignment with the executive leaders of HCL’s most critical customers worldwide. Prior to HCL, he was a Senior Consultant at Geehan Group, a specialist provider of Customer Advisory Council facilitation services. In this role, he designed and ran Customer Advisory Council, Partner Advisory Council and Executive Sponsor programs for several firms in the technology product and service sectors including Red Hat and Cisco.
Jeremy formerly served as Gartner Inc’s global lead analyst for Financial Management of IT and a member of its Executive Programs team, facilitating hundreds of executive briefings and telephone consultations on business management topics across the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Jeremy also served as Chief Financial Officer of Paktel, Indonesia’s largest telecom outsourcing firm, and as Economic Advisor to several ministers in Australian governments. In the early 1990s, he traded options on the Hong Kong Futures Exchange and founded Decisive Publishing, Australia’s most awarded telecom trade publisher.
Jeremy is an Australian citizen currently residing in Austin, Texas who has lived in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Rajeev Kakar
Board Member-Eurobank; GIB, CIB Bank; UTIAMC; Global Founder Fullerton Financial; Founder Dunia Finance; Ex-CEO-Citi TMEA
Rajeev Kakar
Board Member-Eurobank; GIB, CIB Bank; UTIAMC; Global Founder Fullerton Financial; Founder Dunia Finance; Ex-CEO-Citi TMEA
A seasoned banker, business founder, entrepreneur, Corporate Board Member, Strategic Investor, and public speaker with over three decades of experience and deep expertise in financial services, across multiple global markets, especially the high-growth emerging China, India, Asia Pacific, and CEEMEA countries with leading global banking, financial & investment management institutions like Citibank N.A. & Fullerton Financial Holdings (wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings). Proven strong personal track record of successfully creating, founding, managing and operating large banks/financial institutions as the Global CoFounder of Fullerton Financial Holdings, headquartered in Singapore, and Founder of Dunia Finance(UAE), while leading business turnarounds & stable growth, as well as a demonstrated ability to conceptualize and execute multi-country business strategies, lead M&As and transformations, launch green-field financial services businesses to realize high valuations, and deliver profitability over a sustained period, while contributing to the community and delivering high governance standards by actively serving at a senior level on several prominent internal and external boards.
Vishal Govil
Head-Planning, Business Demand Mgmt , IAM and Controls- Enterprise Services, Bank Muscat
Vishal Govil
Head-Planning, Business Demand Mgmt , IAM and Controls- Enterprise Services, Bank Muscat
"Vishal presently serves as the Head of Planning, Business Demand Management, IAM and Controls with Bank Muscat, the leading financial institution in Oman with a strong presence in corporate banking, personal banking, investment banking, Islamic banking, treasury, private banking and asset management. In his 16+ year long career with the bank, he has managed a wide variety of functions including Quality, Program Management, Audit, Risk, Planning & Governance, rising through the corporate ladder with deep technical advisory & strong people management skills.
In his previous inning, he drove the quality function for a leading system integrator, Beehive Systems.
He was among the select few to be cherrypicked to be a part of the Bank Muscat Management Development Program at INSEAD. He earned his MBA from the prestigious IIT Delhi & has an Engineering degree from Aligarh Muslim University."
Dr. Nandan Sudarsanam
Associate Professor, Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Madras
Dr. Nandan Sudarsanam
Associate Professor, Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Madras
Nandan Sudarsanam is a faculty member in the Department of Management Studies and a core member of the Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI) at IIT Madras. He earned his PhD from the Engineering Systems Division at MIT, following which, he worked as a quantitative researcher for five years at a high-frequency algorithmic trading firm in New York. His research and work experience focuses on applications of experimentation, machine learning and the abstraction of data to models and algorithms. This spans data and problems across different domains, including but not limited to finance, urban mobility, digital platforms, civic services, and criminology. He publishes in premier machine learning conferences as well as peer-reviewed journals in engineering and applied statistics.
Chris Veldad
Infrastructure and Pre-Sales Manager of FDC International
Chris Veldad
Infrastructure and Pre-Sales Manager of FDC International
With over 2-decades of experience in planning, implementation, and management of corporate I.T. Infrastructure, I’ve been around the industry long enough to be very familiar with the dynamics of the continuously developing requirements of this field. Working at FDC International for over 10-years, I’ve started working with the Pro-Value team years ago, armed with real-world experience of Storage and Network-related systems, particularly Synology.
Matthieu Rider
Director of Sales Engineering, Rapid7
Matthieu Rider
Director of Sales Engineering, Rapid7
Matt is a passionate technology industry executive who began his IT career with Microsoft in the 1990’s. He has spent the last 12 years helping organisations defend against and learn from cyber attacks; firstly as Director of Strategic Support and Services at Sophos, and more recently as International Director and spokesperson for Rapid7.
Richard Harris
Director of MDR - EMEA, Rapid7
Richard Harris
Director of MDR - EMEA, Rapid7
Richard Harris leads Rapid7's Managed Detection & Response (MDR) growth and partnership development across the EMEA and APAC regions. He has over 20 years of security experience, starting as a practitioner in UK Law Enforcement in the 90s, building Mandiant’s operations outside the US, eventually running the EMEA region for FireEye’s managed service before making the move to Rapid7. Richard has spent the past 9 years leading MDR teams in operations and service delivery across multiple regions.
Mohamed Abdallah
Regional Director, Middle East, Turkey & Africa
Mohamed Abdallah
Regional Director, Middle East, Turkey & Africa
Mohamed is a commercially astute professional with over 20 years of rich experience in IT Enterprise Sales & Channel management across Middle East & Turkey. With a specialized focus in Enterprise Solutions such as Security, Networking & Infrastructure field sales and sales management, Mohamed has used his tremendous knowledge and expertise to help many C-level clients successfully bridge IT gaps and appreciate how technology can deliver business value in accordance to their needs. Prior to joining SonicWall, Mohamed has served key managerial roles in Brocade, F5 Networks and IBM to name a few.
In his current role, Mohamed serves as the Regional Director for Middle East, Turkey & Africa.
Osca St Marthe
Executive Director Sales Engineering, EMEA
Osca St Marthe
Executive Director Sales Engineering, EMEA
Osca St Marthe spearheads SonicWall’s technology offering in the EMEA region, and is responsible for building and expanding a technical community of trusted partners and customers. Osca provides SonicWall customers and prospects in EMEA with expert advice, cutting-edge cybersecurity intelligence and solutions that focus on customer value and outcomes.
Osca has been leading high-performing teams for the last 15+ years in Sales Engineering, with a focus on customer outcomes and partner alignment across enterprises and SMBs. Before he came to SonicWall, Osca worked on cybersecurity for the cloud space at McAfee. Osca continues to champion the importance of women in cybersecurity, coach and mentor aspiring graduates in technology, and support a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Terry Greer-King
Vice President EMEA
Terry Greer-King
Vice President EMEA
With extensive esperience in the technology industry, Terry Greer-King is currently SonicWall’s VP of EMEA Sales. Prior to joining the SonicWall team, Terry served as Akamai Technology’s Director of Security Sales for EMEA, Cisco’s Director of EMEA Cybersecurity Sales, as well as the UK Managing Director for Check Point. Terry brings extensive experience providing cybersecurity solutions to partners and customers across the EMEA region with a dedication to direct touch results and business growth.
Irfan Mohammad
Cloud Solutions Architect and Pre-Sales Consultant for Microsoft Technologies in Alpha Data
Irfan Mohammad
Cloud Solutions Architect and Pre-Sales Consultant for Microsoft Technologies in Alpha Data
8 Years of experience in Microsoft Technology and 5 Years of experience Azure Cloud Technologies and Office 365. In addition to it, I've experience in enabling the customers to move towards Application Modernization using latest Technological tools and DevOps practices”
Lalit Popli
COO, ARCON
Lalit Popli
COO, ARCON
Lalit Popli is an experienced business professional having over two decades of experience in various senior-level positions in Banking, Asset Management, Engineering, and Technology companies. He has worked in various roles and areas like Business Head, Business Consulting, Business Development, Sales, CTO, CIO, CISO, Head of Digital, Operations, and Customer Service. He has worked with customers in diverse market place covering the United States, South East Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, Middle-East,CIS, Russia, and India. He is an Author, Career Coach, Financial Advisor, Guest Faculty, Angel Investor, and Guest Speaker in various Schools, Colleges, Industry Forums, and conferences across the globe. At ARCON, Lalit is the Chief Operating Officer. He brings his vast experience and skills to enable ARCON to have a world-class delivery and service model encapsulating right product, sales, and marketing strategies, implementation, and support methodologies added with training and consulting to deliver strategic value to the Client. This approach adds to the enhancement of the Client’s Information Security Posture against threats – both internal and external while adhering to the Regulatory Requirements.
Mr. Illyas Kooliyankal
CISO, Largest Islamic Bank in Middle East
Mr. Illyas Kooliyankal
CISO, Largest Islamic Bank in Middle East
Jameel Meeran
Product Manager, GCG
Jameel Meeran
Product Manager, GCG
Jameel, is a product manager in GCG for Viewsonic products. I’m working in AV industry for the past 11 years in U Middle East & Africa. My keen area of expertise is in Visual solutions like meeting room and classroom technologies.
Im techno commercial engineer, Electronics and communication Engineering as an academic background. I am working in Product management/Sales/Business development for the past 11 years.
SO, I can easily adapt any new technology and create strategies to serve the market needs.Im working with Viewsonic brand for the past 3 years and we did some of the landmark projects like Sharjah/Abudhabi airports, DHA, Crown prince court and so on.
Michael Halas
Managing partner, Magnoos Information Systems
Michael Halas
Managing partner, Magnoos Information Systems
Economics and management professional with 18 years of experience, currently serving as a Managing Partner - in MAGNOOS, part of Midis Group in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Working in multiple engagements for clients in several industries has put him in a position to identify strategic partnerships, ability to negotiate contracts at the highest levels with suppliers and customers to secure the most advantageous terms and conditions by providing technical, commercial and legal expertise. Possessing MSc in Economics and Management, along with 5 years studies in electrical & computer engineering with specialization in telecommunication networks have resulted in a unique profile which combines robust academic background with studies in Europe along with business development experience in the Middle East. Has a proven record of excellent customer relationship management skills aiming at the highest level of service to ensure incremental business. Delivered Project Management in several large scale projects such as Digital Service Management & Operations, Data Management & Analytics, Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, PCI / PII / PHI compliance and other business resilience engagements.
Thodoris Petropoulos
Data Scientist, Data Robot
Thodoris Petropoulos
Data Scientist, Data Robot
Thordoris is a Data Scientist working at DataRobot where he works primarily with customers who want to leverage AI. Although an economics major, he has shifted towards Machine Learning and Data Science the past several years. Theo is passionate about democratising and enabling people of all backgrounds to take advantage of the capabilities AI has to offer. In his words: "we are here to make the world a better place than we found it", so he tries to add his small contribution to this. Theo is also a PhD candidate at the Athens University of Economics and Business with his main research subject being "Big Data and Business Strategy".
Zachary Rea
Sales Engineering for MEA, India and Turkey, MicroStrategy
Zachary Rea
Sales Engineering for MEA, India and Turkey, MicroStrategy
Zachary is the Director of Sales Engineering for Middle East, India, Turkey, and Africa for MicroStrategy and is based out of Dubai. He has deep technical knowledge of MicroStrategy based on experience as a Premium Support Engineer and Pre-Sales based out of San Francisco, California. He has also gained valuable perspective by leading a BI Services team as a MicroStrategy customer. Zachary has been managing the Pre-Sales team for the MEA region since early 2017 and is excited to help empower companies with actionable intelligence.
Abderahim Lakehal
Senior Sales Engineer, Automation Anywhere
Abderahim Lakehal
Senior Sales Engineer, Automation Anywhere
Abderahim Lakehal is a Senior Sales Engineer with Automation Anywhere. With more than a decade of Experience under his belt, Abderahim brings with him a wealth of industrial, multi-functional experience in Pre-Sales, Value engineering, and Technical expertise.
Mohamed Ansari
Chief Innovation Officer, MAGNOOS Information Systems
Mohamed Ansari
Chief Innovation Officer, MAGNOOS Information Systems
A versatile engineer and hands-on professional with over 13 years’ experience across business and industries, with a committed and a very well demonstrated passion for digital transformation projects and concepts. Multi-faceted, results driven leader with rich, global experience and a consistent record of high performance in providing vision and thought leadership, motivating and coaching teams to foster innovation and drive operational excellence. Delivered several large scale projects such as Data Governance, Data Security, PCI / PII / PHI compliance, RPA, AI and other business resilience engagements. Recently, have successfully helped several organizations with the adoption of RPA and AI technologies across functions like Finance, HR, Procurement, Customer Service and Core Business. Oversee research and development projects at MAGNOOS where we combine best breed technologies to create solutions which help organization solve their business challenges.
Rajaraman Subramanian
BI & Analytics Manager, MAGNOOS Information Systems
Rajaraman Subramanian
BI & Analytics Manager, MAGNOOS Information Systems
Rajaraman is a DWH and BI professional with 17+ years of experience delivering enterprise wide solutions across multiple domains such as Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, investments, Retail, Telecommunications, Airlines, Road and Transport, Automobile, and Media and Advertising. His core focus is on Solution Development, Technical Advisory, Auditing Implementations, sales & services, project management, commercial strategy, system design, and implementation. If you get a chance to work with him, you would know the mouth-watering delicacies he can cook with your existing ingredients in your current landscape.
Muhammed Basheer MP,
Senior Systems Engineer, Mindware
Muhammed Basheer MP,
Senior Systems Engineer, Mindware
Muhammed Basheer is working with Mindware as DELL EMC Pre-Sales Consultant covering Qatar and Levant region. He has 15 year of experience in IT Industry which includes multiple roles around infrastructure solutions.
Nolwenn Simon
Product Line Manager, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Nolwenn Simon
Product Line Manager, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Graduated with a master's degree in international business and marketing from a French Business School, Nolwenn is Product Line Manager in the Network Division for value added solutions at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. Prior to ALE, Nolwenn was Product Manager for connected medical devices in the healthcare sector.
Rajat Bhatia
Senior Systems Engineer, Dell Technologies
Rajat Bhatia
Senior Systems Engineer, Dell Technologies
Rajat Bhatia is working as a Technical Presales Consultant with Dell Technologies covering Qatar & Kuwait, aligning closely to the channel partners & SI’s. In an IT career spanning 15 years, he has held multiple roles around data center solutions. Previously he has worked for GBM and HPE.
Sebastien Bloch
Sales Director, Ucopia Group Weblib
Sebastien Bloch
Sales Director, Ucopia Group Weblib
Sébastien worked on the WIFI market for more than 10 years and he has a really good knowledge of the value you can bring on a captive portal solution. He has worked on many projects like Stadium in Europe , Airport, University, Hospitals, and big retails group.
Dany El Khoury
Sr. Partner Sales Specialist | UAE & Gulf
Dany El Khoury
Sr. Partner Sales Specialist | UAE & Gulf
Senior Regional Sales Specialist for storage technologies and hyperconverged solutions across UAE & Gulf region. Passionate about helping partners driving next generation storage technologies and accelerate customer adoption, leading to a better DC experience, besides giving customers more free time to focus on business innovation & sustainable growth.
Mostafa Hafez
Infrastructure - Senior Systems Engineer, Mindware
Mostafa Hafez
Infrastructure - Senior Systems Engineer, Mindware
Have over 9 years of experience providing consultancy and competitive analysis on Dell EMC portfolio for UAE partners and end users.Carry proven experience in all aspects of Infrastructure , SDDC, Cloud and emerging technologies, With 24+ Certificates with DellEMC, Microsoft, Google, RedHat, VMware, Oracle
Anto Tossounian
VP Solutions Consulting, Global Alliances and Channel, ServiceNow
Anto Tossounian
VP Solutions Consulting, Global Alliances and Channel, ServiceNow
Strategic leader focused on Solution Consulting, Pre-Sales, Sales, Channel, and Customer Success serving CxOs focused on Digital Transformation initiatives. Experienced building high performing customer facing organizations, teaming with marketing and products teams to enable revenue growth from $5M to $350M+. Trusted Innovator to the C Suite helping customers achieve business value from technology investment. Built culture and teams that produce "Raving Fans" in customer environments that redefine our relevance in the market.
Ali El Kontar
Founder & CEO, Zero&One
Ali El Kontar
Founder & CEO, Zero&One
A Seasoned entrepreneur and Cloud Technology expert, Ali El Kontar is the Founder and CEO of Zero&One - AWS Advanced Consulting Partner which leads complex technology projects across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). With over 17 years’ experience in IT and telecoms, Ali, has steered Zero&One since 2017 into a pioneering business cloud solutions provider with operations in the UAE, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. Ali has worked both in the MENA region and the USA leading private and public IT projects at major industry names including Orange Business Services and Cisco. Ali has also earned the coveted Amazon Partner Network (APN) Ambassador status joining an elite, worldwide network as the first MENA representative. His status as an AWS Instructor Champion and 10x AWS Certified expert underline his standing at the forefront of AWS expertise and best practice.
Rached Dabboussi
Head Of Sales, Middle East & North Africa at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rached Dabboussi
Head Of Sales, Middle East & North Africa at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rached Dabboussi Heads the Business Development Functions for Amazon Web Services, Middle East and North Africa (MENA). He is focused on delivering a great Amazon experience to customers and partners, whilst earning their trust. Rached engages with business leaders to drive enterprise transformation initiatives with the AWS cloud. He guides a team of customer obsessed account managers who help companies, to achieve meaningful outcomes with technology. Prior to joining AWS, Rached led enterprise sales and business development teams at Dell EMC and Informatica, across MENA.
Ashwani Kumar
Business Development, AWS Migration Acceleration Program, EMEA
Ashwani Kumar
Business Development, AWS Migration Acceleration Program, EMEA
Ashwani Kumar is a cloud migration expert and business development lead in AWS Migration Acceleration Program in EMEA. He has strong international experience of advising customers to strategize, shape and deliver large scale cloud migration and transformation programmes for enterprise customers in the UK, Middle East, Australia and emerging markets. He has worked for a diverse range of customers spanning multiple industries including Financial Services, Telecommunications, Retail, Oil & Gas and Logistics. He is AWS certified Solutions Architect and has an MBA degree from Cranfield School of Management UK.
Satyen Vyas
President & CEO, Symphony SummitAI
Satyen Vyas
President & CEO, Symphony SummitAI
Satyen Vyas has been the Chief Executive Officer at Symphony SummitAI since 2013. Currently based in New York, he has led the company’s growth from a start-up to a global entity with customers and partners in North America, India, Southeast Asia and GCC. Prior to SummitAI, he was a Vice President at IBM in India and South Asia, where he was instrumental in growing the company’s x-Series servers to a market leadership position. He also served as General Manager for mid markets at Dell India, and spent 12 years building Vitage Group into a leading IT systems integration and services player in the Indian market.Satyen holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Nagpur University and a post-graduate degree in management from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Chaitanya Peddi
Co-founder, Darwinbox
Chaitanya Peddi
Co-founder, Darwinbox
Chaitanya Peddi, a true subject matter expert of both of both HR and Technology, heads product & engineering at Darwinbox. His years of experience as an HR consultant has empowered him to understand the specific needs of the HR Tech market and build a world-class product that can not only optimally automate and simplify HR process for enterprises enables HR to be a game-changing strategic function.
An XLRI alumnus, prior to Darwinbox, Chaitanya worked as an HR consultant with Ernst & Young and consulted global firms on organization design and performance management. Having worked in product development at Verizon and combined with his consulting experience, Chaitanya commands a rare vantage point in the HR tech space.
Emmanuel R. Goffi
Co-Director & coFounder, Global AI Ethics Institute Paris
Emmanuel R. Goffi
Co-Director & coFounder, Global AI Ethics Institute Paris
Emmanuel R. Goffi is a philosopher of artificial intelligence. He is the Co-Director and coFounder of the Global AI Ethics Institute in Paris.
He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies.
Dr Goffi is also AI Ethics Officer with Huawei, as well as a research member with the the ZInspection® Initiative Frankfurt, Germany, a member of the Éthique, Langue, Communication et Numérique Team of the Université Mohammed Premier in Oujda, Morocco, and a research fellow with the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada.
He has been lecturing in several institutions in France, in Canada and in Germany, and he has has written numerous pieces on ethics applied to artificial intelligence. He is regularly invited to give talks and lectures, and to participate to experts meeting and boards worldwide.
His research focuses on the development of artificial intelligence and its ethical dimensions through a multicultural approach
Pedro Fernandes Mestriner
CEO and Co-Founder of Horizm
Pedro Fernandes Mestriner
CEO and Co-Founder of Horizm
Pedro Fernandes Mestriner is the CEO and Co-Founder of Horizm, the leading provider of digital inventory management for sports. An explorer by nature, a former professional athlete, and a specialist on being a generalist. After studying Computer System Analysis with a focus on A.I.he started his career designing and coding software on B.I for Pfizer. After a long experience as Project Manager, Pedro moved to Product Development at Hitachi, leading the Digital Division. In the last decade, he has helped start-ups such as Letgo.com to scale, enter new markets, and create innovative products.
Philippe Blanchard
Founder & CEO, Futurous
Philippe Blanchard
Founder & CEO, Futurous
With 25-year-old global expertise in Technology and mega-event, Philippe Blanchard founded Futurous, the “Games” of Innovation. A new type of competitions associating male and female, athlete and para-athlete, sports and esports, mankind and robots and offering education and interactivity between
competitors and spectators.
Mr. Blanchard has been the senior Advisor to Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State and Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai. Philippe was in charge of the Bid Dossier and has been pivotal to the success of Dubai: strategic planning, Technology and Innovation master plans. His mission was to ensure Expo 2020 Dubai operates as an advanced smart city, harnessing the power of Technology for better services and stakeholder experience.
Prior to joining Dubai Expo, Philippe served as Director for the International Olympic Committee: he was appointed in the perspective of the IOC reorganisation and he set the new business intelligence and knowledge management practices, helping bidding and Organising committees in their Olympic ambitions. His department was also responsible of the Olympic Legacy and the interface with the Academic world.
He previously served as Director general of La Cité Apprenante, a Think tank on ICT and as a consultant with Accenture in strategy and organisation.
On a personal level, he is an active member of several United Nations working groups (e-governance, smart cities), of the US and European Chapters of the Internet Society (ISOC)...
He holds a Master of Science in business administration (EDHEC Business School) and post-graduated in Innovation & Technology management (Ecole Centrale Paris). Philippe is also an alumnus of the Executive trainings of IMD (Lausanne, Switzerland).
Esteban Granero Molina
CEO, Olocip
Esteban Granero Molina
CEO, Olocip
More than a decade of experience in Spanish First Division, English Premier League and more than 400 official matches. U-19 European Championship, Spanish Copa del Rey and a LaLiga Championship are his main football records.
Esteban, founder of several projects in professional sports and industry, particularly Olocip, a pioneering company specialized in the development and implementation of Artificial Intelligence.
Under the technical direction of its technological partners, the prestigious scientists Concha Bielza and Pedro Larrañaga (both AI full professors with more than 30 years of experience), positioning itself as a disruptive company of maximum reliability and based on scientific rigor.
For this reason, in 2018 Esteban was awarded by the CSIC at the Science Gala for the "Promotion of Research and Science” and received recognition from the Community of Madrid as a highly innovative company in Research and Innovation for intelligent specialization.
In addition, since 2019, Olocip has been a member of the European Artificial Intelligence Alliance. He is also currently Chief Strategic Officer at Best Of You Sports, a leading company in the sports sector, member of the advisory board of the World Football Summit and a member of the expert committee of the Spanish marketing association.
Osama Islam
Group IT Director, Basamh Trading & Industrial Group
Osama Islam
Group IT Director, Basamh Trading & Industrial Group
Osama is an information technology and digital transformation professional with a passion for adapting emerging technologies to capitalize on strategic opportunities and solving operational challenges.
With over 23 years’ experience, starting with Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, later co-founding a local management consulting firm serving Saudi businesses and then later starting up a cloud-based IT business. His experience covers a wide range of industries such as contracting, manufacturing, retail, tourism, healthcare, public sector and FMCG.
He is currently responsible for Basamh Group's digital transformation, information technology operations and enterprise systems. With a focus of Integrating business, innovation and technology to deliver competitive advantage for the Group.
Pradeep Karasala
Founder and Chief Solution Advisor
Pradeep Karasala
Founder and Chief Solution Advisor
Mr. Pradeep Karasala, serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of excelling in Security, Risk and Compliance programs and Nearshore Delivery. Experienced in building exceptional teams and creating a great working culture. His vision beyond traditional cyber security aspires him to provide breakthrough technologies to solve many security and operational issues by providing real-time visibility for organizations to make better risk-informed decisions.
Shailendra Sahasrabudhe
Country Manager UAE and India
Shailendra Sahasrabudhe
Country Manager UAE and India
Cyber Security sales expert with almost 20 years of experience in selling security solutions of different companies in India and Asia. He has been instrumental in bringing state of the art security solutions to this region and growing business, expanding markets for them.
Ahmed Saleh AlBalooshi
CEO Fintech IT Service
Ahmed Saleh AlBalooshi
CEO Fintech IT Service
- 35 years experience in the field of Information Technology.
- Specialized in Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0)
- Mainly focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, and Fintech.
- Worked for Gulf Air, Sabre, EDS & Bahrain Islamic Bank.
- Founder & owner of Fintech IT Services & Consultations.
- Public Speaker and moderator, conducting Technologies panel discussions.
- Member of the International Group of Artificial Intelligence (IGOAI).
- President of Bahrain IT Professional (BITP) Toastmasters Club.
- Toastmasters Area 3 Director | Division C | District 20
- Has been honored 3 times CIO 200 awards as one of the best ICT leaders.
Gael BOVEN
Attorney and co-founder, Art Can Die and international forum 4Blockchainers
Gael BOVEN
Attorney and co-founder, Art Can Die and international forum 4Blockchainers
Entrepreneur / Speaker / Attorney-at-law specialized in Blockchain, Crypto, Artificial Intelligence,
Investment, Business, and Conciliation.
He co-founded the international forum “4Blockchainers.com” dedicated to the fields of Blockchain, DeFi and Artificial Intelligence as well as the decentralized fundraising platform for supporting art: “Art Can Die”
Badr Boussabat
President of AI TOGETHER, AI Expert
Badr Boussabat
President of AI TOGETHER, AI Expert
Badr Boussabat has a multidisciplinary profile and he is one of the most quoted AI specialists in France and Belgium. As a representative of the Belgian Finance Center, he was appointed to participate in several official fintech missions with the official Belgian delegation as well as with ministers in China and South Korea. He met with senior leaders from Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent and Samsung in order to set up business projects.
Badr Boussabat is a serial entrepreneur, AI Speaker and Author of "L'intelligence artificielle: notre meilleur espoir" (2020) which is one of the most widely read books on AI in French-speaking countries. His book has been reported as one of the best books on AI of the year 2020. His second book “L’intelligence artificielle dans le monde d’aujourd’hui” (2021) has just released.
Badr has been invited on TV to talk about AI in Economy and Law. Badr gave also over 80 conferences to major financial institutions, World Economic Forum, Nvidia, banks, law firms, public authorities, SME's and Universities.
Badr Boussabat is the Founder & President of AI TOGETHER. AI TOGETHER is an NGO promoting inclusive use of AI and gathering the most eminent AI leaders on the planet. This is the largest organization gathering AI leaders from private companies. He is also one of the Advisory Board Members of the International Group of Artificial Intelligence (IGOAI) and Country Advisor to Belgium. Plus, he is an Advisor for the World Alliance of International Financial Centers and Independent AI Advisor to private companies.
Last year, Badr Boussabat has been invited as a TEDx Speaker and in this context, he coined the concept of "Augmented Basic Income" based on AI and data. Finally, Badr Boussabat has written many articles in the press (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Morocco, Tunisia, etc.) linked to AI strategies in economy and society. He is an AI Expert for the Swiss Media "Monde Economique" and bi-weekly AI Columnist at LN24 which is the 1st News Media in Belgium.
Dr. Idoia Salazar
Co-founder and President, OdiseIA
Dr. Idoia Salazar
Co-founder and President, OdiseIA
Co-founder and president of the Observatory of the Social and Ethical Impact of Artificial Intelligence (OdiseIA). She is Principal Investigator of the SIMPAIR Research Group (Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) , focusing mainly on the need for a multicultural approach to Ethics in AI. She is specialist in Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, professor in international degrees at CEU San Pablo University. Author of the books: 'The Algorithm and I: Guide to coexistence between human and artificial beings', 'The Myth of the Algorithm: Tales and truths of Artificial Intelligence (co-author with Richard Benjamins),' The Revolution of robots: How Artificial Intelligence and robotics affect our future 'and' The depths of the Internet: Access information that search engines cannot find and discover the intelligent future of the Internet ' (written in spanish), as well as scientific and informative articles oriented to investigate and raise awareness about the impact of Artificial Intelligence. She is in the list of experts to assist the European Parliament´s Artificial Intelligence Observatory (EPAIO); member of the Board of Directors of the Association ‘Arco Atlántico para la Seguridad y el entorno Digital’; founding member of Springer AI and Ethics journal and member of the Global AI Ethics Consortium.
Dr. Lorenzo Cotino Hueso
Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia
Dr. Lorenzo Cotino Hueso
Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia
Lorenzo Cotino Hueso, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia (“Catedrático), former judge of the High Court of Justice of the Valencia Region (2000-2019).
PhD in Law and Graduate and Advanced Studies in Political Science, Guest professor at Konstanz (Germany) since 2004 and honorary professor of Universidad Naciona of Colombia and U. Católica de Cuenca (Educador). Author or editor of 20 books, he has written over 150 scientific articles and book chapters. OdiseIA Privacy Director. President since 2004 of National Association www.derechotics.com
- Professor of Constitutional Law Univ. Valencia.
- Judge Superior Court of Justice Valencian Community 2000-2019.
- Member of the Transparency Council C. Valenciana since 2015 (independent transparency authority)
- Coordinator of the www.derechotics.com Network of ICT Law specialists since 2004.
- INAP Award, M. Defense, Army, Doctorate Extraordinary, City of Sciences.
- Doctor and Bachelor of Law (U. Valencia), Master in Fundamental Rights (ESADE, Barcelona), Bachelor and Diploma in Advanced Studies of Political Science (UNED).
- He has written or coordinated 16 books, 123 articles or chapters and 312 papers on Internet freedom, e-Administration, data protection, open government and artificial intelligence.
- Guest professor in Konstanz (Germany) since 2004 and from various Colombian universities (Honorary Prof. National University of Colombia and U. Católica de Cuenca, Ecuador).
- Principal researcher since 2004 of 15 national projects on Law and new technologies, as well as regional and international projects, currently on digital transformation, robotics and algorithms.
- Director of the first official Master's Degree in Law and ICT and currently Diploma title in data protection.
- ORCIDNA0003-2661-0010. Google Scholar - Index H13, index i10 is 19.
Jorge Sebastiao
Co-Founder Global Blockchain Organization
Jorge Sebastiao
Co-Founder Global Blockchain Organization
A seasoned CEO, CTO, CISO, Advisor and International speaker, with experience in Blockchain, DeFi, Asset Tokenization, Cyber Security, AI, IoT, 5G, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Bigdata, & Managed Services. Jorge is professional advisor in several innovative startups using disruptive technologies with focus on generating business value and enabling sustainability.
He created the powerful framework A6 of security: Assess, Assess, Apply, Administer, Awareness & Agility. Jorge is a regular speaker at international conferences.
Aco Momcilovic
Co-Director & Co-Founder, Global AI Ethics Institute
Aco Momcilovic
Co-Director & Co-Founder, Global AI Ethics Institute
Owner of the FutureHR consulting company focused on consulting in the areas of: Strategic organisation of Human Resources Department; Education and Management Development; Recruitment; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Engagement; Company Branding, Corporate Culture. Full 360 HR consulting, at one place. FutureHR - Making the cut 🙂
Vijayshankar Ananthanarayanan
Vice President & Global Head, Transformation at Darwinbox
Vijayshankar Ananthanarayanan
Vice President & Global Head, Transformation at Darwinbox
Since Apr 2021, I am co-building Darwinbox's vision of a globally respected "From Asia for the world" SaaS-based end-to-end talent transformation platform. I anchor strategic initiatives and focus on cross-functional institutional strengthening, to embed scalability for ongoing, differentiated customer impact and accelerated, profitable growth globally.
Between 2006-2021, at EY, I was a management consultant with a proven record in driving business outcomes through people. Served clients across sectors and stages of growth and subsequently focused on the Technology sector, where I was the core Talent & Change lead for integrated transformations. Sold, delivered and managed enterprise-level initiatives by engaging with CXOs and counterparts across levels and functions. Regularly invited speaker at industry forums: NHRD Network, NIPM, ISTD etc.
Contexts served: Sustainable EBITDA improvement, Growth (organic, inorganic), Digital transformation, Functional transformation.
Dr Claudio Feijoo
Professor, Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
Dr Claudio Feijoo
Professor, Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
Dr Claudio Feijóo holds an MSc and PhD in Telecommunication Engineering and an MSc in Quantitative Economics. He is full professor at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) where he is the Director for Entrepreneurship, leading programs on education, launch and acceleration of tech-based startups and spin-offs. At academia, he teaches on Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, leads the EU-funded Master program for AI in public services, and pursues research on the future socio-economic impact of emerging technologies. From 2014 to 2020, his key responsibility was to reach agreements for cooperation and launch joint research and innovation projects with the best technology universities in Asia. During that time, he organized several high-level international conferences on AI, while publishing reports and papers on AI innovation ecosystem in China and its international spillovers.
He also set the first incubation program for Spanish-related entrepreneurs in China. Claudio has worked in assignments on five continents for main international institutions. His employment record includes spells at the European Commission and the Spanish Ministry of Industry. He also has a 20+ years’ background as founder and mentor of startups and is experienced in managing the implementation of innovative projects. He regularly lectures at international seminars and for postgraduate courses. He also guest edits for major academic journals, having authored more than 300 publications in books, journals and conferences. His latest book addresses the use of technology within international geo-strategy.
Dr. Sam Saarinen
Founder of Edapt Technologies
Dr. Sam Saarinen
Founder of Edapt Technologies
Sam is an Artificial Intelligence researcher and founder of Edapt Technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Brown University, where his dissertation focused on applications of machine learning to educational assessment. His company now provides consulting and APIs for specialized education data analytics. His current work is focused on three critical problems: personalized instruction and curriculum; optimal content review and practice; and adaptive assessment.