
2023 PARTNERS



2022 SPEAKERS (LAST EDITION)

Cathy O’Sullivan
Editor-in-Chief APAC, Foundry
Cathy O’Sullivan is Editor-in-Chief APAC for Foundry’s flagship enterprise brands, CIO and CSO. Based in Auckland, Cathy has worked in digital, print and broadcast media for almost two decades in newsrooms in New Zealand and Europe. She has held senior news leadership roles at NZ’s largest media organisations, including the New Zealand Herald, Stuff and Newshub.
Cathy is a founder of the Irish Business Network of New Zealand, a mentor for children’s Pillars New Zealand, and a board advisor for Take2, a New Zealand social venture that helps those going through the prison system create better lives by teaching them valuable web development and life skills. She is also a trustee for the St Patrick’s Festival and sits on the advisory panel for Enterprise Ireland in ANZ. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from University College Cork and a postgraduate certificate in Human Potential for the Digital Economy from Tech Futures Lab.

Yogesh Gupta
Director - Content & Communities, Foundry India
Yogesh is the Director of Content & Communities - India at Foundry, the world’s largest technology media, research and data services conglomerate. Recently he was the executive editor at Foundry for over seven years. Today, he spearheads the editorial and content curation for digital & events (physical, virtual) since more than 14 years for Foundry global brands -- CIO, ComputerWorld & CSO – in India.
A keynote speaker, an events host and knowledge navigator, he influences the technologists’ readers (CIOs, CSOs, CDOs, ITDMs, Channels) across the enterprise technology ecosystem in India and globally. He is a social media influencer with the CIO, Channels and OEM community. In 2019, Yogesh was recognized as ‘Star Editor’ or ‘B2B Influential Editor’ from an elite list of 26 tech editors across Foundry globally.
With 18+ years experience in media industry, he kick-started his journalism career with The Times of India in 2003 as a retainer reporter. He holds a Computer Engineering degree from Mumbai University.
2023 SPEAKERS

Yogesh Gupta
Director - Content & Communities,
Foundry India

Abhijit Chatterjee
CIO,
TCG Lifesciences

Ashok Cherian
CIO,
Page Industries

Janesh M
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Elastic

Mitali Biswas
Chief Information Officer,
CK Birla Hospitals

Nilesh Sangoi
CIO, Fincare Small Finance Bank

Prakash Koshy
Director - IT Infrastructure and Operations,
Freshworks

Sajan Paul
Managing Director & Country Manager, India & SAARC,
Juniper Networks

Sanjiv Verma
Vice President,
Ruckus Networks -
Asia Pacific

A Shiju Rawther
Head – IT,
SBI Mutual Fund

Avi Liran
Global Delightful Experience & Organisational Culture Consultant, TEDx & CSP Keynote Speaker, Author, Trainer, Coach, and Mentor

Akash Saxenaa
Vice President, Samsung India Electronics

Biswabrata Chakraborty
CIO,
IndusInd Bank

Kirti Patil
Joint President & Chief Technology Officer,
Kotak Life Insurance

Namrita Mahindro
Chief Digital Officer, Aditya Birla Chemicals, Filaments and Insulators (CFI)

Pankaj Gupta
Chief Digital & Marketing Officer,
Karnataka Bank

Rakesh Godhwani
Founder & CEO,
School of Meaningful Experiences

Sachin Kotian
Head - Architecture, SAS India

Sarbani Bhatia
SVP – IT, Jagran Prakashan

Shiv Kumar Bhasin
Group Chief Technology & Operations Officer, NSE

Kamal Nath
CEO,
Sify Technologies

Anjali Gupta
Head of Marketing,
Sify Technologies

Charu Bhargava
Vice President,
Sheela Foam (Sleepwell)

Mathew Philip
Sr. Director & Country Manager – Sales,
GoTo

Neeti Wahi
Group Chief Information & Digital Officer,
Sterlite Power

Paresh Shetty
President – Sales,
CtrlS

Ranganath Sadasiva
Chief Technology Officer, Hybrid IT,
HPE India

Sameer Raje
General Manager and Head, India & SAARC Region,
Zoom

Satyajit Roy
Head of Enterprise Greenfield, ITS | Healthcare | Life Sciences – India, Amazon Internet Services

Shobhana Lele
CIO,
The Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing

Aashish Chandra
Chief Technology & Digital Officer,
The Body Shop

Anitosh Halder
Business Head - DC, Cloud & Managed Services,
Sify Technologies

Gyan Pandey
Chief Digital Officer, Voltas-
A Tata Enterprise

Mohammad Irshad Saifi
Director IT and Digitization, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Nidhi Garg
Head – Global IT, Aristocrat

Peter Jayaseelan
VP & Managing Director (South Asia) & Head- APAC (Public Sector Business Unit), Jabra

Ravinder Pal Singh
Partner, Kalaari Capital; Harvard Alumni, Award Winning Technologist, Professor of Innovation, Rescue Pilot

Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh
Partner, Kalaari Capital; Harvard Alumni, Award Winning Technologist, Professor of Innovation, Rescue Pilot

Shajy Thomas
Regional Head of Technology, Asia Pacific, Technicolor

Shreyasi Singh
Founder & CEO, Harappa