Summit 2018 SUMMIT PROGRAM

Manab Mallick

SDVoE Alliance

Manab Mallick was one of the first investments made in India by US-headquartered NETGEAR, a founding member company of the SDVoE Alliance. His vast experience across verticals for more than 18 years has helped establish NETGEAR as one of the biggest brands in networking in the country. Today, he heads presales, support and services for India and SAARC regions, based out of the Bangalore office, which also hosts one of the R&D centers for NETGEAR Inc. With his expertise in data networking, storage and wireless solution design, and technical sales, Manab plays a critical role in developing business through sales enablement which expands into training system integrators, internal sales teams and reseller partners.

Sourav Chakraborty

CTS, National Technical Manager, Kramer Electronics India Pvt Ltd

Sourav Chakraborty had worked in Professional AV industry for more than a decade now. He has held Technical roles and has managed pan India technical teams. He is on board with Kramer Electronics since 2014 and currently holds the profile of National Technical Manager. Prior to joining Kramer, he worked with Samsung India ( Pro Display Division ) and Xerox India. Sourav holds a Degree in Electrical and communications Engineering.

Prashant Govindan

Sr.Director, Harman Professional Solutions India & SAARC.

Prashant Govindan is the Senior Director for the Professional Solutions division at HARMAN India. In this role, Prashant is responsible for the overall sales, marketing, distribution and engineering operations for the professional business in India.

Prashant is an expert in business management, sales strategy, installed audio-video systems design and integration, DSP/network based audio systems, large project sales negotiation, channel management, team building and motivation, customer support management, professional audio, touring sound, cinema sound, broadcast audio, networked audio-video-control systems, converged media systems. Keen interest in technology and communication start-ups.

Prashant is an experienced business leader with vast experience in setting up and growing businesses. Strong entrepreneurial drive, ability to set up businesses in emerging markets, business development, spotting and grooming talent and team management are proven skills.

Prashant has close to two decades of strong technical and sales expertise in the professional audio business. Prior to HARMAN, he was the regional manager at Biamp Systems where he handled India, Middle East and Africa markets. Prashant also has a strong social media presence on professional as well as personal platforms.

Prashant has as a Bachelor’s Degree from University of Mumbai in Computer Engineering.

Puneet Sethi

Vice President, Head CE Enterprise, Samsung Electronics India.

Puneet is a proven business leader with over 21+ years of experience in building and managing both small and established businesses within large global organization in India.

Puneet has been with Samsung India for over 15 years, has primarily been handling & heading the Enterprise business specifically for the Consumer Electronic Technology Products & has been implementing competent strategies for the pre-determined business objectives at Samsung over these years.

He has rich expertise in managing the Display Solutions Biz which constitutes of LCD Signage, Video wall, E-Board’s, Outdoor Display, Hospitality Display, LED Signage & Curved Monitors. He has been instrumental in taking Samsung India’s Display Solutions Business to greater heights & recognitions.

He is an MBA from Pune University, with his schooling from a top boarding school in India - St Georges College – Mussoorie.

John C. Wang

Vice Chairman, DSMA Taiwan

John Wang is Vice Chairman of DSMA, a digital signage-focused organization with over 200 member companies in APAC. He is also co-founder and CEO of IAdea Corporation, a company focusing on transforming the world with out-of-home digital signage technologies. IAdea empowers smarter experiences in meeting room management, transportation, and retail.

David Mou

Chief Vision Officer, Pilot TV

David Mou is Chief Vision Officer of PilotTV, the largest DOOH network operator in Taiwan managing ad sales for the 7-Eleven and FamilyMart running thousands of screens. Mac orchestrated the investment by Intel Capital in Pilot TV.

Manish Kumar

Vice President APAC, Stratacache

Manish Kumar is the Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific operations for Stratacache, he is a Dynamic business professional who has accomplished many achievements within the IT & T industry across multi-regional multinational organisations. His consultative approach combined with exceptional communication skills allows him to understand customers and ensure they are at the forefront.

Hemant Agarwal

Director for Delta India Operation, Delta Electronics India Private Limited

Hemant Agarwal is the Vice President of Delta Electronics India Pvt. Ltd and serves as the Head of Department for Display Solution Business Unit. Hemant is responsible for Display Solutions sales and operations in India, MEA and SEA region, including end-to-end management of Delta’s DSBU sales activities, and service and support in these markets. Hemant, being a frequent speaker at industry and academic events, has earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the renowned Lucknow University, where he was a Scholar, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Agra University.

John C. Wang

Vice Chairman, DSMA Taiwan

John Wang is Vice Chairman of DSMA, a digital signage-focused organization with over 200 member companies in APAC. He is also co-founder and CEO of IAdea Corporation, a company focusing on transforming the world with out-of-home digital signage technologies. IAdea empowers smarter experiences in meeting room management, transportation, and retail.

Dr. Ajay Kumar

Secretary, Dept of Defence Production, Government of India

Dr. Balsing Rajput

Superintendent of Police, Cyber, Maharashtra, Mumbai

Ravikishor Mundada

CEO, Center of Excellence in Cyber Security, Govt of Karnataka

Mukesh Mehta

CTO, Batlivala & Karani Securities India Pvt. Ltd.

Keyur Desai

CIO, Essar Port and Shipping

Dominic Vijay Kumar

AVP & Head IT, Affordable Housing Finance (India) Ltd

Lalit Popli

Head-IT, ICICI Prudential

Avinash Haware

GM-IT, MSEDCL

Praveen Bhatt

Head-Digital Banking & Consumer Experience, Axis Bank

Praveen Bhatt currently heads Digital Banking and Consumer Experience for the retail part of the business for Axis Bank. Praveen started the Consumer Experience vertical for Axis Bank 2 years back. He joined Axis Bank from Axis Asset Management Company where he was part of the leadership team as COO & CFO and who helped set it up in 2009. Praveen  is a seasoned finance professional with over 23 years of experience across operations, digital and consumer facing departments.

Lalit Rout

Head-IT, Reliance Home Finance

Lalit Rout has about 20 years of experience in IT with large focus in banking, finance domains. He has been also responsible for developing and implementing the modern IT strategy for the business in line with the dynamics of the business: IT Infrastructure Deployment and Operations Management, Virtualization and Infrastructure Management, Cloud and Mobile Computing, Process improvements and best practices, Implementation of ISO 27001:2013 (Information Security ) & ISO 22301:2012 (Business Continuity), Resource Planning & Deployment, Procurement / Vendor Management, Customer Relationship Management, IT Service Delivery, Information Security and Data Protection/Privacy, and Budgeting and Costing.

Lalit Popli

Head-IT, ICICI Prudential

Yash Doshi

Head-Digital, ShareKhan BNP

With 12 of rich experience in digital business, technology, ownership and teaching digital enthusiasts, Yash Doshi is an avid professional in Digital Business strategies / Digital Transformation projects / Digitalization of businesses from creation to complete promotion and scale up of digital businesses. Doshi also possesses extensive experience in organisation wide digital campaigns across bought media / earned media (e-marketing). He has been associated with leading organisations such as Fullerton India Credit Company, Crebit Information Bureau (India), and HDFC Bank in the past.

Rohit Ambosta

CIO, Angel Broking

Girish Hadkar

Head-IT, Piramal Realty

Jyothirlatha B

CRO, DHFL

Hiren Shah

National Head-IT, Reliance General Insurance

With more than 20 years of experience, Hiren Shah is well known in the industry for his expertise in designing and deploying cutting edge mobile apps. In this career, he has designed and delivered more than 18 enterprise mobile solutions for customers, agents, business partners and employees – allowing the business to get 360 degree business benefit with maximum ROI. Hiren is passionate about start-ups and enjoys working and co-creating solutions with them.

Prasanna Lohar

CIO, DCB Bank

• Almost 15 years of application design, development and deployment experience in a Senior Developer/Team Leader/Architect / Sr. Manager Position.
• Broad Functional understanding of Merchant Acquiring business, Card Issuance process, Transaction Processing ,Payment channels, EMV, Card personalization, Financial Inclusion, Prepaid, Reconciliation, Risk Management & Charge Back Systems , loyalty business area ,PC-POS , Payment Gateway, IVR, Mobile payment with an in-depth understanding of the systems and business needs of that area.
• Technical Architecting into Merchant Acquiring, Card Issuance, Transaction Processing , EMV, Card personalization, Financial Inclusion, Prepaid, Reconciliation, Risk Management & Charge Back ,PC-POS , Payment Gateway, IVR, Mobile payment Financial Services, Engineering, Insurance, Shipping, Retail and Manufacturing Industry.
• 10+ years of development experience using Microsoft Technology on Windows platform.
• Technical expertise in IVR, Mobile, Petroleum Loyalty, Payment, Point Of Sales, EMV , Internet payment gateway , Card Personalization , HR Systems , Govt. Business And Microfinance Applications.
• Handled Multiple vendors e.g. Wipro, Gemalto, Verifone, DVS, Enstage, Qlogy, Uberall, Viraat, Welcome Real-time, Toshiba. Negotiating cost for technical Solutions.
• Handled Customer relationship with multiple banks and Petroleum companies.
• Implemented EMV Card Perso. Technology at Card Bureau on Java platform. TechTrex offered EMV certification in Dec 2011.
• Implemented Financial Inclusion program for more than 1 year for IDBI Bank. Architecting & Project Management done singled handed for this achievement.
• Architecting India’s Petro Loyalty Program Xtrarewards for IOCL. Web, SMS & IVR interface for Customer and Merchants across India. Managed Xtrarewards for more than 3 Years on solution, design, Project Management & Customer relationship accounts.

Ashok Asawale

Group CISO and Head - Procurement, Mahindra & Mahindra

Ashok Asawale is Group CISO & VP (Vice President) Partner Collaboration at Mahindra and Mahindra. Prior to this role, Ashok was associated with the Group CIO office and was also Head-IT for a sector. He was instrumental in handling the SAP implementation in various manufacturing units and the Siemens PLM implementation in R&D areas. The project BPR (Business Process Re-Engineering) which he lead at M&M, helped to build the necessary foundation for process automation. He started his tenure at M&M with a strong PPC and Material Accounting base and evolved the manufacturing excellence that has been a hallmark of Mahindra & Mahindra. Prior to M&M, he worked with Bharat Gears for a short tenure in gears manufacturing. Ashok is a Mechanical Engineer by qualification and has more than 38 years of experience.

Rajiv Agarwal

IAS (Retd), Director General AIILSG

Ravi Ranjan Guru

Deputy Director General AIILSG

Mr. Ravi Ranjan Guru is the Deputy Director General at All India Institute of Local Self Government. He is Involved in various funded/grants project executions, such as Equi-City: Promoting Equity in delivery of municipal services and diversity in local authority organizations in Nagpur, India, ECBC Cell Karnataka, ECBC Cell Chhattisgarh and Kerala , City and Local Government Enabling Environment Rating in Asia and the Pacific, National Urban Poverty Reduction Programme- Bangladesh, Smart Cities Challenge in India, Solid waste management projects in Jammu and undertaking studies for 5th Delhi Finance Commission. He also holds office of Executive Director, PRUDA (Planning & Resource on Urban Development Affairs) and Programme Manager UCLG ASPAC South and South West.

He has extensive experience in fundraising, training programmes, external aid & development programmes; consultancy & stakeholder coordination; knowledge management; media & communication strategy along with experience in managing projects in India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Korea and Bangladesh, Indonesia. His professional experience is concentrated on climate change, environmental management, and sustainable development, CDM, renewable energy and energy management experience in giving training on GHG emissions inventory, strategy, renewable technology, and energy efficiency. His strong points are a sound understanding of Government of India (GoI) procedures with experience in coordinating with city governments, state governments, development partner agencies, majorly in India and other South Asian cities; He has multilingual skills, with experience in working in multicultural environments.

Nanda Jichkar

Mayor, Nagpur Municipal Corporation

Smt. Nanda Jichkar has performed various tasks and responsibilities under the Municipal Corporation for the last one year. Under the planning of AMRUT she arranged a lot of follow up meeting with the NIT, NMC, the State department and the Central department. She participated in the UNFCCC COP23 Conference held in Bonn, Germany as a member of the local government's Regional Executive Committee (REC).

Smt. Nanda Jichkar started the self-driven initiative in Nagpur to keep a watch on the efforts made under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, so that the city could score in the top five cities in India. Sh has Smt. Nanda Jichakar has started low rate Dialysis facility under the Nagpur Municipal Corporation.

Banchanidhi Pani

Municipal Commissioner, Rajkot Municipal Corporation

Rajkot Municipal Corporation is headed by Municipal Commissioner Shri Banchhanidhi Pani. Shri Banchhanidhi Pani is 2005 batch Gujarat cadre IAS and he was earlier collector of Sabarkantha & Bhavngar districts. He has been awarded by Central Government for implementing Financial Inclusion Project in four Tribal districts of Sabarkantha in the year 2014, which was later on implemented throughout the country as Jan Dhan Yojana. Mr. B.N. Pani has been awarded for the Best District Development officer (Ahmedabad) for the Year 2012-13 & Best Collector (Sabarkantha) for the Year 2014-15 by Hon'ble CM of Gujarat.

Madhav Pai

Director, Sustainable Cities, WRI India

Madhav Pai is India Director for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. The center, founded in 2014, combines the strength of WRI’s EMBARQ network for sustainable transport with the Institute’s expertise in energy & climate, adaptation, water, and governance aspires to deliver the goal of sustainable cities. He continues to be director for EMBARQ India a program he co-started seven years ago. EMBARQ India currently engages over 35+ professionals in four offices across India and has supported provided support to 15+ cities on sustainable transport and urban development projects.

Madhav is a Civil Engineer from Mumbai and holds a Master’s Degree in Transport Planning from University of California Berkeley.

Arunachalam SV

Head - Centre of Excellence, Strategy & Development, BIAL

Arunachalam SV is an Aviation professional with close to two decades of experience in ATM and Airport Operations. He is a Post Graduate in Physics with Distinction and also holds an Executive MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations and a Higher Diploma in Software Engineering. He stood first in his RADAR training at Air Force Academy, India and once held an FAA license for Flight dispatch for B737-800 type of Aircraft.

Present Role
Currently he is the Head of Centre of Excellence in Strategy & Development Vertical in BIAL and is responsible for Business Intelligence & Data Analytics, Program Management, Capacity Planning and pursuits related to achieving Excellence in specialized areas in Aviation.

Some of his significant achievements

• Commissioning Rapid Exit Taxiways on the Existing Single Runway with more than 500 Scheduled Movements everyday.
• One of the Key member in Setting up New AOCC at KIAB.
• Operational Lead for Runway resurfacing works at BIA in 2012 Including Displaced Threshold Operations, Operational Planning, Stakeholder interaction, Regulatory submissions, compliances, procedure development (ATC, Ground (Aircraft, Vehicle, Equipment) OLS Protection, Wildlife, ARFF) and Execution.
• Part of Master Plan Revision Study Activity and Terminal/Apron expansion design.
• Prepare, review and consolidate Aerodrome Manual for periodic Aerodrome License renewal.
• Undertook Study (Airside, Terminal, GH Requirements) for Boeing 747-8 Operations (Code F Aircraft) and ensured commencement of operations by Lufthansa at KIAB.
• Participated in Risk Assessments for PBN Implementation in Bangalore TMA (STARS/SIDS/Holds), 3NM Separation within 30NM from BIA Radar Head, Establishment of BIA ACC up to F250 as part of Chennai FIR Upper Airspace Harmonization Project, ASMGCS Commissioning at BIA along with Transponder Operating Procedures on Ground, Code F Operations at BIA – ATC Procedure development (AN124/B748), GP Relocation.

S.A.Verma

General Manager, DMRC Ltd

Vikas Kanungo

Senior Consultant, Smart Cities and Mobile Governance Transport & ICT Global Practice World Bank

Rajiv Agarwal

IAS (Retd), Director General AIILSG

Aruna Chaudhary

Product & Marketing Manager, Display Solutions Business Unit, Delta Electronics India Pvt Ltd

Ms. Aruna Chaudhary is the Product and Marketing Manager of Display Solutions Business Unit (DSBU) for Delta Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. Aruna is responsible for Product and Marketing Activities in India, MEA and SEA region which includes Product Strategy, forecasting, marketing, and international sales (SEA Region) responsibilities of Delta’s DSBU business. Over the last 10 years, Aruna has played an instrumental role in constantly bringing new display products and technologies to the Indian market, hence ensuring a market leadership position in the Display Industry.

Prior to joining Delta, Aruna was the Project Manager with Maruti Suzuki for 2 years and played a significant role in new projects launched in Maruti during her tenure.

Aruna has earned an Executive Masters Degree in Business Administration from the renowned ICFAI Business School, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Kurukshetra University.

Ar. Sumessh Menon

Designer and Founder, Sumessh Menon Associates

Sumessh Menon is the designer and founder of Sumessh Menon Associates, an interior design firm, conceived more than a decade ago, specializing in high end and bespoke residential and hospitality interiors. His work is at once familiar but also reveals surprises and new interpretations, embracing both the period and the modern. He loves being experimental with innovative design concepts as well as with new age materials which has now practically become his forte.

His design philosophy is simply to aim for “wow” and everything else falls into place. When it comes to designing a restaurant, he asserts that it is a constant challenge to balance the practical with the desirable and inevitably design spaces for its intended uses. An excellently designed restaurant is one that enhances the delightful experience of enjoying delectable food by creating a comfortable environment that has style and energy and thus provide the perfect setting for memorable experiences.

His repertoire of restaurants includes high-end dining spaces across the country and around the world, from Mumbai, Delhi and Pune to New York, Dubai and South Africa including recently completed ones like Koko 2.0 and Poh in Kamala Mills, Trilogy nightclub, PaPaYa in Colaba, Keiba in Mahalakshmi racecourse and Silver Beach Café in Dubai and upcoming ones include FOO in Phoenix Mills and DragonFly in Delhi.

He believes that an effective restaurant design is realized by developing a functional floor plan that provides for smooth and timely service from the operational side, while delivering an equally enjoyable dining experience for customers. A designer must orchestrate varying needs of people and provide and energetic space and adequate privacy for those who desire it.

Having been published in several magazines and online portals, he has also received accolades as one of India's Top 10 Hospitality Designers, listed in India's Hot 100 list of Designers of 2018 and  felicitated as one of the "Top 50 Designers" by iGen Awards.

Ar. Niteen Parulekar

Design Principal, Niteen Parulekar Architects Pvt. Ltd (NPAPL)

Architect Niteen Parulekar, the founder of Niteen Parulekar Architects Pvt. Ltd. , has graduated from the Sir. J. J. College of Architecture in the year 1986 and started practicing architecture since then. His creativity and drive to excel in the field has always being the force behind the firm. Niteen strives to encourage like minded people to progress and bring about a healthy knowledge and wealth sharing in the organization. He has been known for his experimental innovations and nouveau designs, and is focused on design, conceptualization and creative operations in the firm. His work experiments with spatial quality, in pursuit of visionary aesthetics.

His versatility and progressive leadership has been phenomenal in the development & growth of the firm. Under his leadership the firm has gained immense popularity in the industry and it strives to carry forward this name in the years to come.

Rahul Salgia

Founder & CEO at DigiValet; Founder & CEO at CasaDigi

Rahul Salgia is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of DigiValet a provider of next generation guestroom solutions to hotels and Residences around the world.

From the very early years, even when he was studying for his Engineering Degree at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology & Science, Rahul has been passionate about cutting edge technology. Under his guidance, Paragon has been pioneering the development of new age solutions in areas of lifestyle automation, enterprise network security and distance learning.

His vision is to change the paradigm of perception of Indian Software Solution Developers. Over the years, the Indian software industry has been looked upon more from a resource point of view. Breaking those barriers, Rahul created DigiValet™, something that would enhance the in room guest experience and keep the guest excited at all times. This is all about raising the bar in the guest convenience while helping hotels understand their guests' individual preferences, and to tailor their service offerings accordingly. DigiValet™ is creating a platform through which hotels can build and deliver the next level of guest delight.

A keen adventurer at heart, Rahul has interests that range from white water rafting, riding the rapids in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal, to trekking in the mountains or scuba diving in the clear blue waters in the Great Barrier Reef.

Mehul Kamdar

Vice Chairman, IIID Mumbai Regional Chapter and Owner, Azure Technologies

Mehul Kamdar is an experienced founder with a demonstrated history of more than 18 years of working in the Information Communication Technologies and Services Industry. Having started his career in 1997 with Computing and Networking, he gradually expanded to Applications Deployment, Web Applications Development, IT Infrastructure Design & Implementation, IT Services, Electronic Security, Data Storage & Security, Smart Homes, Smart Buildings and Consulting.

He founded Azure Technologies in 2004 with the clear objective of supporting Clients & Customers to bring efficiency and increase productivity by implementing technology solutions. By 2008, Azure Technologies started introducing and representing various OEM’s from countries like Australia, Taiwan, UK & USA exclusively in India. He strongly believes that Technology needs to make life simpler for everyone involved – Businesses, their Human Capital, Customers and even their vendors.

Ar. Conrad Gonsalves

Past President of IIID

With exposure to studies in Science, Humanities, Architecture and Interior Design, Conrad is an Interior Designer and Fellow Member of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers - IIID, where he served as President for the term 2002 to 2004.

Conrad has represented the IIID at International conventions of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers – IFI, and of the Asia Pacific Space Designers Association –APSDA. Besides guest lectures at various design institute around the country, he has been facilitator for a student workshop at Taiwan, South Africa and recently at Seoul.

His professional design services covering over four decades, have reached out to diverse categories, ranging from hospitals, banks, corporate offices, television and recording studios and for clients ranging from community banks to multinationals. Currently small living spaces, education and geriatric care have become his special areas of work.

Ar. Sandeep Shikre

CEO & President SSA (Sandeep Shikre and Associates)

In 1989, Ar. Sandeep Shikre, an USGBC LEED Accredited Professional started the consultancy firm Sandeep Shikre & Associates, popularly known as SSA Architects. From its humble beginnings, with a team of two, it has grown to a team of 240+ dedicated, committed professionals rendering consultancy services across the globe. SSA with its diverse portfolio has bagged numerous national and international awards and is one of the leading architectural firms in the country.

The integration of Architecture, Interior Design and Construction Management Services under one roof, is what makes SSA stand tall and apart, making them unique.

SSA is specialized in providing highly innovative design solutions that are environmentally sustainable and is the proud recipient of several IGBC Gold & Platinum rated projects totally admeasuring 2.5 million sq. ft. while 4.5 million sq. ft. of Green footprint is on the anvil.

As an Architect Sandeep is committed to green environment friendly designs. He believes that the next generation has to be made aware of the intrinsic values of the green design. He devotes a substantial proportion of his time for developing a love for the environment in young minds of generation Y. He does this through the initiation of IGBC student chapters in both Architectural and Engineering colleges of Mumbai.

Sandeep believes that “Architecture is a comprehensive approach, which combines the hard skills of design and the soft skills of human connection and experience”. In a nutshell, it’s all about Space, People and Happiness.

Ar. Reza Kabul

President, Reza Kabul Architects

Rahul Salgia

Founder & CEO at DigiValet Founder and CEO at CasaDigi

Rahul Salgia is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of DigiValet a provider of next generation guestroom solutions to hotels and Residences around the world.

From the very early years, even when he was studying for his Engineering Degree at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology & Science, Rahul has been passionate about cutting edge technology. Under his guidance, Paragon has been pioneering the development of new age solutions in areas of lifestyle automation, enterprise network security and distance learning.

His vision is to change the paradigm of perception of Indian Software Solution Developers. Over the years, the Indian software industry has been looked upon more from a resource point of view. Breaking those barriers, Rahul created DigiValet™, something that would enhance the in room guest experience and keep the guest excited at all times. This is all about raising the bar in the guest convenience while helping hotels understand their guests' individual preferences, and to tailor their service offerings accordingly. DigiValet™ is creating a platform through which hotels can build and deliver the next level of guest delight.

A keen adventurer at heart, Rahul has interests that range from white water rafting, riding the rapids in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal, to trekking in the mountains or scuba diving in the clear blue waters in the Great Barrier Reef.

Parwinder Singh Bhullar

Principal Consultant for Data & Content Delivery

Parwinder Singh Bhullar is a seasoned professional with over two decades of experience in IT Infrastructure Management space. He currently works as Principal Consultant and leads the technical community discussions on solution architectures and facilitates knowledge dissemination to the partner subject matter experts in his field. He is an Electronics Engineer by profession and very passionate about technology usage in home automation space.

Amy Downs

Chief Customer Success and Happiness Officer, Lifesize

In the critical role of Chief Customer Success and Happiness Officer for Lifesize, Amy Downs evangelizes the importance of customers throughout the organization and ensures that everyone who interacts with Lifesize has a smile on their face. From pre-sales, support, service, success, training, renewals and IT, Downs drives the strategy and execution of programs that help customers and partners bring extraordinary video conferencing to their companies. Prior to joining Lifesize in 2014, Downs led similar functions focused on delivering a world-class experience, 99% customer retention and an industry leading Net Promoter Score. She previously led professional services for Fiserv Corporation.

Jaspreet Singh

Team Lead - Application Engineering, Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd

Jaspreet hails from an IT background. His hardcore experience in the networked AV field is formidable. He has been in the industry for well over a decade. He has been with Harman International (india) Pvt. Ltd. for the past 7 years.

Sanjeev Verma

National Product Manager, Audio Crestron India

John C. Wang

Vice Chairman, DSMA Taiwan

John Wang is Vice Chairman of DSMA, a digital signage-focused organization with over 200 member companies in APAC. He is also co-founder and CEO of IAdea Corporation, a company focusing on transforming the world with out-of-home digital signage technologies. IAdea empowers smarter experiences in meeting room management, transportation, and retail.

Manab Mallick

SDVoE Alliance

Manab Mallick was one of the first investments made in India by US-headquartered NETGEAR, a founding member company of the SDVoE Alliance. His vast experience across verticals for more than 18 years has helped establish NETGEAR as one of the biggest brands in networking in the country. Today, he heads presales, support and services for India and SAARC regions, based out of the Bangalore office, which also hosts one of the R&D centers for NETGEAR Inc. With his expertise in data networking, storage and wireless solution design, and technical sales, Manab plays a critical role in developing business through sales enablement which expands into training system integrators, internal sales teams and reseller partners.

Ting Huang

Assistant for CEO, BXB Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ting Wang is the Assistant for CEO of BXB, a 27-year Taiwan leading AV-IT brand that aims to help integrators integrate multiple solutions. She was invited by Secutech Expo, Taipei as the Asian System Integration Forum speaker for IoT session. In the InfoComm Flash track session, she will share the smart classroom experiences in Taiwan and how the solution was come up with from IoT concept.

Frank Sheehan

CEO, HyperSphere Limited

Frank Sheehan is CEO of HyperSphere Limited and lead consultant. He is a technical authority, technology visionary and systems architect, providing guidance in mapping the right technology to a client’s workflow and process that provides unification of communications whilst engaging the use of scalable collaborative visualization systems. He has vast experience providing knowledge transfer to industry peers as a recognized InfoComm instructor on digital infrastructure with the aim to provide a ubiquitous network infrastructure to support SDVoE technology, regardless of whether legacy large-scale monolithic systems or cluster-based PC/workstation technology, PCoIP or distributed CGI. Frank is experienced in working internationally in many market verticals such as automotive, FMCG industries, security, and research facilities. He has spent more than 10 years consulting on multiple projects in the oil & gas market for the likes of Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Oil and Qatar Petroleum ensuring best practice with AV-IT technology strategies.

T S Gopalakrishnan

CTS-D, CTS-I, Volunteer Instructor, AVIXA

Gopal is an Electronics Engineer by qualification and has over 21 years of experience in the professional AV industry. Starting his career as a Design and Application Engineer at Philips Projects, he was part of many prestigious integrated audio-visual installation projects in India covering a variety of market segments including conference, assembly, industrial, transportation and entertainment projects. Presently, he is working as a Technology Specialist with Dynamix Media, New Delhi where he designs and implements unique solutions for the Event AV requirements.

Paul Zielie

CTS-D, CTS-I, Manager of Enterprise Solutions, Harman Professional

Paul Zielie is a multi-disciplined generalist with 30 years of experience designing and integrating IT, telecommunications and audiovisual (AV) solutions. Currently Mr. Zielie is the Manager of Enterprise Solutions for Harman Professional, a leading manufacturer of control and automation, system-wide switching and audio/video signal distribution, as well as digital signage and technology management. His primary responsibilities are solving the integration issues of enterprise wide AV integration including, security, scalability and maintainability. Prior to joining Harman in 2013. Mr. Zielie was a Principal Engineer for Lockheed Martin working primarily in Unified Communications and Network Video Transport.

Roopa Krishnamurthy

Acoustical Consultant

Roopa is an independent acoustical consultant based out of Bangalore. Roopa is an electronics engineer and has studied MSc. Audio Acoustics from the University of Salford, UK, which is an internationally top-ranked post-graduate degree in acoustics. Over the last few years she has enjoyed working on a wide range of projects over the last few years - on issues ranging from speech intelligibility predictions, standards/norms compliance, to reverberation treatment and building noise control. She has also worked on spaces in hospitality, educational, commercial, residential and public segments and enjoy watching the interplay of theory and measurements as they come together at many levels during the course of the projects.

She is specifically interested in improving workplace noise conditions, speech intelligibility predictions in public spaces, and in schools for special children. While she does believe is that acoustics should be a part of safety standards, in the Indian context, things are very different and this difference in context must be taken into consideration during the design process. Noise does make monsters out of us, and our generation is facing noise issues that didn’t exist earlier, and she hopes to contribute to making the city’s soundscapes bearable with her work.

Pranava Selva

CTS- I, Senior Applications Engineer, Extron Electronics

Pranava Selvan is an Application Engineer at Extron Electronics, the leading providers of products and training to the professional AV industry. He is a graduate from Anna University, from which he has an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication. He has been in AV industry for past 7 years and brings expertise from several pro AV positions which makes him adept at training, troubleshooting designing system solutions as a part of his current role. Pranav who is interested in open source and DIY projects, also holds CTS-I, InfoComm Certification.

Mr Jayaprakash Chinnamuthu

National Sales Manager, Crestron India

Gagan Verma

Executive Director, Crestron India

Gagan Verma joined Crestron in June 2017 and will be leading Crestron business in India & SAARC Region. He is a management professional with 18+ years of industry experience .

He was heading Business for Lifesize India, SAARC and ASEAN market. Gagan’s background includes leadership roles at Polycom, where he was heading the Government, Enterprise business and public sector business for more than 3 years similar to his role at TANDBERG. Prior to TANDBERG Gagan was the Country Manager for Codian Limited wherein he started the Indian and SAARC-Asia operations right from scratch and brought it up to be a major player in the Region.

Mr. Verma has a strong background for driving strategy and business plans for new and existing markets, Channels development & management, Alliances management and has extensive industry knowledge and insights. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics & Communication Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India.

A thorough professional with cross functional experience and has built himself the reputation of being a results-oriented, high achiever who has a demonstrated a track record of consistently exceeding his goals in revenue growth and profitability. His knowledge of the India channel partners and the collaboration market will be critical in establishing India as a top performing business unit. Furthermore, he focuses on scaling sales organizations (revenue and sales professionals), driving penetration into the customer base, and expanding into new segments, territories and underserved verticals.

He has a vast extensive experience in the enterprise sector, mid-market segment and the Government sector in India and have taken responsibilities at a very young age.

Akash Arora

Manager, Learning and Business Development Sight and Sound India (AERO)

Akash Arora is a Hotel Management graduate who later went on to do Masters in Business Administration in Marketing. Having hospitality background Akash started his professional career Retail Sales for an esteemed Audio brand. Being in Audio Video industry since the Inception of his professional career, it’s all that Akash ever did on professional front. Akash loves to talk about Audio Video equipment and technology be it to recommend it to a client, making colleagues understand the same or just for no reason at all. Also happens to be an avid traveler, reader and an occasional writer.

Speaker to be confirm

Amit Ghodekar

CISO, Motilal Oswal Securities

Rakesh Barik

Partner-Head of Technology Consulting, Deloitte India

Lalit Popli

Head-IT, ICICI Prudential

Nitin Sawant

Partner, Deloitte India

Sachin Goel

CTO Tata AIA Life Insurance

Sriram Vinjamuri

Head Retail – Finance, Axis Finance Ltd.

Dominic Vijay Kumar

AVP & Head IT, Affordable Housing Finance (India) Ltd

Lalit Popli

Head-IT, ICICI Prudential

Murali Mahalingam

Director, Banking Lead for Technology, Deloitte India

Bhavin B Bhansali

Co-Founder, ProgIST Solutions

Rohan Patil

Cyber Security Expert

A C Bhayani

Director, AmbiSure Technologies Pvt Ltd

Sanjay Moralwar

Global CIO, Cadila Health Care

Mayur Danait

CIO, Lupin Ltd.

Dr. Samir Tapiawala

Founder and CEO, HealthyYou

Ninad Raje

Director & CIO, HealthAssure

Ninad Raje is a visionary Information Technology, Healthcare, Insurance and Financial Services senior leadership professional with in-depth knowledge and 22+ years’ experience in successfully leading large organizations. He is a specialist in successfully growing organizations at an exponential rate of 5x using extreme innovation.

At HealthAssure, along with his core portfolio of Information Technology, he drives the 4Ps – People, Performance, Productivity & Profitability along with Operations & Customer Relations and is deeply entrenched in ‘Growing the Organization’ multifold. He is responsible for the company’s overall P & L.

He is an Information Technology, Strategy & Operations senior leader with 22+ years’ experience in Strategy, Governance, Innovation, Operations & Technology with demonstrated ability to manage executive level relationships and manage multiple disparate teams. Thought Leader in Global healthcare, insurance & digital environments. Special expertise in managing large and matrixed teams, large portfolio management, Center of Excellence models. Excellent knowledge of solution delivery including strategic definition, planning, budgeting, process definition, scope management, change control etc.

Ninad has an MDP from IIM Kolkata, is an Electronics & Computer engineer & is an active member of CII. He has won many Industry Awards & Recognitions including from Government of India & other Countries.

Dr. Samir Tapiawala

Founder and CEO, HealthyYou

Puru Solanki

Head–IT, Vexxa lifescience Pvt Ltd

Gopal Rangaraj

Head-IT, Alembic Pharmaceutical Ltd.

Parag Agarwal

Head Partnerships, InformDS Technologies (Doxper.com)

Mr M Sivakumar

CEO, ICT Academy

M. Sivakumar, CEO – ICTACT, is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and an educationalist by profession. His accomplishments in this capacity as a CEO since the inception of the academy are elemental in shaping the education system of the state towards building tech-enabled manpower and developing well-informed faculty base. Through his active engagement in the field of higher education, he has made an impact in the state at large in transforming the perception of the institutions in terms of skills development and employability. The academy under his leadership, and as a business model is emerging to be successful that is replicated in the nation, wide and deep.

His 26-year rich experience in setting up, promoting and managing companies comprise Strategic Planning, Financial Resource Management, Product Development and Marketing Channel Management is a boon for the academy on the whole. He also has an extensive experience in Technology Enabled Education and Training Industry, implementing large educational initiatives focused on Technology Management, Instructional Design and Content Quality Management.

Prior to joining ICTACT, he was the president at one of India’s largest Technology Enabled Education Company and was responsible for its strategic development across India. He has been in the Middle East for 10 years as a Profit Centre Head and GM (Finance) in private sector organisations. His career initiated as a successful Independent Chartered Accountant having a base of leading business banners across India as his clients.

He has been a panel member of CII-south since 2008 to 2011 in various sectors like Skills Development, Education and IT/ITES. He is on the board of studies of many engineering colleges, private technical universities and management institutions.

Mr. Saravana Kumar

IAS, Joint Secretary, MHRD, Government of India

Dr. M.P. Poonia

Vice Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education

Dr. K R Murali Mohan

Head ICPS Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

A Ph D in Computer Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University and an alumni of S V University, Tirupati. He also attended Science, Technology, Innovation and Policy (STIP) programme at Kennedy School of Govt, Harvard University, Boston, USA. He is serving the DST from 1998 onwards and presently, Dr Mohan is Adviser/Scientist-G and Heading the Big Data initiatives Division. Prior to the current position, He was associated with NRDMS&NSDI Divisions of DST. He has developed number of new R&D network based cluster initiatives. His multidisciplinary academic background coupled with multi-institutional scientific exposure spanning over 20 years provides him an edge in identifying and in conceptualizing niche scientific areas of research. The programmes he developed/ under development, synergizes the core concepts of Big Data, Geo-Sciences, Information & Communication Technologies (GeoICT) and brings in the fundamental and applied aspect of this emerging spectrum of Science. Identification of a burning national issues and scientific challenges which requires SxT interventions, development of scientific framework, institutional network/ arrangements, expertise driven holistic experimentation and core capacity building/ Critical mass creation, is the generic model followed in all his endeavors. Some of the ongoing Big Data Initiatives are : Indian Digital Heritage (IDH-Hampi): Technology that involves computer Vision, digital image processing, terrestrial laser scanning, point cloud, 2D&3D rendering, Digital in-painting and web technologies coupled with heritage, recreated digital media for interactive visualisation. Also, created a technology platform for researchers to invent and innovate new algorithms to deal with variety of media types appropriate for capturing many types of heritage such as dance forms, poetry, oral history, rituals and festivals, etc.

Mr. Manish Kumar Jindal

Chief Executive Officer, NABET, Quality Council of India

Dr. Hrridaysh Deshpande

Director, Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune

A Computer Engineer by qualification Hrridaysh has been in the field of education for over 19 years. DYPDC offers highly experiential, hands-on programs in the area of Automobile Design and Design driven Innovation. In addition to his full-time occupation as director of DYPDC, he is involved in two other capacities.

Consultant Advisor to India Design Council - India Design Council is a statutory body of Government of India established under the aegis of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. He is spearheading the India Design Mark program. India Design Mark is a design standard, a symbol, which recognizes good design.

CII National Committee on Design –He is a member of CII National Committee on Design. He has authored two India Design Reports published in 2009 and 2011. He has been curating, planning and executing the CII NID Design Summit for the last 4 years. In the year 2011, he helped CII initiate the CII Design Excellence Awards.

As the founder of Innoastra, he specializes in integrating innovative business models with technological feasibility and desirability of people into an organization's strategy and operations to create profitable new business opportunities for clients. His focus is on structured innovation for business innovation via appropriate tools, methods and processes. He has worked on several committees on innovation and has been a speaker at many prestigious forums.

Mr. Ajoy Clement Salve

HR Consultant

Human Relations Professional with a Master's degree and a successful track record in all aspects of Human Resource development. Strategic thinker with an entrepreneurial, "get-it-done" attitude.

Proficient in building cohesive, flexible teams at fast-moving technology companies. Competent to roll-up sleeves and manage hands-on. Self-assured, articulate, tactful communicator, able to develop and convey strategy of HR to the organization.

Core competencies include setting up H. R. systems and policies and ensuring that the same is smoothly implemented and functioning, imparting soft skill training on various behavioral aspects.

Mr. Jonathan Seller

Senior Director Of Development, AVIXA

Mr. B. Anbuthambi

Executive Vice President, ICT Academy

B Anbuthambi is the Vice President – Education Initiatives at ICT Academy, which is a most successful PPP social enterprise, an initiative of Government of India, State Governments and Industry, aimed at developing the next generation talent pool for India by bridging the skill gap between Industry and Academia.

Has been with ICT Academy since its inception holding various positions and is currently in the leadership role, responsible for Strategic Planning, Managing Nationwide Academic Initiatives, Global Corporate Partnerships, Government Projects, Education Technology, Marketing and Advocacy.

With 18 years of experience in the Education and IT / ITES Industries, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Application; a Master’s in Business Administration; and a Post Graduation in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, with a merit of third rank holder in his batch. He is a member of Governing Councils and Board of Studies in various Engineering Colleges in India.

A winner of the Power To Empower 2013, a National skill Enterprise Challenge conducted by National Skill Development Corporation, Govt of India. With his passion in the field of Skill Development, Digital Empowerment, Entrepreneurship Development and Career Development, he has been a passionate speaker in various forums with advocacy on Skill India, Digital India, Startup India, Make in India and Career Development.

Bhavya Jain

AGM-Solution Business Panasonic India Pvt Ltd

Bhavya Jain has 16+ years of multi facet experience in Sales, Product Marketing, Strategic Marketing and Business Development – across Various industry verticals such as Electronic Security & Safety industry, IT Hardware Industry, Consumer Durable etc. Associated with Panasonic India Pvt. Ltd and responsible for Solution business in Indian market.

Dr. N. Rajendran

Chief Technology Officer, NPCI

Shivkumar Bhasin

CTO, State Bank of India

Shiv is Chief Technology Officer at State Bank of India (USD 500+ Billion) Reporting to Group Chief Executive, Shiv is a lead member of the Group's Executive Technology Committee at Board.

Global CXO executive with more than 22 years of experience working across Fortune 500 Financial Services companies, as a catalyst for the Digital transformation, Customer Experience, Design Thinking, IoT & Robotics, Applications and Infrastructure Re-Engineering, Large Applications Transformations, Infrastructure Modernisation, an Orchestrator of Enterprise wide Digitisation of business processes, promoting usage of social media technologies & machine learning, Datawarehouse modernization – introducing extensive usage of Big Data, Data Lake and complex Data Analytics, Machine Learning, & Robotics for enhanced customer service, customer social media feedback analytics, and recommendation engines/Chatbots for digital channels, Data Centers Consolidation, Human Resources Transformation in IT etc.

He has setup various offshore delivery centers across India, Singapore, Beijing, Prague, Keeve, Tel Aviv and Lithuania etc, and owned change delivery & run organizations across India, US, UK, and African markets.

He has experience of working with Fidelity Investments for transformation of Global Funds Life Cycle Management platform.

He has setup a successful e-government startup venture to replace paper based address change process with online - real-time address change (www.moversguide.com) for United States Postal Service while relocating within United States.

Alfian Sharifuddin

Managing Director, Head of Technology & Operations, DBS India

Sudin Baraokar

Chief Mentor, BlockChain

Over 2 decades of Industry Experience in Product Engineering and Development, “On the Fly Innovator”, Mentorpreneur, Can take Companies and startup’s to the next level, Expert in Blockchain, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Cognitives, Digital Technologies, Building Industry Alliances and Networks, Industry Consortium Builder, Joint Community IP Development, Product Development, Strategy, Governance, Risk Management, Finance, Business Process Management, Audit, Compliance, Consulting, Enterprise Architecture, Mobile Apps, Digital Transformation, Complex Event Processing, FinTech, E-Commerce, Payments, Platform and Product Innovation, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence,Open Stack Cloud, Analytics, Big Data, M2M, IOT, Virtualization, Visualization, Data warehousing, VMware Cloud Director, Amazon EC2, Rabbit MQ, Tivoli, IBM Cloud, AMPQ Messaging, Cloud Application Migration, Information Workload R&D, Mobile Innovation, LTE, SMSC, Product Roadmap Strategy, Business Development.

Butchi Babu Burra

Senior Domain Expert (IT) - IDRBT

Gururaj Rao

VP & CIO, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Group

Avinash Naik

Head of Digital & Mobility at Bajaj Finserv

Anubhab Goel

Head of Digital Transformation, HDFC Standard Life Insurance

Soumendu Ganguly

Leading Product Management, Analytics and Design, CAMS

S K Mohanty

CTO and co-founder, Innovage Fintech

Dougie Kennedy

Chief Technology Officer, Aegon Lif

Narendra Naidu

Principal Consultant, Rhino Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Narendra Naidu is Chairman and Managing Director of Rhino Engineers Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading AV & Multimedia Consultancy Company situated in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He is an Electrical Engineers with Master degree in Management and has more than 35 years of rich and practical field experience. As a professional consultant, he has vast pool of technical expertise, to achieve the best possible results for clients. He also renders his services as visiting professor to CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He has performed his services by designing panels for CPRI Type tests for last three decades. He has travelled across Globe for various OEM’s Plant visits and trainings, seminars and exhibitions. He is India’s advisory board member for AVIXA. He has been certified for “Solar Photo Voltaic System” “Medialone” and “Watch-Out” and many more academic trainings.

He has been involved world-class, “State of Art” and “WOW” digital multimedia technologies for various state governments in India. He has been involved to introduce innovative technologies like 3D Projection Mapping, 3D Hologram Projection, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Innovative dynamic RGB façade illuminations, Aqua Screen HD Projection, Laser Shows, Light & Sound Show, Interactive Technologies and Smart Class Rooms for Temples, Monuments, Museums, Beach/River/Lake fronts, Statues, Bridges, Convention Centre and leading Universities for government sectors.

T S Gopalakrishnan

CTS-D, CTS-I, Volunteer Instructor, AVIXA

Gopal is an Electronics Engineer by qualification and has over 21 years of experience in the professional AV industry. Starting his career as a Design and Application Engineer at Philips Projects, he was part of many prestigious integrated audio-visual installation projects in India covering a variety of market segments including conference, assembly, industrial, transportation and entertainment projects. Presently, he is working as a Technology Specialist with Dynamix Media, New Delhi where he designs and implements unique solutions for the Event AV requirements.

Sudhagar Padmanabhan

Team Lead - Application Engineering, Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd

Sudhagar is a veteran of the AV industry. He is backed by an experience of 14 years. He holds CTS certification from Avixa. He specializes in complex audio system designs. He has been a part of Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd. for the past 8 years.

Manab Mallick

SDVoE Alliance

Manab Mallick was one of the first investments made in India by US-headquartered NETGEAR, a founding member company of the SDVoE Alliance. His vast experience across verticals for more than 18 years has helped establish NETGEAR as one of the biggest brands in networking in the country. Today, he heads presales, support and services for India and SAARC regions, based out of the Bangalore office, which also hosts one of the R&D centers for NETGEAR Inc. With his expertise in data networking, storage and wireless solution design, and technical sales, Manab plays a critical role in developing business through sales enablement which expands into training system integrators, internal sales teams and reseller partners.

Urmil J Vaidya

AV & Acoustic Design Consultant, AVIACS Consultant

Urmil started his career with Video Waves in 2008 and currently works as an AV & Acoustic Design Consultant. Over the last 10 years, Urmil has worked with brands such as MDR Electronics (MX), Music group Brands, RCF, PEAVEY, M-Audio, Digi Design to name a few. He holds a Diploma in Audio Engineering from School of Audio Engineering and is also an Electrical Engineer.

Balwant Singh

Senior Application Engineering, Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd

Balwant has been in the AV industry for 15 years. He holds CTS certification from Avixa. His specialty is programming and commissioning large venues. He has been with Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd. for the past 4 years.

Farhan Walale

National Product Manager, Crestron India

With more than a decade of experience in the AV Industry, Farhan handles the Product Management for Crestron in India, his current profile includes handling a high-performance team to cater to pre-sales needs of the Crestron’s internal as well as external salesforce. He has inculcated great skills in the segments of Audio, Video and Automation which are in use day in day out. Prior to this role, Farhan was handling the sales for Western India. Outside of Crestron, Farhan likes and follows Cricket and Football.

Godfrey D’Sa

CTS-I, Volunteer Instructor, AVIXA

Godfrey D’sa, CTS-I, is a freelance operations consultant specializing in project design and AV installation training for system integration companies. As an AV professional of 22 years working primarily in AV system integration, Godfrey has operated as Technical Director training engineers for quality performance in Design and Installation of audio, video, lighting, and control systems. As Director he was instrumental in achieving awards for best and timely executed government projects and LEED certified building installations.

Mradul Sharma

Partner & Principal Consultant, 3C Design Networks

Mradul Sharma has been in design and consulting space for over 10 years. During this period, he has been actively involved in large enterprise projects. He and his firm also consult on Acoustics and Lighting, thereby taking control of environment where technology is planned. This in-turn guarantees a certain user experience.

Edzil Deniz

Senior Consultant – IT, 3C Design Networks

Edzil Deniz has enjoyed a fulfilling career as an engineer, beginning in 1994 with Coral Telecom and transitioned in 2000, into Scientechnic the sole Siemens sponsor in Dubai. Further he transitioned into Siemens India in 2005 until 2016 while the company rebranded to Unify and Progility. He has been a guiding force in shaping up the Audio Visual business for the companies he worked for and also to the customers he interacted with. In October 2016, Edzil has commenced on a new path with 3C Design networks as a Sr consultant. His rich experience from the unified communication and IT background has helped to engage and steer discussions around AV and IT convergence with customers. He is a member of AVIXA and well known among the AV community. he spends his free time reading and updating himself on technology and is always open to new ideas.

Frank Sheehan

CEO, HyperSphere Limited

Frank Sheehan is CEO of HyperSphere Limited and lead consultant. He is a technical authority, technology visionary and systems architect, providing guidance in mapping the right technology to a client’s workflow and process that provides unification of communications whilst engaging the use of scalable collaborative visualization systems. He has vast experience providing knowledge transfer to industry peers as a recognized InfoComm instructor on digital infrastructure with the aim to provide a ubiquitous network infrastructure to support SDVoE technology, regardless of whether legacy large-scale monolithic systems or cluster-based PC/workstation technology, PCoIP or distributed CGI. Frank is experienced in working internationally in many market verticals such as automotive, FMCG industries, security, and research facilities. He has spent more than 10 years consulting on multiple projects in the oil & gas market for the likes of Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Oil and Qatar Petroleum ensuring best practice with AV-IT technology strategies.

T S Gopalakrishnan

CTS-D, CTS-I, Volunteer Instructor, AVIXA

Gopal is an Electronics Engineer by qualification and has over 21 years of experience in the professional AV industry. Starting his career as a Design and Application Engineer at Philips Projects, he was part of many prestigious integrated audio-visual installation projects in India covering a variety of market segments including conference, assembly, industrial, transportation and entertainment projects. Presently, he is working as a Technology Specialist with Dynamix Media, New Delhi where he designs and implements unique solutions for the Event AV requirements.

Paul Zielie

CTS-D, CTS-I, Manager of Enterprise Solutions, Harman Professional

Paul Zielie is a multi-disciplined generalist with 30 years of experience designing and integrating IT, telecommunications and audiovisual (AV) solutions. Currently Mr. Zielie is the Manager of Enterprise Solutions for Harman Professional, a leading manufacturer of control and automation, system-wide switching and audio/video signal distribution, as well as digital signage and technology management. His primary responsibilties are solving the integration issues of enterprise wide AV integration including, security, scalability and maintainability. Prior to joining Harman in 2013. Mr. Zielie was a Principal Engineer for Lockheed Martin working primarily in Unified Communications and Network Video Transport.

Roydon D’Souza

Applications Engineer, Biamp Systems

Roydon D’souza brings 20 years of experience in the professional AV and engineering industries to his role at Biamp. He joined the company in 2012 as an Applications Engineer after holding positions as a freelance engineer; serving as Technical Manager at Innovative Systems and Solutions; Assistant Manager of Engineering Services at R&S Electronics; and Installation and Service Engineer at Aural Logic and P.A.C.E. He holds an associate degree in electronics and video engineering and enjoys working on projects that are creative and acoustically challenging.

Devraj Panicker

Market Development Manager – South Asia, Shure

Devraj Panicker is a Market Development Manager at Shure. Prior to joining Shure in July 2017, he was associated with the AV collaboration world, and has a vast experience with installed audio and video collaboration solutions.

During the last 10 years, he has worked as a Sales/systems engineer at Polycom, Cisco and TANDBERG, where he has been passionately designing solutions and training channel partners.

Godfrey D’Sa

CTS-I, Volunteer Instructor, AVIXA

Godfrey D’sa, CTS-I, is a freelance operations consultant specializing in project design and AV installation training for system integration companies. As an AV professional of 22 years working primarily in AV system integration, Godfrey has operated as Technical Director training engineers for quality performance in Design and Installation of audio, video, lighting, and control systems. As Director he was instrumental in achieving awards for best and timely executed government projects and LEED certified building installations.

Urmil J Vaidya

AV & Acoustic Design Consultant, AVIACS Consultant

Urmil started his career with Video Waves in 2008 and currently works as an AV & Acoustic Design Consultant. Over the last 10 years, Urmil has worked with brands such as MDR Electronics (MX), Music group Brands, RCF, PEAVEY, M-Audio, Digi Design to name a few. He holds a Diploma in Audio Engineering from School of Audio Engineering and is also an Electrical Engineer.

Ting Huang

Assistant for CEO, BXB Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ting Wang is the Assistant for CEO of BXB, a 27-year Taiwan leading AV-IT brand that aims to help integrators integrate multiple solutions. She was invited by Secutech Expo, Taipei as the Asian System Integration Forum speaker for IoT session. In the InfoComm Flash track session, she will share the smart classroom experiences in Taiwan and how the solution was come up with from IoT concept.

T S Gopalakrishnan

CTS-D, CTS-I, Volunteer Instructor, AVIXA

Gopal is an Electronics Engineer by qualification and has over 21 years of experience in the professional AV industry. Starting his career as a Design and Application Engineer at Philips Projects, he was part of many prestigious integrated audio-visual installation projects in India covering a variety of market segments including conference, assembly, industrial, transportation and entertainment projects. Presently, he is working as a Technology Specialist with Dynamix Media, New Delhi where he designs and implements unique solutions for the Event AV requirements.