Speaker Bio:  

Joseph S Raj
Solution Architect, Aditi Technologies
Mr. Joseph S Raj has over 12 years of experience in various technologies.Currently working as a Solution Architect at Aditi Technologies, he has been working on BI and MOSS projects for the last 3-4 years. His specialties include MS BI, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS),Database modeling, Architecting and Designing Data warehouse and BI solutions. During his career, he has handled a variety of roles and has extensive experience in Analysis, Application Maintenance, Design, Development, Implementation, Project Management and Pre-Sales.As a hobbyist, he developed prototypes for Windows Mobile and also has a good knowledge of Windows CE 5.0.
Anup Pai
Founder & COO - Product, iCreate Software
Anup leads the product and solution development activities at iCreate and manages customer relationships. He brings to the table a deep understanding of the Banking Industry’ s IT infrastructure and requirements. His extensive experience implementing Core Banking systems in diverse economies for more than a decade, and his understanding of the limitations of the Core Banking systems in the Business Intelligence space led to the creation of the ‘Banking Intellisense’ suite of products and services from iCreate. Anup has a Bachelor&rsquot;s degree in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal (formerly KREC).
Vaibhav S Dhawan
Country Director, Lunexa India
Vaibhav is the Country Director for Lunexa India. He has extensive experience in BI, Database Design, Warehousing and ETL on a wide variety of technologies. Having worked on projects across the Finance, Retail and Healthcare sector in the US and Indian market, he has a deep understanding of end-user requirements and the implementation challenges involved with building an enterprise BI solution. Vaibhav is an alumnus of Ohio University.
Andrew Oh
General Manager - Asia, Microstrategy
Andrew Oh is General Manager - Asia for Microstrategy. He has 16 years of experience in BI, DW, Data Integration and Analytics business. Prior to Microstrategy, he had served in management roles in SAS and Teradata. In his current role in Microstrategy, he is responsible for sales, marketing, channels and pre sales management for both direct sales as well as channel partners in Asia.
Arunachalam T
Senior Technology Architect, SETLabs, Infosys
Arunachalam is a Senior Technology Architect with Information Management Consulting Group, SETLabs, Infosys Technologies Ltd. He has several years of experience in business intelligence and data warehousing and has successfully implemented large data warehouses. He is an Inmon certified CIF Architect. He is also a TDWI Certified Business Intelligence Professional and DAMA Certified Data Management Professional. He is also TOGAF 8 certified Enterprise Architect. He is responsible for developing solutions and frameworks in the areas of data warehousing and business intelligence including data integration, information delivery, BI search, metadata, and migration of BI reporting data.
Swaminathan Natarajan
Principal Product Architect, SETLabs, Infosys
Swaminathan Natarajan is a Principal Product Architect with SETLabs, Infosys. He has over 13 years of experience in the IT industry. Over the years he has Architected and Engineered products in the area of Knowledge Engineering, Predictive Analytics, Text Analytics, Knowledge Management and Data Privacy. He also has developed solutions in the area of Enterprise search and Metadata Management. Swaminathan is a TOGAF certified Enterprise Architect and is a Computer Science Graduate from Mumbai University.
George Philip
Practice Head, Wipro Technologies
George has more than 14 years of experience in architecting, managing & delivering Business Intelligence, Information Management, Information Governance, Data Warehousing, Performance Management, Master Data Management, CDI, Data Quality and Metadata Management projects for large global clients across industries like Telecom, Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Technology, Government, Education, Media, Entertainment, Manufacturing, Electronics, Services. He has presented papers at international forums including Gartner BI Summit, Seminar on Future of BI & Information Management. George holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration & B.Tech in Computer Science.
Sachin Vinod Rathi
Architect Advisor, Microsoft India
Sachin Vinod Rathi is Architect Advisor with Microsoft India. He has been leading and architecting enterprise products, providing architectural direction, technology assessment, and technical team leadership on legacy product re-architecture and modernization. Prior to Microsoft, he was with SAP (Research & Innovation) as Architect and was leading ESA, Office Integration, Output Management and Forms Integration functionality for Business by Design (A1S) product line. He has led Intellectual Property (IP) initiative that resulted in the filing of four Patent disclosures and more than a dozen patent applications. He also Instituted & Implemented Strategic Direction for Technology across all the solutions in i2 SRM Suite & Hyperion BPM Suite.
Kiran Kulkarni
Manager Marketing Analytics, SUPERVALU
Kiran Kulkarni has over 10 years of experience in areas of Technology and Marketing. His experience is primarily in the financial and CPG/Retail domains. He has been with SuperValu India (SI) for over 2 years. He currently manages a the Research And Analytics team in SI which includes Category Analytics, Customer Analytics and Targeted marketing. Prior to joining SI he was associated with Symphony-IRI, in their technology, business insights and client solutions departments. He has a masters degree in Business from Illlinios Institute of Technology, Chicago.
Mussavir Ahmed
Lead Data Warehousing Development, SUPERVALU
Mussavir Ahmed has over 7 years of Experience in Business Intelligence, specifically in ETL area and Reporting for Data-Warehousing. Has worked in FINANCE and RETAIL Domain. He has been with SuperValu India (SI) for over 2 years. He currently leads the Data-Warehousing Team in SI which takes care of development of all the Business areas in Supervalu retail and technology usage spans from Informatica, Microstrategy, Teradata, Microsoft Reporting Services and Oracle. Prior to joining SI he was associated with Fidelity Investments and Informatica Corporation. He has a master’s degree in Technology from University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Rajesh Ramaswamy
Practice Head, Business Intelligence, Marlabs
Rajesh heads the Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Practice at Marlabs. He has over 12 years of experience in the BI/DW space spanning product development, project services and client implementations with some of the leading names in the industry. His current focus at Marlabs is on architecture and design, strategic consulting, performance management frameworks and working with very large data warehouses. Other interests include embedded BI, estimation techniques and pervasive BI. Rajesh holds a “dual” engineering and science degree from BITS, Pilani and a certificate in management from IIM, Calcutta. He contributes regularly to white papers, blog articles and speaking assignments on the BI/DW space in both India and the US.
Rajgopal Kishore
VP & Global Head of Business Intelligence, HCL Technologies
An accomplished executive with over 20 years of experience, Rajgopal has proven track record of leadership in demand creation, team leadership and solution creation in consulting. Currently appointed as the Vice President and Global Head of Business Intelligence at HCL Technologies, Rajgopal has a degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. His specialties include Technology evaluation and selection, alliance partner management, Business and technology architecture, Analytics and business intelligence, Business case development, Outsourcing and offshoring among others. He has strong community service orientation and has founded a non-profit organization to support 200 students through school and college in Bangalore. Rajgopal also blogs at http://www.b-eye-network.in/blogs/kishore/
Ranjit Radhakrishnan
AGM - IS, TVS Motor Company
Ranjit is a production engineer with post graduation in systems and information. He has over 12 years of experience in information technology in which he took charge of ERP implementation on Baan and SAP for the first 5 years and he spent 6 years in manufacturing and project planning with Grasim industries. Ranjit currently working with TVS Motor Company and hold the designation of AGM – IS and manages the IT applications like SAP, BI, and CRM
Raj Basu
Global Practice Head (EPM), Business Consulting Group
Raj has got 14 years of experience in the EPM/CPM/Business Intelligence consulting space and currently works with ITC Infotech India as the Global Practice Head (EPM), Business Consulting Group. Prior to this, he has worked for Infosys as (Practice Lead – EPM) , Ford Motors as (Manager – Customer Analytics), Capricorn Consulting as (BI Consultant). He has Implemented EPM/BI for clients like SYSCO Foods- $37B food distribution major, Nordstrom, GAP Inc, Publix Grocery, Victoria’s Secret, Target, ITC FMCG. Some of his achievements are Performance Mgmt & Functional scorecards at Sysco Foods on Sales, Supply Chain & Sourcing, Supply Chain BI at GAP , Supply Chain Performance Mgmt at Publix Foods, Balanced Scorecard & BI Strategy at ITC FMCG organization, EPM for ITC Hotels
Dr. Kingshuk Banerjee
Associate Partner, Business Analytics&Optimization, IBM GlobalBusinessService
Kingshuk Banerjee has more than 18 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, mostly in North America. He has earned his doctorate from George Washington University, specializing in data mining and predictive analytics. Currently he leads a consulting group on Advanced Analytics for IBM India.
Gourav Sarkar
Project Lead, Oracle India
Gourav Sarkar is a Technical Lead in Oracle BI application development team and has over 5 years of experience in designing and developing BI-DW solutions. He is with Oracle BI-Apps product development team for the last 3 years. He has designed and developed BI Solutions using various ETL platforms like Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB), Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Informatica and BI platforms like OBIEE & Crystal Reports. Gourav has worked on architecting Data-Model designs for subject areas like Manufacturing and Supply chain.