Speaker Bio:  

Jagdish Belwal
CIO, Tata Motors
Jagdish is currently a CIO of Tata Motors, after serving in multiple managerial positions in Tata Motors ranging from field service, service HQ to the Head of CRM at Tata Motors. His move towards IT started with CRM implementation at Tata Motors. This is now a benchmark Automotive CRM implementation having integrated, centralised Siebel for dealerships and widely deployed Siebel Analytics. The success of CRM was supported by data archiving, data quality, SOA/BPM, sms, etc. His business background has resulted in a focus on business value driven IT management marked by developing and managing complex IT architectures with diverse technologies and vendors.
Satyanarayan B
Group CIO and VP - IT, Dimexon Diamonds
Satya is a technology professional having more than 24 years of experience in Information Technology in strategic planning and deployment of IT systems and infrastructure aligning with business goals. He has worked at senior levels with blue chip corporates in India like Bayer, Bombay Dyeing, Crompton Greaves and Tata Motors. Currently he is working as Group CIO and Vice President (Technology) for Dimexon Diamonds which has 4500+ employees. He is primarily responsible for driving IT initiatives across India, Middle East, Hong Kong, China and Belgium and IT service delivery for domestic and international users. He is credited as one of the driving force behind IT revolution in Dimexon. Having his insight into Technology and ability to create highly effective IT frame work, he has effectively leveraged IT as a key enabler for the business by implimentation of SAP, setting up IT infrastructure, deployment of RFID, VOIP, Blackberry Enterprise server, Video conference, CITRIX, etc. Successfully set up private cloud to run SAP, Mailing system & storage for all group companies spread across India, Hong Kong, China and Belgium.
Sunil Sharma
VP Operations, Cyberoam
Sunil Sharma is currently working as Vice President – Cyberoam India & SAARC Sales Operation. Sunil has an extensive experience of 19 years in the IT industry in the field of computers, Storage & Security. He has worked with almost all possible sales channels – SI, VAR, ISP, Resellers, Dealers, Retail, OEM. His end customer experience has also been across all segments – Enterprise , SME, SMB, SOHO. Sunil has done his Master’s in Business Management with specialization in Marketing and B.Tech from Delhi University.
Sudhakar S Marthi
Vice President Sales & Marketing, ZOHO
Sudhakar has got more than 25 years of Sales & Marketing experience in Products selling both Hardware and Software. At present Sudhakar is working as Vice President Sales & Marketing – APAC at ZOHO , Chennai and is in charge of Sales and Marketing for APAC region for all products of ZOHO Corporation which has three divisions namely WebNMS, ManageEngine and Zoho.com. Prior to ZOHO, he has worked as Product Manager in Toshbro and Toshniwal Bros as well as in SICO.
Vivek Joshi
Executive VP - IT, HDFC Bank
Vivek has a total of 25 years of vast experience in the IT industry. Primarily, he has been working in the IT infrastructure domain responsible for design, implementation and upkeep of large IT infrastructure comprising of large networks, data centres, servers and desktops. Over last 12 years, he has been working with HDFC Bank. Presently he is deputed by the bank as CTO of HDFC Securities which is a leading broking company in the country.
Mayank Prakash
Global Wealth Management Tech Director, Morgan Stanley
Mayank is an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and Head of Technology for Global Morgan Stanley Wealth Management teams in India. He joined the Firm in 2011 from Sage UK where he was the CIO for the FTSE 75 where his teams led the technology platforms underpinning Sage’s online card processing eCommerce market leadership. Prior to that, he was the Group CIO for iSoft plc where he led Business Transformation and Technology including the setup of technology centers in India. As Avaya’s International CIO, Mayank led Operations re-structuring and eBusiness. He has also served on the board of Sage UK, iSoft plc, Avaya International and Lucent EMEA.
Salil Mahajan
VP - IT, Bharti AXA Life Insurance
Salil is currently serving as the Head of Technology for Bharti AXA Life Insurance. In his capacity, he is responsible for providing strategic vision to the IT Function in line with Business Priorities, sense and understand technologies and offerings & evaluate their fitment for the organization and ensure an optimal and cost effective model for delivery of application and technology services. Before joining Bharti AXA Life Insurance, he had 12+ years of experience in a consulting role with a large IT Organization and technology roles with various functional organizations. In his consulting role, he has been involved in large transformational projects in the Financial Services Domain in the India and US Geographies. He has further held multiple roles spanning across the disciplines of Delivery Management, Account Management, Project Management, Testing and Business Analysis.
Mohar Tiwari
CIO, Jewelex India
Mohar has around 14+ years of extensive experience in various aspects of enterprise IT. Previously, he has worked at Larsen & Toubro, Wilson Logistics, Metropolis Health Services and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. He was Chief Executive for the IT Start-up in Healthcare/Biotechnology Solutions including Healthcare/Biothechnology KPO. Currently, he is serving as the CIO at Jewelex India.
Suresh A Shan
Head - BITS, MMFSL Group
Suresh has over 22 years of IT/IS experience. An innovative thinker and visionary with broad-based expertise in information technology, security of systems, operations and IT infrastructure, he also possess proven ability to quickly analyze key business drivers, identify opportunities and solutions and develop strategies for their implementation. Suresh is known as a high-integrity, energetic leader known for ability to envision and create successful outcomes in complex and challenging situations with diverse industry experience in the Financial Services (Banking) industry, Insurance , housing finance and IT sector, in leadership roles in global and startup entities.
Felix Thattil
VP - Strategy Projects & Process, DTDC Courier & Cargo
Felix is a thorough professional with 23 plus years of experience and a business outcome-oriented technology leader, experienced in formulation and alignment of IT strategies to business objectives and achieving business value from technology. He specializes in aligning Technology with business, turn-around of IT within the organization for competitive advantage along with business process improvements and organizational efficiency. Leading and managing teams with focus on outcomes for major technology enabled projects of Banking, Retail, E-Commerce, Logistics, Mobile & Telecom, MIS dashboards also comprises his acumen. He also has rich expertise in domain & functional experience in assessment, conceptualization, analysis, development and real-time multi-location implementation of IT systems for Retail, E-Commerce, Banking Automation, Currency Management, Mobile & Telecom, Service Providers, Express Courier, Surface Cargo, Logistics, Contract Management, Travel and Hospitality verticals.
Hemant Nagar
Head - IT, NRB Bearings
Hemant is a Prince 2 Certified Senior SAP and IT Management Professional adept at managing all phases of Programme and Project Life Cycle. He has invested close to 22 years in IT in different roles and environments in India as well abroad in Europe and Middle East. He has Diversified Verticals Exposure such as Telecom, Manufacturing, FMCG and Chemical industry. His strengths are his strong Delivery and Programme Management Skills. He believes that in manufacturing environment – change management is crucial to success and it comes effectively if you have won the confidence of your colleagues from other departments.
Sudhansu S K
GM - IT, Meru
Sudhansu is a Business Manager with over 20 years of varied work experience in managing Practices, Sales & Delivery, Consulting & Solution Development in IT, ERP Implementation, Optimization, Audits, and IT / IS Strategy; as well as Production & Shop floor activity management. He also has strong acumen in inter-personal & presentation skills, good ability to lead from the front, and provide motivation to the team. He specializes in managing a Line of Business, Program Management, Project Management, ERP Implementations, IS Strategy, Audits & MIS. Currently, he is serving as the GM – IT at Meru.
M D Agrawal
Head IT, Bharat Petroleum Corp
MD Agrawal is Head of IT and Deputy General Manager of IS department at Refinery division of Bharat Petroleum Corp (Mumbai, India), one of India prime public sector undertakings in field of manufacturing and marketing of petroleum products. He carries over 29 years multi facet experience in managing and leading various projects and responsibilities in IT. His Professional experience expands in areas of IT strategy & Business Continuity planning, Project Management, Staff development, Knowledge Management, IT Infrastructure development including Data Centers, System, Network & Facility Management and developing and implementing Integrated IT solutions. With his rich experience, BPCL has accomplished various software and infrastructure development projects. He was instrumental recently bringing transformation for effective use of IT in the manufacturing division of BPCL. In his early career, he has acquired specialization on IBM Mainframe and corporate wide Infrastructure developments. He is Founder President of CSI CIO Club in India and had organized more than 100 technical programs. He has received Fellowship award of CSI; Highest award CSI offer to one individual for outstanding contribution to society and to industry. He has also received CIO 100 Asia Pacific in year 2008, CIO Best CIO award 2010, PC Quest Best IT Governance award in year 2008, Seagate Enterprise Intelligent Award instituted by Express Group in Year 2004, International Best Practices Award of Delphi, an US based Research body, in Year 2002.