Speakers

Speaker Bio:

Vivek Merani

Senior Vice President, Magnon International

Vivek Merani is one of the Founding members of Magnon Solutions and Magnon International – two of Indias largest digital media companies. He is an authority in the Interactive Media space and is among the most well known digital professionals in the country today. His deep insight in the Web Design, Web Technology and the Digital Marketing space are a rare combination and this clubbed with his hands on experience of enabling hundreds of businesses online, make him a true veteran in the Internet and Web Industry. Over the last decade he has held several leadership positions within the Magnon Group and apart from being one of the companys Directors, he is currently a Senior Vice President with Magnon International. He has done his Masters in Business Administration specialising in IT and Marketing.

Rajesh Ramachandran

GM - Head, eBay India

Rajesh currently heads the eBay India Development Center - strategic innovation arm of eBay Inc. He has 18 years of Software R&D experience in building world-class global product organizations, delivering innovative and successful products. Prior to joining eBay, Rajesh was playing the role of Senior Product Director with Oracle Fusion Middleware R&D Group. In the past, he played various technical leadership roles at Siemens AG, Future Software and Lakshmi-Barmag AG. He is a well-known speaker in the areas of Enterprise 2.0, Grid, enterprise architecture, innovation and leadership. He holds a Masters in computer science from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, an MBA from IIMB and ICFAI, and Bachelors in Electronics Engg from A.C.Tech, Karaikudi.

Ganesh Sahai

Quality Manager & Quality Leader, Adobe

After passing out of IIT Delhi in 1993 he joined in research and developement with the Vardhman Group. After working there for 2 years moved over to do MBA (finance) and also in parallel partnered to start a furnishing venture. He joined Adobe in 1999. It has been 10 great years at Adobe and still continuing.

Premananda Adhikari

Technical Lead, Sify Technologies

Premananda is the Technical Lead in Sify Technologies Ltd., having around 9 years of design and development experience with technologies like Java, C/C++, Microsoft and functional domains like CMS, Telecom, CRM, Manufacturing, Finance and Educational Research with a great high to deliver high performance user friendly software products. His Performance parameters includes Team Leading, Advance Development and Client Interaction.

Archanaa Panda

Software Architect, IBM India Software Labs

Archanaa Panda is a Software Architect with 10+ years of experience in Java/JavaEE technologies. She has experience in building applications in Telecom and Transportation Domains and has worked in leading software companies such as- Wipro Technologies, Oracle, Siemens and now IBM. Currently Archanaa is a Java Performance Architect in IBMs High Performance On Demand Solutions (HiPODs) team based out of the IBMs India Software Lab.

Tarun Dua

CTO, E2E Networks

Tarun Dua works as the CTO for E2E Networks Private Limited which is a low latency dedicated hosting company in India. In his previous life he was a Java and Perl Web Developer apart from wearing a variety of other hats as a technologist. He was worked in a variety of small and big companies over past 11 years including Value First, Globallogic, Yahoo, Nanocast in various positions.

Ajey Gore

Head of Technology , ThoughtWorks

Ajey Gore works with ThoughtWorks as Head of Technology with focus on Technology strategy and delivery for India operations. Previously Ajey headed global IT operations for ThoughtWorks. He has 12 years overall experience. Ajey spend last 10 years at ThoughtWorks playing multiple roles like Software Developer, build and configuration manager, IT Manager. and now he works as Head of Technology for ThoughtWorks India operations. Ajeys passion lies with Infrastructure and Deployment Management. Sytems and network Security, Server and Application Configurations, Telephony and VoIP Solutions. Ajey is member of Technology Advisory Board of ThoughtWorks and Software Excellence Board of ThoughtWorks.

Janakiram MSV

Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services

Janakiram MSV is the Web Services Evangelist at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in India. He helps developers, IT professionals, customers and partners understand the value and use the service offerings of AWS cloud platform. His responsibilities include enabling ISVs, SIs and enterprises with the skills to move their IT infrastructure and applications to the Cloud. In his previous role, he was the Technology Architect – Cloud at Microsoft Corporation where he was responsible for architecting enterprise solutions on the Microsoft Cloud Computing platform. He worked for Microsoft Corporation for over 10 years during which he played various roles that involved selling, marketing and evangelizing the Microsoft Application Platform and Tools to customers and partners in India. He has been a regular speaker at events like Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft Developer Days, Great Indian Developer Summit, JAX India and Foss.in.

Tarun Davda

Business Head, BigRock

With over 10 years of a strong technology background, Tarun Davda is the chief architect and the driving force behind BigRock and is responsible for its vision to be a leading provider of web-presence solutions to SMBs, professionals and individuals worldwide. He is in charge of all strategic planning and implementation at the BigRock business. Prior to this he worked as a project manager with Infosys Technologies, and has been consistently recognized amongst the Top 10% of the firm for delivering tangible client results & winning new business. He has graduated from VJTI, Mumbai and has consistently been the most popular student among peers and faculty. He also holds a post graduate programme in management with dual majors in Analytical Finance and Strategy & Leadership, from India