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Sulagna Saha is a technology writer. She covers all the latest things in enterprise tech. For the last three years, she has focused on cloud computing, AI, cybersecurity, application development, data storage and networking.
These are deeply technical subjects. So she likes to dig into the details, and help readers break through the jargons and consume information easily.
Her stories talk about how IT solutions can help their intended users navigate the day-to-day responsibilities at work, and why companies should adopt a certain technology over the other.
Sulagna talks to company leaders, software engineers, SMEs and spokespeople to bring new research and insider perspective to her work.
In her free time, Sulagna can be found spending time with her toddler, browsing a book or experimenting in the kitchen. Traveling and movies are other things that she is passionate about.
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Vinay Samuel is the founder and CEO of Zetaris, a data management platform. Founded in 2013, Zetaris aims to make data analysis easier, more accessible, and faster for businesses, empowering them to gain valuable insights and remain competitive in the evolving market.
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Surabhi Sankhla is vice president of product and an expert in conversational AI. With more than 14 years of experience building digital platforms and solutions, she is currently leading the launch of an enterprise virtual assistant. During her tenure at Amazon, Surabhi built, launched, and expanded products for Amazon’s Alexa. She also led several international digital transformation projects during her time at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Uber. Surabhi has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and an MBA from Stanford.
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Ariel Santamaria is the General Manager of the MRO and Industrial Parts business unit at Advanced Technology Services, Inc. He oversees strategic direction and operational execution, ensuring high-quality service delivery. With a strong background in driving business growth, streamlining supply chain processes, and fostering long-term partnerships, Ariel leads innovative solutions to optimize performance and meet the evolving needs of ATS customers.
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Zack Schuler is the Executive Chairman and Founder of NINJIO, a leading Cybersecurity Awareness Training company. With over 1,000,000 viewers a month, NINJIO empowers employees at some of the world’s largest organizations to protect themselves against cyberthreats and scams. Prior to NINJIO, Zack founded Cal Net Technology Group, an I.T. Consulting and Security firm in 1995. Zack grew Cal Net into one of the larger MSPs in Southern California before selling the company to a private equity firm in 2013.
He holds a B.S. from California State University Northridge and has served on the boards of charitable groups supporting children’s causes, opportunity & empowerment, and education.
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Avthar is the AI Product Lead at Timescale, where he works on making PostgreSQL a better database for developers building AI applications. He has a background in product management, product marketing and developer relations, and prior to joining Timescale, he was a venture-backed startup founder and made products used by thousands of people. Avthar earned a BSE degree in Computer Science from Princeton University.
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Ikigai Labs CEO/co-Founder and MIT AI professor.
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Harshal Shah is a seasoned Electrical Engineer and Senior Product Manager specializing in voice technology and audio solutions. With over 11 years of experience and more than seven of which have been in the automotive industry.He has played a pivotal role in developing and optimizing cutting-edge voice processing systems.
N. Shashidhar
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N Shashidhar is an accomplished VP and Global Platform Head of AssistEdge with an illustrious tenure spanning more than 25 years in the software industry. Not only is he a founding member of EdgeVerve, but he also had the distinction of being a part of the vanguard team that conceptualized and established EdgeVerve as a dynamic product subsidiary of Infosys. Shashidhar’s diverse experience in product and platform domains is unparalleled. Throughout his career at Infosys, he has donned various influential roles gracefully, showcasing his expertise across Technology, Client Engagement, and Functional Leadership sectors. Passionate about Strategy and Business Transformation, Shashidhar has left indelible footprints in the sands of business architecture. His remarkable contribution in transforming the Engineering Business and, later, during the nascent stages of Infosys’s Products & Platforms business speaks volumes of his strategic acumen and leadership skills. As the Head of Strategy and Operations for the Edge Portfolio, he was at the helm of transforming EdgeVerve. His relentless pursuit of refining the EdgeVerve portfolio strategy has been pivotal in the organization’s evolution. Academically brilliant, Shashidhar was bestowed with the University Gold Medal in Engineering. He also holds an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. In the realm of software and business transformation, Shashidhar’s journey and achievements stand as a beacon of inspiration and a testament to his prowess.
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Chris is responsible for the overall strategic direction and performance of Applause’s business in the high-tech sector and AI practice. Since joining Applause in 2015, Chris has held roles on multiple teams including software delivery, product strategy, customer success, and leading the strategic account segment in North America. Chris has over 24 years of experience with high-growth software companies as an operating executive, investor and board member.
Prior to Applause, Chris was COO of venture-backed TrueLens, a SaaS AI data platform. Previous experience includes serving as a general partner of an early-stage software VC fund in Boston, and operating roles at enterprise software company BEA Systems and Stax, a global strategy consulting firm. Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Queensland, Australia.
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As Chief Technology Officer, Sundar is responsible for setting our technology direction and strategy. He has extensive experience in Agile process, quality-first development, and converting on-premise products to cloud services.
Sundar joined Edifecs from Oracle where he spent 24 years building multiple enterprise products and cloud services. Most recently he led the Oracle AI Voice Digital Assistant cloud service, Oracle AI automation cloud service and Oracle BPM suite of products.
Sundar has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from IIT Bombay.
Hitesh Sheth
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Hitesh Sheth is the president and CEO of Vectra AI. Previously, he held the position of chief operating officer at Aruba Networks. Hitesh joined Aruba from Juniper Networks, where he was EVP/GM for its switching business and before that, SVP for the Service Layer Technologies group, which included security. Prior to Juniper, Hitesh held a number of senior management positions at Cisco. Before Cisco, he held executive and engineering management positions at Liberate Technologies and Oracle Corporation. Hitesh started his career as a Unix programmer at the Santa Cruz Operation. He holds a BA degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
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As chief technology officer at Barracuda Networks, Fleming leads the company’s threat research and innovation engineering teams in building future technology platforms to support Barracuda's broad portfolio of products. Additionally, Fleming has more than 20 patents granted or pending in network and content security, and he has been with Barracuda for over 18 years.
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Swapnil Shinde is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zeni and General Partner at Twin Ventures. He is a three-time entrepreneur with two successful exits, as well as an advisor and investor in more than 40 early-stage startups.
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Yoni Shohet is the co-founder and CEO at Valence Security.
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Aviram Shotten is CTO, EMEA at Qualitest, the world’s leading AI-powered quality engineering company. He is an experienced C-suite executive with a global track record in the aerospace, defense, information technology, and services industries. His fields of expertise include business development, management consulting, project management, change management,
and innovation management.
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Charles Simon, BSEE, MSCs is a nationally recognized entrepreneur and software developer, and the CEO of FutureAI. Simon is the author of “Will Computers Revolt? Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence,” and the developer of Brain Simulator II, an AGI research software platform, and Sallie, a prototype software and artificial entity that learns in real-time with vision, hearing, speaking and mobility. For more information, visit https://futureai.guru.
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Content Marketing Expert with a combined experience of more than 9 years in IT Software Services and Research organizations.
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Shawn Smiley is the CTO at Achieve Internet and Apiboost. Shawn brings his 25 years of enterprise software experience to his role as CTO to architect, design, and implement robust solutions for customers. Shawn’s extensive experience enables him to help enterprises understand and leverage the rise of AI and LLMs to streamline business processes to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve revenue. He is also the chief architect and product owner for Apiboost, an enterprise-grade SaaS Developer Portal solution providing the expertise to ensure that customers have a secure, performant, and maintainable API Developer Portal solution for Google Apigee, Microsoft API Management and API Center, Kong, and other API management solutions.
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Hunter Smit is a senior product marketing manager for enterprise AI products and solutions at F5, a multicloud application security and delivery company. Smit holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in business administration from Whitworth University and is a member of the Whitworth School of Business Advisory Board.
Dana Smith
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Pete Soderling is the founder of Data Council and the Data Community Fund. As a former software engineer, repeat founder and investor in more than 40 data-oriented startups, Pete’s lifetime goal is to help 1,000 engineers start successful companies. Most importantly, Pete is a community builder — from his earliest days of working with the data engineering community starting in 2013, he has witnessed the unique power of specialized networks to bring inspiration, knowledge and support to technical professionals.
Previously, Pete founded Hakka Labs (a social network for software engineers), Stratus Security (an early cloud-based API platform) and mechanikal (a software development agency in NYC). He is a graduate of New York University, has spoken at events such as TEDx, O’Reilly Strata and QCon, and has worked actively in supporting technical founders around the globe.
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Natan is a journalism student at the University of Florida and is expected to graduate in 2024. He plans on attending law school after graduation and wants to eventually become a best-selling author. When he’s not writing, he loves to watch hockey and listen to rock music.
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John Son is the Head of Marketing at DeepBrain AI, with over 10 years of experience in B2B sales and business development. He specializes in generative AI, strategic marketing, and driving global business growth, having successfully closed major deals and increased revenue
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Aditya K Sood (Ph.D) is a security practitioner, researcher, and consultant. With more than 16 years of experience, he provides strategic leadership in information security, covering products and infrastructure. Dr. Sood is interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud security, malware automation and analysis, application security, and secure software design. He has authored several papers for various magazines and journals, including IEEE, Elsevier, CrossTalk, ISACA, Virus Bulletin, and Usenix. His work has been featured in several media outlets, including the Associated Press, Fox News, The Register, Guardian, Business Insider, and CBC. He has been an active speaker at industry conferences and presented at Blackhat, DEFCON, HackInTheBox, RSA, Virus Bulletin, OWASP, and many others. Dr. Sood obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from Michigan State University. Dr. Sood is also an author of the "Targeted Cyber Attacks" and “Empirical Cloud Security” books.
Currently, Dr. Sood is the VP of Security Engineering and AI Strategy at Aryaka.
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Susie Su is a seasoned professional holding the positions of DevOps Manager and Global Software Operations Architect at Signify (Philips Lighting). With a remarkable 14-year background in Software Development, 10 years in Cloud Computing (AWS & Ali Cloud), and 8 years of experience in team management and project oversight, she has proven herself as a versatile and accomplished leader. Susie's expertise extends to IoT, Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Spring Boot, ISP, overseas work, and emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Blockchain, making her a true tech pioneer. Beyond her technical accomplishments, Susie is a passionate advocate for women's leadership in technology, regularly sharing her insights through articles, speeches, and industry events.
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Krishna Subramanian is the co-founder and COO of Komprise.
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Dr. Muddu Sudhakar is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Aisera, the leading provider of AI Copilot and Generative AI solutions for enterprises. He has deep technical expertise in generative and conversational AI with a background in enterprise product management and GTM. Dr. Sudhakar has led several startups through acquisition as CEO (Caspida, Cetas, Kazeon, Sanera, Rio Design) and in public companies in SVP & GM roles (ServiceNow, Splunk, VMware, and EMC). He was recently named 2023 EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
His latest venture, Aisera, is one of the fastest growing companies in America, with 1,717% growth over a three-year period, serving more than 100 million users in global enterprises including Gap, Chegg, Zoom, Dave, McAfee and many others. Dr. Sudhakar holds a Ph.D. and MS in Computer Science from the University of California Los Angeles and a BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.
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Jon Swartz is senior content writer at Techstrong Group. Most recently, he was MarketWatch’s senior reporter based in San Francisco covering technology and Silicon Valley.
Previously, Swartz was USA Today’s San Francisco bureau chief. He has also written for Forbes, The (London) Independent, London Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and New Orleans Times-Picayune. He has won numerous journalism awards and is a two-time finalist for the Loebs, the Pulitzers of business reporting. Additionally, he frequently appears as a panelist on Fox Business and NBC Bay Area’s Press:Here program.
He has been nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize. Swartz is co-author of “Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity” and sole author of “Young Wealth.”
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Kraig is the founder & CEO at Qualified. Previously, Kraig was the Founder of GetFeedback. Before that, he served as CMO of Salesforce where he was responsible for driving the global corporate and product marketing functions, leading a team that drove Salesforce into hypergrowth.
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Charles Sword is the chief revenue officer at UpMetrics, a leading impact measurement and management software company that’s revolutionizing the way mission-driven organizations harness data to drive positive social outcomes. With a wealth of experience in business development and strategic planning, Charles is responsible for all aspects of market development for the company and is passionate about helping the world’s leading foundations, nonprofits and impact investors to drive accelerated social and environmental change. Mr. Sword has held leadership positions for multiple market-leading technology organizations including Blueprint, CAST, and iRise among others, and continues to hone his understanding of market dynamics and innovative strategies to unlock new opportunities and drive growth at UpMetrics. For more information, visit https://upmetrics.com/
