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we are in the process of finalizing our speakers. Expect more than 70 analytics leaders and ML experts to speak at the conference.

Johnson Poh

Head, Group Enterprise Artificial Intelligence at UOB Bank

Dipanjan Sarkar

Data Science Lead at Applied Materials. Google Developer Expert - ML

Dipanjan Sarkar

Data Science Lead at Applied Materials. Google Developer Expert - ML

Dipanjan (DJ) Sarkar is a Data Science Lead at Applied Materials, leading advanced analytics efforts around computer vision, natural language processing and deep learning. He is also a Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning. He has consulted and worked with several startups as well as Fortune 500 companies like Intel and Open Source organizations like Red Hat \ IBM. He primarily works on leveraging data science, machine learning and deep learning to build large- scale intelligent systems. He holds a master of technology degree with specializations in Data Science and Software Engineering.

Dipanjan has been an analytics practitioner for several years now, specializing in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision and deep learning. Having a passion for data science and education, he also acts as an AI Consultant and Mentor at various organizations like Springboard, where he helps people build their skills on areas like Data Science and Machine Learning. Dipanjan is also a published author, having authored several books on R, Python, Machine Learning, Social Media Analytics, Natural Language Processing, and Deep Learning. In his spare time he loves reading, gaming, watching popular sitcoms and football and writing interesting articles on https://medium.com/@dipanzan.sarkar and https://www.linkedin.com/in/dipanzan. He is also a strong supporter of open-source and publishes his code and analyses from his books and articles on GitHub at https://github.com/dipanjanS.

Satyamoy Chatterjee

Executive Vice President at Analyttica Datalab

Satyamoy Chatterjee

Executive Vice President at Analyttica Datalab

Satyamoy is a seasoned analytics professional and a hands-on leader. He has 18+ years of global experience with a deep focus on Banking and Financial Services industry. He has spent significant part of his career in variety of roles in companies such as Citigroup, and GE, enabling business impact through the application of analytics and data science.

In his current role, Satyamoy leads the Client Solutions and Product Strategy at Analyttica Datalab Inc., a fast growing analytics start-up headquartered in Delaware, US with offices in Wilmington, Bangalore, and Pune. He has been undertaking a leadership role in the journey of build through growth of the organization. His role spans across different industry verticals such as BFS, Healthcare, CPG/Retail, and Automotive.

Satyamoy has also been actively involved in driving the technology enabled solutions strategy for Analyttica and has been part of the core team in creation of a patented ML and AI platform called Analyttica TreasureHunt https://www.analyttica.com/precision. He holds a US patent in his name for invention in the analytics learning and knowledge immersion space and a filed patent extension in adaptive Machine Learning systems . He is passionate about creating business value, driven by analytical innovations through the right leverage of ‘Business Knowledge’, ‘Data Science’ and ‘Technology’.

Satyamoy has a Master’s in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University, and an Executive General Management from IIM Bangalore.

Dat Tran

Head of AI at Axel Springer AI

John K. Thompson

Global Head, Advanced Analytics & AI at CSL Behring

John K. Thompson

Global Head, Advanced Analytics & AI at CSL Behring

John is an international technology executive with over 30 years of experience in the business intelligence
and advanced analytics fields. Currently, John is responsible for the global Advanced Analytics & Artificial
Intelligence team and efforts at CSL.
Prior to CSL, John was an Executive Partner at Gartner, where he was management consultant to market
leading companies in the areas of digital transformation, data monetization and advanced analytics. Before
Gartner, John was responsible for the advanced analytics business unit of the Dell Software Group.
John is co-author of the bestselling book – Analytics: How to win with Intelligence, which debuted on
Amazon as the #1 new book in Analytics in 2017. Analytics is a book that guides non-technical executives
through the journey of building an analytics team, funding initiatives and driving change in business
operations through data and applied analytical applications.
Mr. Thompson’s technology expertise includes all aspects of advanced analytics and information
management including – descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics, artificial intelligence, analytical
applications, deep learning, cognitive computing, big data, data warehousing, business intelligence systems,
and high performance computing.
One of John’s primary areas of focus and interest has been to create innovative technologies to increase the
value derived by organizations around the world.
John has built start-up organizations from the ground up and he has reengineered business units of Fortune
500 firms to reach their potential. He has directly managed and run - sales, marketing, consulting, support
and product development organizations.
He is a technology leader with expertise and experience spanning all operational areas with a focus on
strategy, product innovation, growth and efficient execution.
Thompson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Ferris State University and a MBA in Marketing from DePaul University.

Ajay Anand

Chief Product Officer at Kyvos Insights

Anirban Bhaduri

Biocomputing and Data Analytics Head at Tata Chemicals

Vinay Gupta

Head of Analytics at Suzlon

Gregory P. Steffine

Head of Analytics Enablement at KeyBank

Gregory P. Steffine

Head of Analytics Enablement at KeyBank

Greg Steffine has been empowering business leaders with the insight they need to out-think and out-perform their competitors for nearly three decades now. As an analytics enablement leader, he’s had the privilege of working as a trusted advisor to some of the most recognizable names in business—from mid-market growth organizations to the Fortune 500, in industries as diverse as manufacturing, distribution, transportation, and healthcare.

Mr. Steffine’s career started with one of the Mid-Atlantic’s fastest-growing direct marketing agencies where he cut his teeth on data and the fundamentals of database marketing. He was the business guy who branded and led the first data warehousing initiative for a small-package delivery company (RPS, Inc.) that would later become known as FedEx Ground. And he’s spent more than 15 years in business intelligence and data warehouse consulting for both Big 4 and regional mid-size consultancies, including his own. Today, Greg is the Head of Analytics Enablement for KeyBank—one of the United States’ largest bank-based financial services firms.

In pursuing his passion for creating and maximizing value, Greg received the Director’s Recognition Award from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an Award of Excellence from DataProfit Corporation, and was named a Service Champion by RPS, Inc.

Greg is the author of the award-winning book, Hyper: Changing the way you think about, plan, and execute business intelligence for real results, real fast! Packed with pragmatic advice, proven methods, and real-world tools, this quick-read guide provides busy business and IT professionals with straight-talk on how to deliver BI in a hyper-responsive, hyper-agile, and hyper-flexible way. One internationally-recognized thought-leader on BI calls the book “a must-read guide for any self-respecting BI professional.” Hyper is an Amazon multi-category bestseller. It was named to the list of Top 20 Best Business Intelligence Books by Solutions Review, Named to Tableau’s list of 9 Great Books About Business Intelligence, named a Top 25 Best Data Science book by Data Science Programs Guide, and awarded eLit’s Gold Award for Best Business Reference book.

In his sequel to Hyper called Think Fast!: The insight you need to compete and win with self-service analytics, Mr. Steffine teams-up with other experienced pros to deliver an essential, quick-read guide on the most important aspects of people, process, technology, and data you need to think about in order to deliver real value from analytics. It, too, is an Amazon multi-category bestseller and received the Book Excellence Award for business non-fiction. Greg was a contributor to the book, Data Analytics: A Road Map for Expanding Analytics Capabilities by Grant Thornton and the Internal Audit Foundation, and his work has been featured in O’Reilly, TechTarget, PEX, teQ, and Enterprise Mobility Exchange.

Mr. Steffine is married with three sons, a daughter, and two fun-loving Cockapoos named Sandy and Leo. They live near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You can learn more about Greg by visiting his website at www.steffine.com or his LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin.com/in/steffine. Follow him on Twitter at @GregSteffine.

Anish Agarwal

Director – Data & Analytics at RBS India

Michael Ferrari

Global Head of Climate & Agronomic Decision Sciences at Syngenta

Satyam Priyadarshy

Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton

Satyam Priyadarshy

Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton

Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy is one of the highly sought out transformational leader for his expertise in leveraging disruptive technologies, solutions, strategies and talent transformation, to grow the business, enterprise, and organization. He is a pioneer in the fields of data science, Big Data, analytics, and emerging technologies. He is a globally recognized leader with a breadth of scientific knowledge, in-depth technology experience, and extensive business acumen. He is often referred as a Venture Idealist. Some of his recent recognitions include:

One of the top 150 Global Influential Leaders recognized for leading digital business transformation – BT150 Constellation Research (2019 - present).
Member, Mauritius Artificial Intelligence Council, Government of Mauritius (2019 – present)
The Guru of AI, Big Data and Analytics - The DEW Journal (a flagship journal of Energy)
One of the top 50 Leaders as movers & shakers in Data & Analytics in US and Canada. – Corinium Global Intelligence
Key innovator on the leading edge of digital transformation – Smart Industry
Top 50 candidates for nomination to corporate boards – AgendaWeek, Financial Times
Past President and Board Member: DC Chapter of TiE (World’s largest entrepreneur network.

He is a Technology Fellow and the Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton, leading the Oil and Gas Industry’s first Center of Excellence for Big Data and Data Science to maximize the asset value by optimizing the most complex operations of any industry. Dr. Priyadarshy is recognized as the first Chief Data Scientist of the Oil and Gas Industry. Dr. Priyadarshy has appeared as keynote speaker at several international conferences and has written, co-authored, presented and published numerous research papers in peer-reviewed journals and magazines. He has held various leadership positions in AOL, Network Solutions, Acxiom Corporation before joining Halliburton. He has co-founded few startups in DC and Silicon Valley and is an advisory board member of few startups in Healthcare, Retail, Finance and Analytics domain. He is on many executive committees of SPE, SEG, OTC, EnGenious, and other global industry organizations like Financial Times, Trescon, CEB, Frost, etc. for his visionary leadership contributions to transform industry. Dr. Priyadarshy is an Adjunct/Visiting Professor at Virginia Tech, and Oklahoma State University, and a Senior Fellow of Cybersecurity at the International Center of Cybersecurity, George Mason University. Dr. Priyadarshy obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Bombay and MBA from The Pamplin School of Business, Virginia Tech.

Sumit Guha

Head of Analytics at Asian Paints

Sateesh Rai

Head - Analytics at Orient Electric

Vijay Balakrishnan

Group Chief Data Officer at Michelin

Anubhav Shrivastava

Head of Data Sciences at Voot Viacom18

Bhagirath Kumar Lader

Chief Manager, Business Information System at GAIL

Shashank Shekhar

Head - Advanced Analytics & Data Sciences at Subex

Somit Kapoor

Vice President and Global Head – Enterprise Operations Transformation (EOT) at Wipro

Vikram Khurana

Head of Analytics and Business Intelligence at Delhivery

Lavi Nigam

Data Scientist at Gartner

Raul Villamarin Rodriguez

Robotics Head at Woxsen School of Business

Shirish Gupta

Head of Data Science & Partnerships at NBFC Loan2Grow

Steve Helvie

VP at Open Compute Project (OCP)

Nitin Jain

Head of Customer Experience at Mondelēz International

Nikola Sucevic

Head of Advanced Analytics at Smartfren PT

Arghya Mukherjee

Assistant Director Retail and CPG Analytics at WNS

Netali Agrawal

Lead Business Analyst at Infosys

Sanjay Kar

Head of Analytics at Equifax India

Sheela Siddappa

Chief Advisor- Data Science at Robert Bosch

Ankit Jain

Senior research scientist at Uber AI

Inderpreet Kambo

Associate Principal at Charles River Associate

Manish Gupta

Vice President at American Express

Anirban Nandi

Head of Analytics at Rakuten

Sanjeev Chaube

EVP & Head – Big Data & Advanced Analytics at Vodafone Idea

Sanjeev Chaube

EVP & Head – Big Data & Advanced Analytics at Vodafone Idea

Over 21+ years of B2B & B2C experience in Customer and Marketing Analytics encompassing AI & Data Science driven descriptive, predictive and prescriptive actionable insights & associated solutions as a horizontal. He possesses core competence & sound background in Machine Learning, Deep Learning Algorithms, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing / Text Analytics, Speech recognition systems, BI and Big Data Analytics. Primary domains / verticals including Retail, CPG, Telecom, Automotive, Manufacturing & Healthcare. Build Smart & Self Learning Data driven campaigns, products, application, monetization & solutions, focused around Smart solution for Connected Devices, BI, Big Data, IOT, Cloud & Mobility at scale.

A PhD. in Applied AI & Data Science (Business Analytics & DSS), with Graduation in Statistics & Mathematics from University of Pune, India. He has participated in many National & International Conferences & also published many research papers in applications of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Big Data, Cloud and Business Intelligence.

Dr. Sanjeev is currently the Head of Big Data, BI & Advanced Analytics (Artificial Intelligence & Data Science Practice) where he is responsible for end to end Big Data & Advanced Analytics especially AI/ML driven strategy, innovations, solutions & delivery for Consumer, Marketing, Network, Digital, Enterprise, Data Monetization, Customer Services & Sales /Distributions functions of the Telecom giant with 300+mn Customers.

Prior to Vodafone Dr. Chaube was working for Samsung Group (HCS)as Global Practice Head & Director Advanced Analytics & Technologies for Innovations & Solutions for its Digital Transformation Services, preceded by Netlink (USA Based) & Prism (UK Based)

Dr. Chaube’s key areas of expertise are building Smart & Self Learning AI Applications & Models include Visual or Video Analytics, Digital Assistants / Bots, OCR based Digitization, IoT Solutions for Connected Devices, Social media Analytics, Autonomous Vehicle etc. that uses both structured data as well as unstructured data.

He got opportunity to provide these advanced analytics solutions to some of the key fortune 500 companies across geographies - India, USA and UK.