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Organizations are witnessing the dawn of the data-driven, AI, and regulatory era. The data-driven and digital transformation of organizations is occurring at a rapid pace in order to stay relevant and pave the way to a sustainable future. The consolidation of an organization’s data into a governed, trusted, and well-managed environment that supports both AI development and production workloads is playing a crucial role in this transformation. Organizations want to take advantage of AI, but they need a trusted foundation and access to the data. Our mission is to deliver a trusted, enterprise-wide, data and AI backbone for transforming IBM into an AI Enterprise. This is helping to accelerate the infusion of data and AI in business processes and provide a fertile environment for identifying, building, and deploying responsible generative AI solutions. The resulting benefits to business are reduced time to find and consume data, reduced time to implement initiatives across business units, reduced end-to-end cycle time, and delivering insights that were previously impossible.

C-Suite
AI Technologists
Business Leader
Digital Change

Author:

Ranjan Sinha, Ph.D.

IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO
IBM

Ranjan Sinha is an IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO focusing on AI strategy to develop a turnkey approach to enabling AI with enterprise data. He is a digital transformational leader and innovator in data platforms, data engineering, and data science. He is on the front lines of transforming IBM into an AI Enterprise and helping IBM's clients navigate their data and AI journeys in a hybrid cloud environment. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers, books, and patents. He has been awarded federal and university research grants, and won the global sort benchmark for JouleSort and PennySort. He holds a PhD in computer science from RMIT University in Australia, has been a research academic at the University of Melbourne, and held data science roles at eBay Inc. He is passionate about promoting wellness, safety and empowerment of vulnerable groups, and an advocate for social and global issues.

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Ranjan Sinha, Ph.D.

IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO
IBM

Ranjan Sinha is an IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO focusing on AI strategy to develop a turnkey approach to enabling AI with enterprise data. He is a digital transformational leader and innovator in data platforms, data engineering, and data science. He is on the front lines of transforming IBM into an AI Enterprise and helping IBM's clients navigate their data and AI journeys in a hybrid cloud environment. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers, books, and patents. He has been awarded federal and university research grants, and won the global sort benchmark for JouleSort and PennySort. He holds a PhD in computer science from RMIT University in Australia, has been a research academic at the University of Melbourne, and held data science roles at eBay Inc. He is passionate about promoting wellness, safety and empowerment of vulnerable groups, and an advocate for social and global issues.

 

Brandon Welch

CEO & Co-Founder
Mad Capital

Brandon Welch

CEO & Co-Founder
Mad Capital

Brandon Welch

CEO & Co-Founder
Mad Capital

The need to deliver trusted AI has never been greater. Join these leaders as they talk about building a future of Ethical and Safe AI. Learn the key pillars boards and C-suites need to consider throughout the lifecycle of an AI First strategy.

C-Suite
AI Technologists
Business Leader
Digital Change

Author:

Shaloo Garg

Managing Director
Microsoft - Late Stage Startups & Unicorns

Shaloo Garg is Managing Director, Late Stage Startups & Unicorns and based out of Silicon Valley. She brings a combination of strong startup, enterprise, strategic partnership and corporate development experience.

Previously, Shaloo was Partner , Global Oracle Innovation at Oracle where she lead the Global Corporate Innovation practice of commercializing revenue opportunities for startups into the enterprise client base and partner ecosystem. She has also lead go-to-market for Oracle’s cloud business and was part of the M&A team that acquired Peoplesoft, Siebel, Retek etc. Prior to joining Oracle, she was in a couple of early stage startups. Shaloo is passionate about Tech for Good and is President , BOD at UN Women, Silicon Valley , a “Champion of Innovation” at UN Women where she is spinning up virtual Innovation Labs with Universities leveraging emerging technologies to encourage digital literacy in developing countries for young girls who do not have access to education.

Shaloo strongly believes that technology’s best use case ever is using its power to impact wider social issues like hunger, poverty, STEM education, clean water, energy, sustainable cities etc in developing and under-developed economies. Shaloo is a Guest speaker at Penn Law School and is an MBA from Delhi University and has done specialization in Innovation and Design Thinking from Stanford d.School. Words to live by: “In life, there are no mistakes… only lessons” – Vic Johnson.

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Shaloo Garg

Managing Director
Microsoft - Late Stage Startups & Unicorns

Shaloo Garg is Managing Director, Late Stage Startups & Unicorns and based out of Silicon Valley. She brings a combination of strong startup, enterprise, strategic partnership and corporate development experience.

Previously, Shaloo was Partner , Global Oracle Innovation at Oracle where she lead the Global Corporate Innovation practice of commercializing revenue opportunities for startups into the enterprise client base and partner ecosystem. She has also lead go-to-market for Oracle’s cloud business and was part of the M&A team that acquired Peoplesoft, Siebel, Retek etc. Prior to joining Oracle, she was in a couple of early stage startups. Shaloo is passionate about Tech for Good and is President , BOD at UN Women, Silicon Valley , a “Champion of Innovation” at UN Women where she is spinning up virtual Innovation Labs with Universities leveraging emerging technologies to encourage digital literacy in developing countries for young girls who do not have access to education.

Shaloo strongly believes that technology’s best use case ever is using its power to impact wider social issues like hunger, poverty, STEM education, clean water, energy, sustainable cities etc in developing and under-developed economies. Shaloo is a Guest speaker at Penn Law School and is an MBA from Delhi University and has done specialization in Innovation and Design Thinking from Stanford d.School. Words to live by: “In life, there are no mistakes… only lessons” – Vic Johnson.

Author:

Aku Aakriti Srikanth

Founding Partner
WomenOfAI Ventures
  • Aku Aakriti Srikanth is the Managing Director of an AI Venture Studio and was an AI Executive at Workday (ex- DataRobot Director of Product - MLOps). 
  • Previously, she worked at Neotribe Ventures (founded by NEA GP with $356 under management) where she focused on seed stage startups and was a Principal at Mitsui Sumitomo CVC. She also worked with the General Catalyst Managing Director/ex - CTO of Dropbox via sourcing deals.
  • MS & BS in Computer Science with a focus on machine learning and AI.
  • She started career in investment banking at D.E.Shaw and strategy consulting at Deloitte. 
  • She was the Head of AI Product Strategy at IBM Watson and launched the Red Hat AI.
  • She founded Microsoft for Startups : AI Amalgamators as featured on Forbes.
  • She launched “Community of 100+ AI Executives” sponsored by Google, SVB & Salesforce featuring the Forbes VC Midas List Editor and VC firms.
  • She was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List and Nasdaq’s Leading Women in AI on CNBC,.
  • US awarded her the EB1 greencard based on extraordinary abilities in AI and is the founder of the WomenOfGenAI in partnership with WomenOfAI.org.
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Aku Aakriti Srikanth

Founding Partner
WomenOfAI Ventures
  • Aku Aakriti Srikanth is the Managing Director of an AI Venture Studio and was an AI Executive at Workday (ex- DataRobot Director of Product - MLOps). 
  • Previously, she worked at Neotribe Ventures (founded by NEA GP with $356 under management) where she focused on seed stage startups and was a Principal at Mitsui Sumitomo CVC. She also worked with the General Catalyst Managing Director/ex - CTO of Dropbox via sourcing deals.
  • MS & BS in Computer Science with a focus on machine learning and AI.
  • She started career in investment banking at D.E.Shaw and strategy consulting at Deloitte. 
  • She was the Head of AI Product Strategy at IBM Watson and launched the Red Hat AI.
  • She founded Microsoft for Startups : AI Amalgamators as featured on Forbes.
  • She launched “Community of 100+ AI Executives” sponsored by Google, SVB & Salesforce featuring the Forbes VC Midas List Editor and VC firms.
  • She was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List and Nasdaq’s Leading Women in AI on CNBC,.
  • US awarded her the EB1 greencard based on extraordinary abilities in AI and is the founder of the WomenOfGenAI in partnership with WomenOfAI.org.
 

Brian Halweil

Strategic Associate
Astanor Ventures

Brian Halweil

Strategic Associate
Astanor Ventures

Brian Halweil

Strategic Associate
Astanor Ventures
 

Wendy Zhang

Global Head of Data and Analytics - Enterprise Functions
TheAssociation.AI

Wendy Zhang

Global Head of Data and Analytics - Enterprise Functions
TheAssociation.AI

Wendy Zhang

Global Head of Data and Analytics - Enterprise Functions
TheAssociation.AI
 

Sai Teja Akula

Senior Director, Data Science
LTX Trading

With over a decade of dedicated experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Sai stands at the forefront of implementing and leveraging Data Science within organizations. A respected figure in the AI community, Sai has played an instrumental role in the transformation of traditional business models by seamlessly integrating advanced data-driven solutions. His expertise extends from developing sophisticated machine learning algorithms to strategizing the holistic implementation of AI within organizational infrastructures

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Sai Teja Akula

Senior Director, Data Science
LTX Trading

Sai Teja Akula

Senior Director, Data Science
LTX Trading

With over a decade of dedicated experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Sai stands at the forefront of implementing and leveraging Data Science within organizations. A respected figure in the AI community, Sai has played an instrumental role in the transformation of traditional business models by seamlessly integrating advanced data-driven solutions. His expertise extends from developing sophisticated machine learning algorithms to strategizing the holistic implementation of AI within organizational infrastructures

 

Ranjan Sinha, Ph.D.

IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO
IBM

Ranjan Sinha is an IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO focusing on AI strategy to develop a turnkey approach to enabling AI with enterprise data. He is a digital transformational leader and innovator in data platforms, data engineering, and data science. He is on the front lines of transforming IBM into an AI Enterprise and helping IBM's clients navigate their data and AI journeys in a hybrid cloud environment. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers, books, and patents. He has been awarded federal and university research grants, and won the global sort benchmark for JouleSort and PennySort.

Read full bio

Ranjan Sinha, Ph.D.

IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO
IBM

Ranjan Sinha, Ph.D.

IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO
IBM

Ranjan Sinha is an IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO focusing on AI strategy to develop a turnkey approach to enabling AI with enterprise data. He is a digital transformational leader and innovator in data platforms, data engineering, and data science. He is on the front lines of transforming IBM into an AI Enterprise and helping IBM's clients navigate their data and AI journeys in a hybrid cloud environment. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers, books, and patents. He has been awarded federal and university research grants, and won the global sort benchmark for JouleSort and PennySort. He holds a PhD in computer science from RMIT University in Australia, has been a research academic at the University of Melbourne, and held data science roles at eBay Inc. He is passionate about promoting wellness, safety and empowerment of vulnerable groups, and an advocate for social and global issues.