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Mahmoud Allam

HR Director / Consultant, Expert for HR Solutions, New Cairo, Egypt

Mahmoud is a Human Resources Executive with more than 30 years of comprehensive experience in HR. Possess broad knowledge of Human Resources working with multinationals companies across Egypt & Middle East. Within his long experience he provided extraordinary achievements in developing recruitment & compensation strategies that support business growth & retention of talents as well as ensure appropriate staffing levels for daily operations and rapid growth initiatives. Mahmoud holds different managerial positions in the HR filed, including Compensation and Benefits Manager, HR Operations Manager, Org. Development Manager, HR Director and Regional HR Head. Mahmoud maintains hands-on all different HR activities with particular focus on Compensating and Benefits, Assessment Centers, HR Restructuring, Training & Development, Talent and succession planning and most importantly Change Management. He provides several training courses to all companies he worked with to improve Leaderships Skills and in all HR Areas. He is SHL Certified to provide and conduct Assessment Centers & Certified Coach.

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Surendra Reddy Alavala

Data Warehouse Analyst and Administrator, TOPSYS IT SOLUTIONS LLC, Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Surendra Reddy Alavala is an expert in database development, administration, and business intelligence with over 10 years of global experience. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. Surendra currently serves as a Data Warehouse Analyst and Administrator in a contractor role with the Florida Department of Health.

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Alice Grace L. Bautista

Chief Executive Officer, ONEBPO, Iloilo City, Philippines

With 20 years of experience in the business process industry specialized in providing SME's worldwide with dynamic manpower and facilities offshore, to achieve efficiency and excellence in their operational goals through dedicated and professional business support.

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Ankur Bhatnagar

Staff Software Engineer, Macys, Duluth, Georgia, United States

Ankur is an Enterprise Integration and Middleware Architect with 20+ years of experience in API Management, SOA, and cloud integration. He specializes in designing scalable, secure enterprise solutions and driving digital transformation across banking and retail sectors while aligning technology strategy with business goals.

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Venkata Bonagiri

Staff Engineer, Macys, Johns Creek, Georgia, United States

Senior Distributed Systems and Data Platform Architect with 15+ years of experience in Cassandra, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems. Proven expertise in building and operating large-scale, high-availability systems supporting mission-critical applications. Experienced in evaluating technical solutions based on scalability, performance, reliability, and real-world impact. ACM-certified peer reviewer.

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Sirisha Chalamalasetti

Research & Product Manager, PCC Delaware LLC, Foxboro, Massachusetts, United States

Sirisha is a Research & Product Leader in HR compliance technology, specializing in multi-state labor law and workforce solutions. She leads product strategy for compliance SaaS platforms, helping employers navigate complex employment regulations. With a software engineering background from Infosys, she brings technical depth, compliance expertise, and strong product leadership.

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Saranya Chandrasekaran

Director of Software Engineering, Empower, Ashland, Massachusetts, United States

Saranya is Director of Mobile Engineering with experience building and scaling secure mobile products in fintech. She is passionate about technology, innovation, leadership, and creating great user experiences.

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Yashovardhan Chaturvedi

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Torc Robotics, Leander, Texas, United States

Yashovardhan is a Senior ML Engineer at Torc Robotics, architecting AI for autonomous trucking. He is a co-inventor on "System and Method for Real Time Control of an Autonomous Device" for sensor-based navigation and a speaker at AV Technology Expo 2025. Yashovardhan has 9+ years deploying safety-critical ML.

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Theresia Co

Managing Consultant, Solutions Partner Limited, Hong Kong

Theresia Co is the Managing Consultant at Solutions Partner Limited, delivering customized organizational development and people-capability solutions. With over 25 years’ experience in the financial, insurance, and retail sectors, she specializes in leadership development, executive coaching, capabilities assessment, organizational learning, talent development, and change management.

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Panagiotis Coutoulas

Product Leader, ASAPP, New York City, New York, United States

Panagiotis (Peter) Coutoulas is a Product Leader in AI at ASAPP, where he leads HILA (Human-in-the-Loop Agent), Messaging Platform and AI Services. A Stanford MBA with previous experience at McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Suisse, Panagiotis specializes in translating advanced AI into measurable enterprise impact.

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Chetan Dalal

Cofounder & CPO, Weekday, Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Chetan is the founder and CPO of Weekday, an AI focussed recruitment startup. Weekday raised $2.2M funding from Y Combinator and others, and is currently at $3M annual revenue. At Weekday, Chetan deployed LLM-based Agentic search and ranking solutions at a scale of 100M candidates.

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Bahar Ergökmen

Senior Head of Pegasus Academy, Pegasus Airlines, Mugla, Bodrum, Türkiye

Bahar Ergokmen is an experienced Learning & Development leader specializing in leadership development, corporate academies, and business-driven talent strategies. With a strong track record of designing award-recognized learning initiatives, she is passionate about creating measurable organizational impact through innovative development solutions.

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Nirmal Ganesh

Senior Director of Product Management, Senior Director, San Jose, California, United States

Nirmal Ganesh is Senior Director of Product Management at Box, leading the Intelligent Workflow and Automation suite, including Box Automate. An expert in Enterprise AI and product strategy, he previously drove growth at Adobe. He holds an MBA from BYU and began as a software engineer, specializing in digital workflow transformations.

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Gunduz Guldamlasi

Head of Learning and Awards Division, Augdemy, İstanbul, Türkiye

An executive-level leader with 20+ years’ experience in learning, culture transformation and employee experience across tech, telecom, automotive, aviation and finance. Gunduz is Founder of Augdemy and a former global academy director, recognized for building corporate academies, leading diverse teams, driving OKR and agile transformation, and delivering 350+ award-winning people solutions.

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Weitse Hsu

Technical Program Manager, Office of the CTO, Rippling, San Francisco, California, United States

Scott Hsu is a Technical Program Manager in Rippling's Office of the CTO, leading initiatives across enterprise scalability, site performance, and customer migration. Previously, he held roles at Notion and consulted at BCG across Greater China and Southeast Asia. Wharton MBA, Business Analytics.

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Satya Kolukuluri

Success Architect Director, Salesforce, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Satya Kolukuluri is a Success Architect Director at Salesforce, IEEE Senior Member, and enterprise technology evaluator with 20+ years of experience. He advises CTO/CIO teams on API architecture, cloud resiliency, and AI governance, and led 90+ strategic architecture assessments in FY25. He brings objective, standards-based judgment.

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Clair Laurelle

CEO/Founder, CCIA Solutions Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Clair is a 3-time award nominated consultant turned venture operator/CEO. She specializes in lean, exit-ready systems and cross-functional alignment for distributed companies.

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Honghao Li

Co-Founder & CTO, SynMind, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Honghao (Elyon) Li is a Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech, where he develops large-scale customer and membership platforms serving millions of users. He has experience across full-stack development, cloud-native systems, distributed applications, and AI-powered products. He is also co-founder of an AI startup focused on educational technology and intelligence.

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Takuzen Lu

Founder & CEO, ZenAI,Inc (Rotaku), San Jose, California, United States

Takuzen Lu is the Founder and CEO of Rotaku (ZenAI, Inc.), developing humanoid robots for real-world applications. He closed a funding round at a $4.3M valuation and was accepted into Miracle Plus, a highly selective accelerator. His work spans robotics, engineering, business, and product development.

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Antony Michaeline Praveen Maria

Senior Manager, Tata Consultancy Services, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, United States

A Global Human Resources Executive and strategic architect of workforce transformation, dedicated to aligning complex enterprise goals with high-impact talent ecosystems. Backed by over 14 years of progressive leadership at Tata Consultancy Services, Antony Michaeline Praveen specializes in human resources strategy, engineering data-driven retention solutions, and driving large-scale digitization.

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Psabeyr Ningombam

CEO, PhrasIQ, Imphal, Manipur, India

Psabeyr "Eddie" Ningombam is the Founder and CEO of PhrasIQ, a Delaware-incorporated enterprise AI company building an agentic decision operating system for finance. He leads product strategy, fundraising, and go-to-market for the company.

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Guntulu Peker

People and Sustainability Vice President, SAHİBIMDEN.COM, Boca Raton, Florida, United States

With more than 20 years of HR leadership experience across the technology and telecommunications sectors, Peker leads Employee Experience, Digital Transformation, Employer Branding, Internal Communication, Quality, Business Continuity, and Sustainability at sahibinden.com. She is a certified coach, a mentor at the Women in Technology Association, and actively supports sustainability initiatives.

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Atul Punj

CEO, IBS Fintech, Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States

Atul Punj is an accomplished IT industry leader with over three decades of experience in global delivery, enterprise sales, and digital transformation. He currently serves as the CEO of IBSFINtech USA, leading the company's expansion into the U.S. market.

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Arul Mozhi Rathinasamy

HR Head-Business Unit, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Strategic HR Leader with 16+ years of experience across the Global HR landscape, including 5 years of onsite experience in the United States. Expertise spans in Talent Engagement, Talent Management, Talent Transformation, Workforce Planning, and Recruitment. Known for conceptualizing impactful people strategies, leading large scale HR initiatives, and delivering solutions.

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Abhishek Sharma

Business Architecture Senior Manager, Accenture, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

A Senior Business Transformation leader at Accenture with 18+yrs of experience in digital transformation, enterprise architecture, & customer experience strategy. Abhishek evaluates solutions, transformation programs, and innovation initiatives, assessing scalability, business impact, and technical organization transforming customer engagement with innovative, scalable enterprise solutions.

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Sachin Shinde

IT Solution Management, APPLIED MATERIALS INC, Tracy, California, United States

Sachin is a Senior Solution Architect with 21 years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing equipment and 16 years specializing in product configuration systems, architecting the CPQ platforms that serve as the configuration backbone for a full equipment portfolio. His expertise spans systems architecture, ERP/SAP integration, configuration management, and process automation.

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Shatrunjay Singh

Senior Software Engineer, Bloomberg LP, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Shatrunjay Kumar Singh is a senior technology leader and full-stack engineer with 20+ years of experience in financial technology and legal analytics. At Bloomberg LP, he leads secure, AI-enabled platforms for Bloomberg Law, Gov, and Tax, including LLM-powered legal analytics. A CISSP, he combines deep technical expertise with cloud security leadership.

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Yuvraj Singh

CEO & Co-Founder, Arusto Inc., Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Yuvraj Singh Shergill is the Co-founder & CEO of Arusto, the AI creation and governance layer for enterprise learning - used by Harvard Business Publishing, the Government of India, UpGrad, and Emeritus, with 10,000+ hours of content produced across 100+ languages. Arusto was selected among 40 companies worldwide for The Pitch by Deel.

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Jesse Strot

Soapy Joe's, Santee, California, United States

Jesse Strot is a Director of Learning & Customer Experience at Soapy Joe’s, specializing in innovative training, employee engagement, and customer-centric strategy. A recognized L&D leader, he designs impactful learning experiences that elevate performance, strengthen culture, and drive business results.

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Gopalakrishnan Subramaniam

Senior Vice President, Revenue Operations Dell Technologies, Round Rock, Texas, United States

A senior executive at Dell Technologies leading Global Revenue Operations, Insights & Execution for a $100B+ portfolio across AI, Server, Storage, Networking, and Client businesses. Gopalakrishnan specializes in translating strategy into scalable execution; driving growth, margin expansion, and operational rigor across complex global organizations.

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Pınar Taşyurt

HR Supervisor Arkas Line Global Human Resources, Arkas Line, Konak, İzmir, Türkiye

A Global HR Leader with more than 14 years of experience spanning logistics, manufacturing, retail, and hospitality industries. Currently serving as HR Supervisor at Arkas Line HQ, contributing HR operations across 18 international agencies, driving organizational effectiveness, talent excellence, and workforce strategies in a complex multinational environment.

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Neetu Uthaman

Senior Technical Product Manager, T-Mobile Inc, Bellevue, Washington, United States

A Strategic Product Manager with 15+ years of experience in the telecom domain, cloud platform transformation, and product management, Neetu brings strong expertise in Kubernetes platforms, data and AI products, and large-scale digital transformation initiatives. She led impactful initiatives such as launching an AI-driven intake platform that streamlined workflows and improved user experience.

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Olga Yakimakho

Senior Talent and Leadership Consultant, Penn Medicine, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, United States

Olga Yakimakho, MPA, SPHR, is a global HR executive in talent strategy and leadership enablement. With 20+ years of expertise across 180+ nations, she guides leaders through complex culture challenges and builds pipelines that drive sustained growth. Her programs have been recognized for excellence.