Catherine, an advocate for data literacy across economies, organizations, and individuals, spearheads DNA Capitals, driving competitive edges through digital opportunities. Awarded the 2021 Skills Future Fellowships by President Halimah Yaacob, she's immersed in transformative projects, fostering an unwavering zeal for data-driven decisions.
She envisions data as vital as a staple in decision-making, evolving from basic statistics to advanced methods, enabling real-time insights. Catherine seeks to elevate analytics beyond governance, placing it at the heart of strategic planning. Aligning analytics with business intricacies, she shapes strategies, processes, and impacts bottom lines.
Rejecting the stereotype of data analysts as mere number-crunchers, Catherine envisions their creative role in business model design and strategic development. She emphasizes analytics as integral to driving business and innovation, not just for measurement and governance. Her mission? To bridge the gap between data expertise and strategic business initiatives.
Dr. Sankaraiah Sreeramula, is Founder & CEO of Turilytix.AI, which helps businesses, through recommended insights, using machine learning, artificial intelligence, automated analysis, visual intelligence, and easily readable graphs. In this role, Dr. Sankar leverages information, innovation, and emergent technologies to help the business become more efficient, sustainable, and accountable. Dr. Sankar is an accomplished data science and AI leader with over 16+ years of experience in innovating and bringing new AI / data science driven solutions to different industries in both public and private sector.
A passionate consultant at heart with continued involvement in leading consulting engagements helping organizations get ready for the Future of Work. Demonstrated abilities to collaborate, partner and influence multiple stakeholders across various geographies and cultures. Entrepreneurial builder with proven track record of starting and scaling up teams and professional services practices across multiple organizations. Key sponsor of the HR innovation ecosystem - startups, accelerators, venture capitalists, innovators in South East Asia. Keynote speaker at Regional and Global HR conferences with various media mentions in both Print and Television. Strong and consistent business growth in business leadership roles undertaken. Enabled by clearly articulated priorities and focus, strengthened client value proposition with relevant and future ready offerings, strong business operations and discipline and nurturing senior team effectiveness.
May currently heads an award winning vertical of engineers, Product Managers, Product Analysts and UI/UX designers to propel experimentation to the heart of all decision-making in ZALORA. She has historically held ownership and strategic decision making over the go-to-market plans of multimillion-user consumer products, apps and platforms across SEA. May has worked with major startups in Southeast Asia such as Mindvalley, Lazada, iPrice and ZALORA where she works on developing products in early-beta, bootstrap mode all the way to maturity. These experiences have imbued her with the talent of rapid prototyping to derive learnings when faced with multiple challenges. As a principal product manager, surfacing users’ underlying needs and translating these into tangible enhancements and solutions is May's lifeblood. She knows exactly how to understand users’ psyches in tangible, practical terms and most importantly, pair this understanding with concrete solutions in her products.
Nikhil Dwarakanath is a pivotal member of the Tech Leadership team at Grab, where his roles span various domains such as product development, data seeding, and scaling efforts in Experimentation, AI, and Growth. Previously, he played a key role in establishing the Data Science function at Snapdeal, focusing on data-driven product development and fostering a culture of experimentation and A/B testing across the organization. Nikhil also spearheaded the Growth function and co-managed key metrics like DAU and repeat rates. Prior to Snapdeal, he contributed to solving quantitative challenges in retail and fintech sectors globally as part of the Data practice at Genpact. Nikhil's passion lies in crafting scalable solutions for societal betterment and building high-performance teams that drive innovation and transformation within organizations.
Daniel has over 39 years of experience covering the Asia Pacific region, Daniel has graduated from his technical roots as a Software Engineer after graduating from University of Guelph in Canada, and learning from ground up to hone his skills in Marketing, Sales and People Management. He is a frequent speaker, panelist, moderator in regional events like SCCCI SMEICC, BIGIT, TechTarget Marketing Summit and also mentoring sessions in Sunway University Malaysia, Penang Institute’s ‘Beyond National Education’ seminar. His passion for marketing does not only stop at the theory stage. He believes in operationalising the frameworks through the lens of ‘Humanising Marketing’ where it starts with WHY and is relevant to humans - beyond technology, and focuses on delivering value rather than implementing checklists. He therefore spends quality time in mentoring and nurturing new marketers to ensure that the true meaning of marketing is preserved and progressed.
Debananda, a Cloud Analytics Sales Specialist with a strategic focus on Asia, excels in leading sales initiatives for AI, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning solutions. His expertise spans Azure Cognitive Services, R, Azure ML Studio, Python, Cortana Suite, TensorFlow, and ML Devops. As a Big Data Solutions Specialist, Debananda is well-versed in Azure Synapse Analytics, Hortonworks, HDInsight, Azure Databricks, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Hbase, Kafka, Ambari, Ranger, and ZooKeeper. His proficiency extends to Cloud Data Solutions, encompassing Azure Data Factory, Cosmos DB, Blob, Data Lake, IOT Hub, Event Hub, and Stream Analytics. Debananda also brings in-depth knowledge of Database Solution Architecture, Data Warehousing, and Administration, including Teradata and Azure SQL DB. In ETL/BI/Data Modeling, he demonstrates expertise in Power BI, MSBI, DataStage, and ER Studio. Debananda's skills further encompass Data and Network Security, featuring Guardium, QRadar (SIEM), Protegrity, and Azure Network Isolation.
Stephen Tracy is an award winning data scientist, researcher, teacher and entrepreneur. Over the course of his impressive career, he's helped build highly successful data teams at global advertising titans like Publicis and IPG. Currently, he's working to disrupt the market research industry through innovative tech at Milieu Insight. Stephen has also been recognized for his industry contributions, having been awarded Campaign Asia's top 40-under-40 award for marcomm innovators. When he's not crunching data, he's sharing his wisdom and knowledge through a number of best selling courses he's developed on data literacy, available on Udemy. A respected voice in the industry, he has graced hundreds of stages, delivering keynotes to audiences as big as 10,000 people. And with three published peer-reviewed journals to his name, Stephen's multifaceted expertise not only shapes the present but also molds the future of market research and data science.
Dr. Ayesha Khanna is the Co-Founder and CEO of Addo, a Singapore-based global AI solutions firm. Forbes recognized her as one of Southeast Asia's groundbreaking female entrepreneurs. Ayesha advises top corporations and governments worldwide on AI, smart cities, and the metaverse. She's a sought-after speaker on disruptive technologies, delivering high-level briefings to governments and boards. Ayesha's membership in the World Economic Forum's Global Future Councils underlines her influence in shaping the governance of emerging technologies. Her expertise in AI's impact on the future of work and smart cities has earned global acclaim. Ayesha is renowned for her ability to communicate complex concepts and her leadership in driving innovation. With a passion for advancing technology for societal benefit, she continues to be a driving force in the global AI landscape, paving the way for transformative solutions and thought leadership.
Kim, a dynamic sales leader with over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry. As a successful Asian female in a male-dominated field, she has consistently shattered glass ceilings. Kim's journey of resilience saw her bounce back from losing her savings during the Global Financial Crisis, transitioning from a successful insurance producer to an insurance manager, and ultimately thriving in data analytics. Her deep industry knowledge enables her to develop innovative, data-driven sales strategies that align with today's market dynamics. A highly sought-after speaker and consultant, Kim has delivered over 70 talks for top multinational insurance and banking clients and has been featured at international conferences like Insurtech Connect and Digital Insurance. Recently, she shared her insights on digital distribution in (Re)In Asia, further solidifying her reputation as a thought leader in the industry.
Sankara is a seasoned data science professional with a career spanning over 15 years in this field across various sectors, including healthcare, banking, and mobility platforms. His expertise helps companies like HSBC, Fidelity, DBS, GRAB, apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning algorithms to develop and implement data-driven business strategies. In parallel, his passion for education led me to teach part-time courses in data science, AI, and business analytics, nurturing the next generation of industry professionals at IMT Hyderabad, General Assembly Singapore, Institute of Data Singapore etc.
Sankara holds Masters degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations research from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
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