Experienced brand builder and business leader with expertise in consumer goods, especially beauty & luxury category. Demonstrated success in delivering industry leading results consistently in complex regional and global roles. Skilled in leading large, diverse multi-functional teams across the commercial spectrum with experience in multiple regions (North America, Asia Pacific, Greater China) & channels (eCommerce, D2C, Specialty, Department Stores, Stand-alone Stores, Club). Expertise in strategy and business model development, brand marketing, digital transformation, commercial operations, & retail. Passionate about driving thought leadership in consumer marketing, building high performing organizations, digital and disruptive thinking. 

Aditya is a business and technology professional with a passion for using data to drive meaningful business results. With over a decade of experience in the industry, he has developed expertise in delivering measurable outcomes across a variety of areas, including product, marketing, growth, and operations. 

Aditya’s approach to his work is both data-driven and people-focused.By placing a strong emphasis on collaboration, communication, and relationship-building with stakeholders across the organization, he has a track record of delivering tangible business results, leveraging his expertise in data analysis, product management, and growth marketing. He has worked with both startups and large enterprises, helping them to scale their businesses and optimize their operations through strategic planning, process improvement, and innovative technologies. 

In his current role as a senior leader at Nue Life, Aditya is responsible for overseeing the company’s product, engineering, data and growth teams. He is focused on driving growth through a data-driven approach, leveraging customer insights and market trends to inform decision-making and develop winning strategies. Aditya’s passion for using data and technology to drive business outcomes is his core competency. 

Arvind Kumar Bhardwaj is currently working in Capgemini. He is a Technology Transformation Leader with 18+ years of industry experience in Business Transformation, Software Engineering Development, Quality Engineering, Engagement Management, Project Management, Program Management, Consulting & Presales. Arvind is a seasoned leader with experience in managing large teams, successfully led onshore and offshore teams for complex projects involving DevOps, Chaos Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Application security and Cloud Native Apps Development.

Arvind is IEEE Senior member and Author of the book "Performance Engineering Playbook: from Protocol to SRE”. He is an “Advisory Committee" Member, 9th International Conference ERCICA 2024 and IEEE OES Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion(DEI) Committee member. Arvind holds 2 Master degrees in computers and business administration. Arvind has published research papers in major research publications and technical articles on dzone.com and other major media. Arvind served as a judge for reputable award organizations in Technology and Business which include Globee Awards, Brandon Hall Group and Stevie Awards. Arvind is senior coach and approved mentor listed in ADPlist organization.

Experience of more than 20 years in different HR areas & currently excited and learning about Procurement, promoting our digital transformation, designing our future suppliers’ experience,  communicating new ways of working while experiencing a new Procurement Model at CEMEX.[Text Wrapping Break][Text Wrapping Break]In my HR experience, I worked in Leadership Development Programs, Planning, Development, Managing Information and HR tools. Have worked both in corporate and in operations. Have participated in projects or assignments such as: Design and Implementation of IGNITE and CONNECT Leadership Development Program, Design & Implementation of other Development programs, Engagement Survey, LMS product and learning offering implementation, support to all HR processes, liaison with HR Services and provided guidelines for implementation & leading HSC SAP implementation worldwide.[Text Wrapping Break][Text Wrapping Break]I have an MBA in ITESM CEM and bachelor’s in Communication also at ITESM. 

I am the Senior Manager of the Learning Experience Design (LXD) Team supporting the J&J Learn Global Services Center (GSC) organization. I establish and implement targeted learning strategies, utilize Scrum/Agile methods to provide “iteration” project management on team projects, perform “people manager” activities in managing my nineteen Learning Experience Design (LXD) team members, and ensure the application of adult learning theories in the design and development of J&J learning content. 

My team has won 6 Brandon Hall Group Awards (2 Gold, 4 Bronze) for designing and developing key J&J Learn GSC Learning Programs in the last two years. 

• Managed the award winning LXD Team, including setting strategic direction, defining standards, establishing processes, utilizing the latest technologies, and facilitating professional development. 

• Partnered with J&J Business Units to design, develop, and deliver efficient learner-centric, world class learning. 
• Ensured the team applies consistent and thoughtful diversity, equity, and inclusion in all learning. 
• Utilized learning data to make informed, purposed decisions. 
• Conduct research on the future of learning design and development, including experience learning, simulation, gaming, and AR/VR. 

Gary is a veteran of 17 years as BH judge. Originally working in the UK as Chief Learning Architect for a global learning business, he relocated to Australia in 2011, working for ANZs largest provider of enterprise training across technology, end user, process and professional development. 

Gorkem has 13 years of experience in training and development field in Banking, Retail and Healtcare sectors.  

She graduated from Istanbul University in Business Administration Department. When she was a university student in 2007, she started her career in Garanti Bank. Then she completed her Pre-Master and Master Degree in Business Administration in the UK at University of Wales (UWIC). She lived in the UK for 3 years and during this period she took part in many projects and had the opportunity to do research on companies and had certificates about training, development and management fields. 

Then she continued her career in retail sector in training and development department. After 3 years, she started to work in Acıbadem Healthcare Group which is the part of world’s second largest healthcare chain and has 25.000 employees. 

In 13 years, she built her expertise around instructional design, program development and management (leadership development programs, certification programs, management trainee programs), talent management, measuring training programs’ results (ROI), e-learning, mentoring, corporate university. 

Gorkem led her team to win Brandon Hall Group-HCM “Best Certification”- Gold Award in 2015, “Best Advance in Leadership Development”- Gold award in 2020 and win the awards from other award platforms with their other training & career management programs. 

I have interests in Designing, Product development and Mechanical Engineering. For about 9 years I have worked under several titles including Project Engineer, Mechanical Engineer and Design Engineer. My current employer is ABL Automation Inc and have been working with them since Sep 2016. My expertise is the development of advanced and/or technical measurements and applications into successful and profitable products. 

With over 19 years of experience in IT consulting, Joyanta Banerjee is a seasoned Certified Solution Architect who excels in conceptualizing, designing, and developing software solutions that drive positive business outcomes for customers. 

Throughout his career, he has demonstrated technology leadership by successfully implementing distributed, secured, multi-tiered, scalable, and highly available mission-critical applications, both on-premise and on cloud infrastructure. He has a proven track record of delivering solutions that meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security. 

In addition to his technical expertise, he is dedicated to staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends. This enables me to develop comprehensive technological roadmaps and provide informed recommendations to organizations, aligning their IT strategies with the latest advancements in the industry. 

Joyanta is deeply committed to helping organizations derive maximum value from their IT investments. To achieve this, he leverages best practices, implements continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using AWS DevOps services, and follows Agile methodologies. By adopting these approaches, he enables organizations to achieve efficiency, agility, and accelerated software delivery while maintaining a strong focus on quality and collaboration. 

Overall, his goal is to leverage his extensive experience and technical expertise to empower organizations to achieve their IT objectives, drive innovation, and maximize the return on their IT investments. 

Kulbir Sandhu is a digital transformation leader with expertise in robotics process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud migration. He has led and implemented RPA solutions from inception to production for financial, healthcare, insurance, and federal clients. These solutions helped organizations save millions of dollars in operating costs, increased revenue, and improved productivity. Mr. Sandhu has a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication from Punjab Technical University. 

Michelle is an accomplished Lead Learning Experience Designer passionate about transforming education and empowering learners. She has 8 years of experience in both corporate learning and higher education. Michelle currently leads a team of 4 learning experience designers, leveraging their strengths and fostering a positive atmosphere that encourages growth and innovation. Michelle believes in Servant Leadership and uplifts her team by providing guidance, mentorship, and opportunities for professional development. 

Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Co-founder of Soul Therapy Clinic 

Neha is a future-focused and innovative professional committed to transforming organizations’ capability development landscape through its people, processes, culture, domain & technology. She has worked across multiple industries, large multinational organizations and global environments, leading her teams to win several prestigious International Awards like Brandon Hall and Association for Talent Development (ATD). 

Neha brings in two decades of experience. Through her career span, she has played many roles, such as a medical practitioner, psychological counsellor, master trainer, creative & brand visualizer, operations leader, instructional designer and capability development consultant. This has given her a vast amount of experience in knowledge management, customer centricity, large-scale talent and capability building projects. She is also responsible for building strategic solutions for leading global organizations across industries. These solutions have enabled business transformation, domain skilling, talent attraction & retention, culture enhancement and organizational development.  

As a Learning Strategist, Neha has combined her unique skills of science, technology, creativity, to build new-age and innovative learning practices. Adept in customized and addictive skilling approach, Neha has built unique solutions to improve learning experience. Some of her work involved enabling desired outcomes through social and digital learning interventions, micro & byte-sized learning, competency-based skilling, simulations, gamification, and the use of augmented reality in learning. 

Academically, Neha is a medical doctor and has rich experience in working with huge multispecialty hospitals, in the fields of Pathology, Oncology, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Psychological Counselling.  She is a gold medallist in Art & Painting and is a certified software programmer. As a Counselor - her deep passion for understanding basic human nature, and the inherent desire for learning, helps her constantly explore and discover new frontiers of meaningful learning and accelerated skilling. 

Archana Ravi is a Program Manager at Microsoft with over a decade of experience in the tech industry. She has had the opportunity to work on varied technologies. She has led several projects that have had a significant impact on the company's bottom line, including the development of new products and services. Arch is very passionate about customer success and always strives to bring the right solution to the market. 

Arch also holds a masters from California State University, Northridge, and a leadership certificate from UCLA.  

She currently serves on the board of advisory for two nonprofit which supports education through technology and Virtual Reality. 

Dhamayanthi has 20+ years of demonstrated experience in building and leading diverse L&OD and Talent Development functions on a global scale in a high-growth business environment.

Dhamayanthi has won several accolades including the Gold Business Impact Award, Silver Strategy Award, and Special Certificate of Merit for Trailblazer from International CLO Learning in Practice Awards, California. She was also the recipient of the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Award for C#.NET from Microsoft for three years, the HR Leadership Award, Best Learning Leader, HR Tech Leader, Training Leader of the Year, and Women Super Achiever awards. Dhamayanthi led her team to win 50+ awards including ATD Excellence in Practice Awards, and Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards.

Dhamayanthi has won the best presenter award at international conferences and published several research papers in reputed journals. Her Ph.D. research papers on the Improvement of Software Defect Prediction & Sentiment Analysis framework using Machine Learning Algorithms are published in Springer journals during 2018-2021.

She has been an invited speaker at various industry forums including SHRM, PMI, IEEE, CSI, NHRD, GSDC, CII, People Matters, World HRD Congress, iVentiv, and Dun & Bradstreet.

She currently works at Kyndryl, a spin-off of IBM, the world’s largest IT Infrastructure provider, headquartered in New York with $19 billion in Annual Revenue and a 90000-strong global employee base as a Director, Learning Consulting.

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Pradeep Chinnam is a technology leader with 15 years of experience in building software and managing high-performing engineering teams at industry-leading technology companies like Amazon, Stripe, and Expedia. Over the years, Pradeep has crafted and delivered both product and technology roadmaps, and understands how to overcome the technical and human challenges to achieve the goals. He is well-adept at coaching high-performance engineers to excel at building software and leading major technology initiatives. Pradeep holds a Masters in Computer Science from University of Maryland, and has filed multiple patents related to search and advertising domains. 

Pradeep Chinnam is a technology leader with 15 years of experience in building software and managing high-performing engineering teams at industry-leading technology companies like Amazon, Stripe, and Expedia. Over the years, Pradeep has crafted and delivered both product and technology roadmaps, and understands how to overcome the technical and human challenges to achieve the goals. He is well-adept at coaching high-performance engineers to excel at building software and leading major technology initiatives. Pradeep holds a Masters in Computer Science from University of Maryland, and has filed multiple patents related to search and advertising domains.