Energy & Basic Resources

Valued experts focusing on the exploration, production, and management of energy sources and raw materials

Bhaiya Hari Narayan Singh

Bhaiya Hari Narayan Singh

Bhaiya Singh is an Associate Lead Data Scientist & AI Engineer at Nagarro,
specializing in Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Machine Learning. He designs
and delivers end-to-end AI solutions that create measurable business impact
across supply chain, manufacturing, energy, and utilities.

Bhaiya has a strong track record of turning complex AI challenges into
production-ready systems — from intelligent voice assistants and multi-agent
Talk-to-Data platforms to Agentic RAG pipelines and causal intelligence
solutions for enterprise operations.

Beyond engineering, he actively contributes to pre-sales and RFPs as part of
Nagarro's Data Science practice, mentors junior data scientists, and shares his
insights on AI through writing on Medium.

He is driven by one goal: helping teams move confidently from AI experimentation
to real-world, measurable impact.

Bhaiya Singh is an Associate Lead Data Scientist & AI Engineer at Nagarro, specializing in Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Machine Learning. He designs and delivers end-to-end AI solutions that create measurable business impact across supply cha... Show more

Shreyak Gupta

Shreyak Gupta

AI Specialist | Google Developer Expert (AI)

I specialize in designing and scaling Generative Al, ML, and cloud-native solutions that deliver real business impact. With 10+ years of experience in Al/ML, data platforms, and Google Cloud architecture, I've built solutions ranging from recommendation engines and search/ chatbots to enterprise GenAl platforms and RAG solutions.

As a Google Developer Expert and Champion Innovator, I contribute to the global community through talks, hackathons, and thought leadership - focusing on Agentic Al, Vertex Al, BigQuery, and Cloud Run. My approach blends technical depth with business strategy, helping organizations move from Al pilots to enterprise-grade adoption.

AI Specialist | Google Developer Expert (AI) I specialize in designing and scaling Generative Al, ML, and cloud-native solutions that deliver real business impact. With 10+ years of experience in Al/ML, data platforms, and Google Cloud architectur... Show more

Pål Bendiksen

Pål Bendiksen

PB has been in the industry for more than 20 years. His work experience includes companies like Universal Music, Deloitte, DNV and 10 years at Microsoft. Since 2010 he has worked on cloud solutions, focusing on hybrid cloud and integration. Working at Microsoft, Azure naturally became the cloud of preference, but he has great passion for technologies that enables systems to cooperate across different cloud providers. His primary focus is his delivery to client and mentoring colleagues.

PB has been in the industry for more than 20 years. His work experience includes companies like Universal Music, Deloitte, DNV and 10 years at Microsoft. Since 2010 he has worked on cloud solutions, focusing on hybrid cloud and integration. Working a... Show more

Raahul Singh

Raahul Singh

Raahul Singh has spent nearly six years at Phaidra as a Staff AI Research Engineer focused on one problem: making AI systems reason reliably about complex physical infrastructure. He is a co-inventor on US patent US20250021061A1, granted in January 2025, covering deterministic thermal constraint control systems directly related to the architectural concepts discussed in this session. Prior to Phaidra, he contributed to Google Summer of Code through SunPy/OpenAstronomy, developing forecasting systems for high-dimensional solar physics time-series data.

Raahul Singh has spent nearly six years at Phaidra as a Staff AI Research Engineer focused on one problem: making AI systems reason reliably about complex physical infrastructure. He is a co-inventor on US patent US20250021061A1, granted in January 2... Show more

Jean Marie Sadio

Jean Marie Sadio

I'm a Lead Data Engineering Consultant at Sopra Steria Next, focused on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Data platforms, and modern analytics architectures.
He supports organizations in designing scalable data platforms, improving governance, optimizing performance, and accelerating their data transformation journey.
I'm also an active Microsoft Fabric Community contributor and recognized Microsoft Fabric Super User.

I'm a Lead Data Engineering Consultant at Sopra Steria Next, focused on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Data platforms, and modern analytics architectures. He supports organizations in designing scalable data platforms, improving governance, optim... Show more

Fabio Santos

Fabio Santos

Graduated in Information Technology Management, MBA in Big Data from Fiap, postgraduate in Higher Education Didactics, I was also an Instructor in the technology area of SENAC (National Service of Commercial Learning) and SENAI (National Service of Learning industry)

Graduated in Information Technology Management, MBA in Big Data from Fiap, postgraduate in Higher Education Didactics, I was also an Instructor in the technology area of SENAC (National Service of Commercial Learning) and SENAI (National Service of L... Show more

Florian van Dillen

Florian van Dillen

I’m a passionate Developer and Cloud Solution Architect at 4Dotnet, with over a decade of experience building scalable, maintainable, and cloud-native solutions using .NET and Microsoft Azure. My focus lies in designing robust event-driven architectures, implementing microservices, and advocating for clean code and DevOps best practices.

I’m a passionate Developer and Cloud Solution Architect at 4Dotnet, with over a decade of experience building scalable, maintainable, and cloud-native solutions using .NET and Microsoft Azure. My focus lies in designing robust event-driven architectu... Show more

Christian Andrade

Christian Andrade

PhD in Accounting and Finance from Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP), researching the impact of corporate governance distance on cross-border M&A performance, 11 years as Partner Director at Fênix Consultoria, 7 years as CFO at Fumex Tabacalera (American subsidiary), and 4 years as CIO at CdF International(Dutch Company).

Has successfully led 5 cross-border M&A transactions, leveraging Microsoft Business Central (BC) for financial integration, valuation, and post-merger process harmonization. More than 100 ERP implementations in more than 20 countries.

Holds dual Master’s degrees (Management Science – University of Kent, UK, and Accounting – UFBA), an MBA in Corporate Finance (FGV), and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Computer Science (UFBA). Certified PgMP and PMP (PMI). Recognized for natural leadership, mentoring, and coaching abilities, with high commitment, structured thinking, and excellent negotiation skills.

PhD in Accounting and Finance from Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP), researching the impact of corporate governance distance on cross-border M&A performance, 11 years as Partner Director at Fênix Consultoria, 7 years as CFO at Fumex Tabacalera (Am... Show more

Stevie Sims

Stevie Sims

Stevie Sims is a Lead Power Platform Developer at Shell, where he leverages his expertise in building innovative solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform. With a strong focus on Power Apps, automation, AI integration, and process improvement, Stevie is dedicated to driving digital transformation and evangelizing AI and Citizen Development through the Power Platform's suite of low-code/no-code tools.

Stevie Sims is a Lead Power Platform Developer at Shell, where he leverages his expertise in building innovative solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform. With a strong focus on Power Apps, automation, AI integration, and process improvement, Ste... Show more

Stephen Parkins

Stephen Parkins

If you're comfortable with the status quo, you won't enjoy listening to Stephen Parkins.

Stephen is a seasoned innovation strategist, executive coach and business leader with over two decades of experience turning uncertainty into opportunity.

With a career spanning roles as an energy trader, global head of innovation, and startup founder, Stephen has worked with companies of all sizes - from agile one-person ventures, to European scale-ups, to multinational corporations with over 100,000 employees.

As the founder of Culturedge®, Stephen advises medium to large enterprises on building the structures and strategies they need to embed innovation, take manageable risks and achieve exponential growth.

As the co-founder of Strategy Quest, Stephen gives companies the opportunity to co-design AI-powered business simulations and wargames - to strengthen their resilience and decision-making under uncertain conditions.

Known for pushing boundaries and telling executives not what they want, but what they need to hear – Stephen has helped redesign flagship products like ABN AMRO Bank's Tikkie and established global innovation frameworks at organisations like SGS.

A polyglot and global citizen, Stephen has lived in five countries and speaks five languages, bringing an international perspective to every new challenge.

If you're comfortable with the status quo, you won't enjoy listening to Stephen Parkins. Stephen is a seasoned innovation strategist, executive coach and business leader with over two decades of experience turning uncertainty into opportunity. ... Show more

Bhargav Shetgaonkar

Bhargav Shetgaonkar

AI Scientist driving scalable retail modeling, causal inference, and supply chain decisions for Target's growing digital business. Previously, he was a Graduate student in AI at Duke with research stints at the Center for Advanced Hindsight and IBM Labs for their open source and pro bono initiatives.

AI Scientist driving scalable retail modeling, causal inference, and supply chain decisions for Target's growing digital business. Previously, he was a Graduate student in AI at Duke with research stints at the Center for Advanced Hindsight and IBM L... Show more

Arne Bartels

Arne Bartels

20+years of database and DataWarehouse development

20+years of database and DataWarehouse development Show more

Emanuel Toledo

Emanuel Toledo

Emanuel Toledo is a Data Scientist and holds a degree in Public Management, specializing in the implementation of artificial intelligence and the strategic use of data in organizations.

With over 15 years of experience in the public sector, he works on designing practical frameworks for AI adoption, addressing its limitations, risks, and challenges in real-world decision-making contexts.

He is the founder of Thinking Out!, a consulting firm focused on data analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation, where he supports institutions and professionals in the effective integration of these technologies.

He is currently researching how the public sector can reduce its structural gaps and improve its capabilities through the strategic adoption of technology. As part of this work, he developed a digital transition approach adaptable to different types of organizations, aimed at effectively integrating data and artificial intelligence in real-world management contexts.

Emanuel Toledo is a Data Scientist and holds a degree in Public Management, specializing in the implementation of artificial intelligence and the strategic use of data in organizations. With over 15 years of experience in the public sector, he wor... Show more

Daniel Paredes

Daniel Paredes

Computólogo por profesión, melómano por obsesión y chilango de tiempo completo. Soy co-fundador de Sudo FCiencias, Lider @ AWS Student Builder Group UNAM y Staff @ PythonCDMX. Creo firmemente que facilitando el acceso al conocimiento tecnológico nos acercará a un mejor futuro para todxs.

Computólogo por profesión, melómano por obsesión y chilango de tiempo completo. Soy co-fundador de Sudo FCiencias, Lider @ AWS Student Builder Group UNAM y Staff @ PythonCDMX. Creo firmemente que facilitando el acceso al conocimiento tecnológico nos ... Show more

Scott Bock

Scott Bock

Scott has developed Java, Groovy, Kotlin, Go, and Javascript applications for industries as varied as Financial, Defense, Health Care, Energy, Agriculture, Education and Commercial. Scott is also spends time shaping the culture of the Omaha office and career path coaching. Scott's favorite aspects of being a developer are solving problems, learning new technologies, and mentoring newer developers.

Scott has developed Java, Groovy, Kotlin, Go, and Javascript applications for industries as varied as Financial, Defense, Health Care, Energy, Agriculture, Education and Commercial. Scott is also spends time shaping the culture of the Omaha office an... Show more

Matteo Codogno

Matteo Codogno

Matteo is a Technical Leader at WellD, a software house that delivers cutting-edge solutions in Energy, Industry Automation, and Health. A passionate full-stack developer with a love for backend development in Kotlin, he automates workflows wherever possible, proudly embracing efficiency. Matteo thrives on experimenting with emerging technologies and contributing to open-source projects while crafting innovative software architectures. He is also an active community organizer, co-leading the Frontenders Ticino meetup, where he fosters local discussions on the latest in frontend and backend development.

Matteo is a Technical Leader at WellD, a software house that delivers cutting-edge solutions in Energy, Industry Automation, and Health. A passionate full-stack developer with a love for backend development in Kotlin, he automates workflows wherever ... Show more

Elisa Restelli

Elisa Restelli

Solution Engineer at Microsoft specialising in data security and compliance. With a strong foundation in European and international law, she helps organisations navigate complex regulatory environments by translating legal and business requirements into effective technology solutions. She enables customers to bridge the gap between compliance mandates and technical implementation, driving secure, scalable, and compliant data protection strategies.

Solution Engineer at Microsoft specialising in data security and compliance. With a strong foundation in European and international law, she helps organisations navigate complex regulatory environments by translating legal and business requirements i... Show more

Julie Nottage CSP

Julie Nottage CSP

Julie Nottage, CSP, CEng, FEngNZ, is a Chartered Civil Engineer, international speaker and Commercial Confidence specialist with more than 30 years' experience across engineering and infrastructure in the UK, UAE and New Zealand. She helps technical professionals and organisations strengthen the human capabilities that turn expertise into impact — Confidence, Connection and Clarity. A Fellow of Engineering New Zealand and Certified Speaking Professional, Julie is President of Professional Speakers Association New Zealand (2024–2026).

Julie Nottage, CSP, CEng, FEngNZ, is a Chartered Civil Engineer, international speaker and Commercial Confidence specialist with more than 30 years' experience across engineering and infrastructure in the UK, UAE and New Zealand. She helps technical ... Show more

James Murray

James Murray

James JR Murray is a product leader with 22 years' experience. He is currently Lead Product Manager at Holiday Extras, and has also worked at Toyota Connected Europe, Direct Line and high-growth start-ups. He specialises in getting data ready for AI, taking AI products from pilot to production, and scaling API platforms, data platforms and ML-powered systems. He combines product judgement with deep technical expertise to turn complex data into products that solve real problems and hold up in the real world.

James JR Murray is a product leader with 22 years' experience. He is currently Lead Product Manager at Holiday Extras, and has also worked at Toyota Connected Europe, Direct Line and high-growth start-ups. He specialises in getting data ready for AI,... Show more

Marie Dedíková

Marie Dedíková

Marie Dedikova is a Senior Software Engineer at Thoughtworks, entrepreneur, and coach with nine years of experience in the technology industry. She is passionate about building technology that serves people and the planet, with a particular interest in ethical AI, responsible innovation, and sustainable software development. As a self-taught programmer, Marie understands the importance of accessible education. She has taught women programming at FrauenLoop, facilitated workshops, and delivered talks on AI, technology, and personal well-being. Through her work, she advocates for more conscious technology decisions and supports women in building fulfilling careers in tech.

Marie Dedikova is a Senior Software Engineer at Thoughtworks, entrepreneur, and coach with nine years of experience in the technology industry. She is passionate about building technology that serves people and the planet, with a particular interest ... Show more

Steve Lemme

Steve Lemme

Over a decade of comprehensive product experience across roles, allows me to identify opportunities and enable team members and business to achieve results faster is my story.

- Starting with being the customer in IT, building and managing a new data center for high-volume manufacturing data collection, analytics and process control.

- To being a strategic Oracle partner ISV partner effectively bringing together 30 acquired best of breed products into a top-tier IT Operations Management (ITOM) solution for distributed and mainframe environments.

- Then joining Oracle and driving product strategy and sales enablement. Guiding development of the next generation of market leading OCI Observability and Manageability, AIOps and Governance SaaS services.

- Served as director for global Oracle user community of 22k+ members, published Oracle author and industry speaker.

Now at IBM doing what I do best, helping advise clients on the latest Oracle technology solutions (Multicloud, AIDP and AI) and how to apply it in their business to Modernize applications, save cost and fund new innovation. Contact me today to have me speak at your event, or schedule a workshop at your site. And always look forward to meeting you at Regional User Community events, and annual Industry Events like Oracle AI World and IBM Think.

Over a decade of comprehensive product experience across roles, allows me to identify opportunities and enable team members and business to achieve results faster is my story. - Starting with being the customer in IT, building and managing a new d... Show more

Charis Charalampidi

Charis Charalampidi

Charis is a senior business intelligence analyst and consultant and the founder / co-organiser of PgGreece, the first Greece PostgreSQL Users Group.

With a long-standing interest in sciences, the arts and different cultures, she brings a diverse and cross-cultural perspective to community building and collaboration.

Charis is a senior business intelligence analyst and consultant and the founder / co-organiser of PgGreece, the first Greece PostgreSQL Users Group. With a long-standing interest in sciences, the arts and different cultures, she brings a diverse ... Show more

Andreas Erber

Andreas Erber

Andreas Erber has been working in software development for nearly 20 years and has found his true calling in his role as an Agile Coach. At iteratec and with its clients, he supports teams and individuals with a clear focus on their needs. He views GenAI as both an opportunity and a challenge and helps make the relevant topics visible and open for discussion in work contexts. In addition, he is actively involved internally as a co-founder of the Agile Community and externally in the German and international Agile and Liberating Structures Communities.

Andreas Erber has been working in software development for nearly 20 years and has found his true calling in his role as an Agile Coach. At iteratec and with its clients, he supports teams and individuals with a clear focus on their needs. He views G... Show more

Akshitha Gadde

Akshitha Gadde

Akshitha Gadde is a semiconductor and photonics R&D engineer with more than 10 years of experience spanning semiconductor fabrication, photonic devices, semiconductor lasers, optics, and reliability engineering. Her technical work focuses on the development and reliability of advanced semiconductor and photonic technologies, with particular interest in high-power laser devices, optical systems, and photonic technologies supporting next-generation computing and AI infrastructure.
Her experience bridges device-level engineering, fabrication, characterization, and reliability, giving her a multidisciplinary perspective on translating semiconductor and photonic innovations into robust, manufacturable technologies. She is also an inventor on patented semiconductor-laser technology and has contributed to technical work involving semiconductor laser design and reliability.
Her current technical interests include semiconductor laser reliability, silicon photonics, optical interconnects, photonic integration, and the reliability challenges associated with high-performance AI and data-center infrastructure.

Akshitha Gadde is a semiconductor and photonics R&D engineer with more than 10 years of experience spanning semiconductor fabrication, photonic devices, semiconductor lasers, optics, and reliability engineering. Her technical work focuses on the deve... Show more

Rohith Ashok

Rohith Ashok

Rohith Ashok is an SVP of Architecture at Fidelity Investments and a contributor to the FINOS CALM open-source initiative. Rohith's work focuses on architecture governance, developer tooling, and transforming software architecture with automation. In his spare time Rohith is an avid woodworker and technology enthusiast!

Rohith Ashok is an SVP of Architecture at Fidelity Investments and a contributor to the FINOS CALM open-source initiative. Rohith's work focuses on architecture governance, developer tooling, and transforming software architecture with automation. I... Show more

Elisa Elias

Elisa Elias

Profesional en ciberseguridad con experiencia práctica en pruebas de penetración, seguridad de tecnologías IoT e inteligencia de amenazas aplicada a infraestructuras críticas y proyectos de consultoría internacional. He desarrollado soluciones de seguridad robustas para entornos complejos que abarcan desde dispositivos IoT hasta infraestructuras en la nube, con expertise demostrada en evaluación de vulnerabilidades, investigación de seguridad e integración DevSecOps.
A lo largo de mi trayectoria, he ejecutado pruebas de penetración comprehensivas en aplicaciones web identificando vulnerabilidades críticas en sistemas corporativos, proporcionado capacitación especializada a equipos de desarrollo y creado materiales de concienciación en seguridad. Mi experiencia incluye investigación especializada en seguridad para la industria petrolera, desarrollando análisis de seguridad en sistemas de adquisición de datos IoT utilizando tecnologías LoRaWAN y BLE para infraestructuras críticas energéticas, realizando evaluaciones de seguridad en campo y desarrollando protocolos de integración segura desde dispositivos hasta implementaciones en la nube.
Mis competencias técnicas abarcan seguridad ofensiva y defensiva, incluyendo análisis de vulnerabilidades, seguridad IoT y tecnologías operacionales, inteligencia de amenazas e investigaciones OSINT.
Como figura publica en la comunidad profesional, he participado como ponente en más de 17 talleres y conferencias de ciberseguridad internacionales, incluyendo eventos en instituciones reconocidas y keynotes especializados en DevSecOps y Web Pentesting. He construido una comunidad digital de más de 400,000 miembros especializados en ciberseguridad, democratizando el acceso al conocimiento técnico a través de contenido educativo especializado.
Mi enfoque profesional integra experiencia práctica en seguridad ofensiva con capacidades sólidas en investigación y comunicación técnica, especializándome en transformar hallazgos técnicos complejos en estrategias de seguridad implementables y contribuyendo al fortalecimiento del ecosistema de ciberseguridad en América Latina.

Profesional en ciberseguridad con experiencia práctica en pruebas de penetración, seguridad de tecnologías IoT e inteligencia de amenazas aplicada a infraestructuras críticas y proyectos de consultoría internacional. He desarrollado soluciones de seg... Show more

Vara Bonthu

Vara Bonthu

Vara Bonthu is a Principal Technologist for Open Source – Data, AI & Kubernetes at AWS, and a CNCF Maintainer for the Kubeflow Spark Operator and MCP Server for Spark History Server. He leads the Data-on-EKS and AI-on-EKS open-source initiatives, helping organizations architect and scale distributed data and AI workloads on Kubernetes.
With hands-on experience managing Spark deployments across thousands of nodes and hundreds of thousands of pods, Vara focuses on performance optimization, workload resiliency, and AI-driven observability for cloud-native data frameworks including Apache Spark, Ray, and Kubeflow. He actively contributes to CNCF and open-source communities, advancing standards for scalable data processing, AI inference, and agentic AI systems on Kubernetes.

Vara Bonthu is a Principal Technologist for Open Source – Data, AI & Kubernetes at AWS, and a CNCF Maintainer for the Kubeflow Spark Operator and MCP Server for Spark History Server. He leads the Data-on-EKS and AI-on-EKS open-source initiatives, hel... Show more

Sophocles Zoullas

Sophocles Zoullas

Beginning in 2008, Sophocles Zoullas spent nearly two decades on the Board of Directors and Members' Committee of the London P&I Club, and since 2010 he has been a member of the Lloyd's Register North American Advisory Committee, which he chaired for more than a decade. That governance work has run alongside his role as Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Shipping, a privately held maritime investment and operating platform with interests across the tanker and dry bulk sectors.

Zoullas's long tenure with the London P&I Club and Lloyd's Register reflects the importance he places on institutional governance in shipping. He is also Director Emeritus of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), a role tied to his commitment to environmental stewardship and responsible maritime operations.

The same priorities have shaped the companies he has built. His leadership philosophy emphasizes transparent governance, rigorous risk management, and long-term capital stewardship, principles he has applied for more than three decades as a Greek-American industrialist, investor, and maritime executive working across global shipping, capital markets, and international maritime governance. His work sits at the intersection of global trade, energy logistics, industrial modernization, and long-term capital stewardship.

The pattern started early. From 1989 to 2005, Zoullas served as an executive officer and director of Norland Shipping & Trading Corporation, with responsibility for vessel acquisitions, financing, chartering, insurance, technical oversight, and operating-cost management. When the International Safety Management (ISM) Code was introduced across the industry in the late 1990s, he adopted it early, reasoning that institutional capital, lenders, and global charterers would come to expect transparent systems and disciplined operations.

He brought the same forward view to vessel technology. As the founding principal of Delphin Shipping, he built a fleet of new Ultramax and Supramax bulk carriers and was an early adopter of fuel-efficient design. With leading shipyards and classification societies, he oversaw the development and construction of a new generation of eco-design bulk carriers when fuel efficiency was only beginning to emerge as a significant driver of vessel economics and environmental performance. The program included the first fuel-saving bulk carrier delivered in China and led to what became the world's first fleet composed entirely of eco-design vessels, combining operating performance, capital efficiency, and environmental responsibility.

At Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., which he founded in 2005 and led as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 2015, Zoullas paired growth with protection. He took the company public on Nasdaq within eight months of its formation in one of the earliest and most successful U.S. shipping IPOs of the modern era, expanded it to a 45-vessel fleet, and made it one of the world's most significant owners of Supramax dry bulk vessels. Along the way, he introduced one of the industry's first fleet-wide charter-default insurance programs.

Eagle Bulk's expansion rested on a substantial newbuilding and fleet-expansion program and on relationships across global shipbuilding, chartering, banking, and the public and private capital markets. That growth earned Eagle Bulk a place on Fortune Small Business's 2009 ranking of the 100 Fastest-Growing Small Public Companies in America.

Since founding Zenith Shipping in 2015, Zoullas has followed a long-term, cycle-driven investment strategy. He deployed significant capital during the 2015 to 2017 shipping downturn, acquiring assets at depressed valuations and building a diversified private fleet of crude tankers, product tankers, and dry bulk vessels. As a private owner, he can transact discreetly, maintain strategic flexibility, and build a fleet without signaling his intentions to the market, an approach reflected in a TradeWinds profile titled "Being a private shipowner means no one sees me coming."

Over his career, he has acquired and sold more than 100 commercial vessels, commissioned over 40 newbuildings in Japan and China, and raised billions of dollars across public and private capital markets through IPOs, secondary offerings, private equity, and structured debt financings. That work rests on long-standing commercial relationships across Japan, China, Korea, Europe, and the United States.

Zoullas's service extends well beyond shipping. A graduate of Harvard College with honors and a Harvard College Scholar, he earned an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been involved as a mentor and on the Advisory Board of Harvard's Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship, serves as Co-Chair of the Modern & Contemporary Art Committee at the Harvard Art Museums, and previously served on the Dean's Cabinet of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is a Trustee of the Norton Museum of Art.

In New York, he served on the Board of The Episcopal School in the City of New York from 2002 to 2022, and he spent nearly two decades as an Advisory Board Member of NYC Parents in Action. He also co-produced Cradle of Champions, a documentary about New York's Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament that was released on Showtime in 2018.

Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families named Zoullas its Person of the Year in recognition of his philanthropic work. He has also been honored as Man of the Year by the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce, received Marine Money's Annual Award, and been included in the TradeWinds Power 100 ranking of influential figures in international shipping.

The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Barron's, TradeWinds, and Marine Money have featured his perspectives on shipping and capital markets, and he has appeared on CNBC, Fox News, Jim Cramer, and Erin Burnett. He has delivered keynotes at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Private Equity Conference and multiple Marine Money Ship Finance Forums. In 2026, at the Machina Summit in Paris, he gave a talk titled "The Next Industrial Supercycle: How Physical AI Will Transform the Global Industrial Complex," on the convergence of robotics, automation, and industrial infrastructure and its implications for supply chains, labor markets, and long-term capital deployment.

Sophocles Zoullas continues to lead Zenith Shipping while continuing his work on the Lloyd's Register North American Advisory Committee, keeping disciplined capital allocation, risk management, and long-term value creation at the center of his work.

Beginning in 2008, Sophocles Zoullas spent nearly two decades on the Board of Directors and Members' Committee of the London P&I Club, and since 2010 he has been a member of the Lloyd's Register North American Advisory Committee, which he chaired for... Show more

Pablo López

Pablo López

Pablo López Aguilar es ingeniero en informática con maestría en telecomunicaciones y especialista en gobierno y gestión de datos. Se desempeña como Arquitecto de Información en el Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) y es Presidente del capítulo DAMA Costa Rica – San José. Promueve la cultura del dato, la ética digital y la integración entre gobernanza, analítica y ciberseguridad en la región centroamericana.

Pablo López Aguilar es ingeniero en informática con maestría en telecomunicaciones y especialista en gobierno y gestión de datos. Se desempeña como Arquitecto de Información en el Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) y es Presidente del capí... Show more

Abhilash Majumder

Abhilash Majumder

Senior Deep Learning compiler engineer at Nvidia, ISO:C++ standardization member; Author

Senior Deep Learning compiler engineer at Nvidia, ISO:C++ standardization member; Author Show more

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