Mia Soarez is a media host and interviewer covering founders, venture capital, startups, AI, crypto, and emerging technology. She has interviewed 300+ founders and investors across 25+ conferences and cities, and has hosted and moderated conversations at TOKEN2049, Consensus, Proof of Talk, and other global technology events. Her work reaches 149K+ people across social platforms and a community of 40K+ email subscribers.

Mia Soarez is a media host and interviewer covering founders, venture capital, startups, AI, crypto, and emerging technology. She has interviewed 300+ founders and investors across 25+ conferences and cities, and has hosted and moderated conversation... Show more

Ignacio Lopez is a fractional Head of AI based in Miami. He works with family
offices, wealth firms and family-owned businesses across the United States and
Latin America.

He came to AI from the controls side rather than the product side. At KPMG he
audited SOX controls and did data privacy work for public companies. At JP
Morgan he was an information risk manager, including work against Banco Central
de la República Argentina regulation. He then spent three years at Kaseya, in
the MSP and IT channel.

His rule is that anything which has to be numerically correct is written as
deterministic code and never handed to a model. The model reads, flags, and
routes to a named person. It does not calculate. He built a quarterly reporting
engine on that principle for a family-owned real estate portfolio: every figure
is produced twice, once by code and once by a model, and the system refuses to
publish when the two paths disagree. Backtested against eight quarters that had
already been closed and signed off, seven reconciled and one did not. The engine
held it.

He also runs a live poll of family offices across eight countries. Roughly four
in five are already using AI. More than eighty percent have nothing written down
about it.

He presents in English and neutral Latin American Spanish.

Ignacio Lopez is a fractional Head of AI based in Miami. He works with family offices, wealth firms and family-owned businesses across the United States and Latin America. He came to AI from the controls side rather than the product side. At KPM... Show more

Vishwak Thatikonda is a Lead Full-Stack Developer at SDH Systems specializing in high-resilience, mission-critical systems. Known for building complex platforms from the ground up, his work ranges from contributing to ground-segment software for the Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to architecting the master data platform for a Fortune 500 global retail enterprise with tens of thousands of locations, a foundational layer for its next-generation point-of-sale system.

A technical pioneer in both the startup and enterprise worlds, Vishwak was the founding full-stack engineer at AirWorks, an MIT-born GeoAI company, where he built the platform from zero through its $7.9M Series A. He has led industry-first credit and banking initiatives serving 18 million users and directed blockchain-logistics pilots for UPS. Vishwak bridges the gap between deep-tech research and large-scale production reality. His latest open-source project, LambdaForge, is a serverless algorithmic trading engine built on AWS Lambda and EventBridge that empowers engineers to run professional-grade financial automation with near-zero operational overhead.

Vishwak Thatikonda is a Lead Full-Stack Developer at SDH Systems specializing in high-resilience, mission-critical systems. Known for building complex platforms from the ground up, his work ranges from contributing to ground-segment software for the ... Show more

Larry Larmeu is a technology and transformation executive based in London. Over twenty years he has led large-scale mergers, integrations, and organisational change programmes in financial services, holding leadership roles at major consulting firms and building delivery organisations from the ground up.

He writes and speaks about why transformation fails at the people layer rather than the technology layer, drawing on two decades of watching both go wrong. His work covers digital transformation, AI adoption, post-merger integration, and what leaders consistently misjudge about how organisations absorb change.

He is the author of subMERGED: A Business Novel on Leading Through Change, published in 2026, and has written for Digital First Magazine on organisational change in technology leadership.

Larry Larmeu is a technology and transformation executive based in London. Over twenty years he has led large-scale mergers, integrations, and organisational change programmes in financial services, holding leadership roles at major consulting firms ... Show more

Matt Andelman is a fintech and real estate executive focused on the intersection of capital formation, private markets, and tokenization.

Matt serves as Head of Business Development at Polymath, where he works with issuers, broker-dealers, financial institutions, asset managers, and technology partners to bring real-world assets and private-market investments on-chain. His work focuses on expanding adoption of Polymath’s institutional tokenization infrastructure and helping organizations navigate the path from traditional capital formation to blockchain-enabled financial markets.

Matt also co-founded ABC FinTech, which operates a tokenized commercial real estate fund focused on acquiring and managing investment properties while leveraging blockchain infrastructure to modernize ownership, investor administration, and the management of private real estate investments. Through ABC FinTech, Matt has gained firsthand experience at the intersection of commercial real estate, capital raising, investor relations, and digital securities.

In addition, Matt has hands-on experience in commercial real estate development and investment, including ground-up development, acquisitions, capital raising, investor relations, asset management, and project execution.

Across these roles, Matt has developed a broad network spanning broker-dealers, family offices, RIAs, investment sponsors, fintech companies, blockchain infrastructure providers, and private-market investors. He is particularly interested in building the infrastructure and partnerships necessary to make tokenized assets a practical part of mainstream capital markets.

Matt is based in the Chicago area and works with companies and investors across the U.S., Canada, and international markets.

Matt Andelman is a fintech and real estate executive focused on the intersection of capital formation, private markets, and tokenization. Matt serves as Head of Business Development at Polymath, where he works with issuers, broker-dealers, financi... Show more

Amol Agade is a VP-level Platform and DevOps Enablement leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling enterprise CI/CD platforms, SRE practices, and AI-driven automation in regulated environments.

His work focuses on applying artificial intelligence to the software delivery lifecycle—including intelligent pipelines, test optimization, predictive failure detection, policy-as-code, and responsible AI governance for production systems.

Amol has led organization-wide DevOps and reliability transformations, enabling teams to ship software faster, safer, and with higher confidence. He regularly shares practical insights through writing and conference talks on modern DevOps, platform engineering, and AI-enabled operations.

✍️ Writing: https://amolagade.medium.com/

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aagade/

Amol Agade is a VP-level Platform and DevOps Enablement leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling enterprise CI/CD platforms, SRE practices, and AI-driven automation in regulated environments. His work focuses on applying artifi... Show more

Seasoned backend-focused full-stack developer with over 7 years of experience, specializing in Python and Django. Previously worked as a Senior Developer at Paysika, contributing to the development of financial systems, and currently serve as CTO at QuickerPay, where I lead the design and development of scalable technology solutions.

With a strong background in FinTech, I focus on building reliable, secure, and high-performance systems. I am also a former computer science educator, passionate about sharing knowledge and supporting developers' growth in the Python ecosystem.

Seasoned backend-focused full-stack developer with over 7 years of experience, specializing in Python and Django. Previously worked as a Senior Developer at Paysika, contributing to the development of financial systems, and currently serve as CTO at ... Show more

Joyjit Roy is a recognized leader in AI, Machine Learning, and Information Technology, with expertise in cloud-native platforms and large-scale digital systems. With over two decades of experience in the IT industry, he has led digital transformation initiatives across insurance, financial services, and global eCommerce sectors, including Fortune 500 companies.

His research interests focus on enterprise AI systems, Agentic AI architectures, intelligent automation, and distributed cloud platforms supporting production-scale digital ecosystems. Roy contributes to the community through research, peer review, mentorship, and technical leadership.

He frequently speaks at AI, distributed systems, and enterprise technology transformation conferences and summits.

Joyjit Roy is a recognized leader in AI, Machine Learning, and Information Technology, with expertise in cloud-native platforms and large-scale digital systems. With over two decades of experience in the IT industry, he has led digital transformation... Show more

Edwige is an accomplished technologist deeply committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in STEM* (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). She holds a BSc in mathematics and an MSc in Computer Science from the University Lyon 1 (France), with a FinTech oriented educational background. With years of experience in various roles, including mobile development and banking applications, Edwige has navigated through many technologies and business domains. Since joining Swissquote in 2012, she has contributed to technical stacks and software delivery across multiple domains and layers, from Banking operations to Trading Systems Management. Her unwavering dedication to excellence, best practices and innovative perspective earned her a promotion to Vice Director in 2022, where she now oversees Methodologies, Program Management and Tech Talent teams within Software Engineering.
Despite her many accomplishments, Edwige remains eager to learn from others. She actively contributed to many talks, in Switzerland, or at International for Women In Tech or Lead Dev track!

Edwige is an accomplished technologist deeply committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in STEM* (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). She holds a BSc in mathematics and an MSc in Computer Science from the University Lyon 1 (France... Show more

Kosi builds smarter, faster data platforms for the real world. With a background across data science, engineering, and platform management, Kosi now drives data and AI initiatives at a major investment bank. Focused on scaling systems, streamlining workflows, and pushing the boundaries of what data can do, Kosi is passionate about making AI and infrastructure work better, not just bigger.

Kosi builds smarter, faster data platforms for the real world. With a background across data science, engineering, and platform management, Kosi now drives data and AI initiatives at a major investment bank. Focused on scaling systems, streamlining w... Show more

Aivars Kalvāns is a FinTech developer and spent more than 18 years developing and architecting payment card software for acquiring and issuing, as well as for accounting and utility payments, through mobile phones, ATMs, and POS terminals. At the moment, he is a contractor exploring Foreign Exchange, SWIFT, SEPA, ledgers, and other areas of the FinTech landscape.
The rest of the time is spent smashing with BJJ team Jelgava and participating as a Linux team member for Latvia in Locked Shields.

Aivars Kalvāns is a FinTech developer and spent more than 18 years developing and architecting payment card software for acquiring and issuing, as well as for accounting and utility payments, through mobile phones, ATMs, and POS terminals. At the mom... Show more

Barry has spent over 25 years in the tech industry; from developer to solution architect, business transformation manager to IT Director, and CTO of a £100m FinTech company. In 2020 Barry's passion for data and analytics led him to gain an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Applications.

He is happiest when he's at a whiteboard sketching out a process, architecture, roadmap or solving a problem. He's got a gift for taking complex ideas and presenting them in a way that technical and non-technical audiences can grok. He has a passion for simplifying the complex, and helping organisations use technology to transform and amplify their impact.

Barry has spent over 25 years in the tech industry; from developer to solution architect, business transformation manager to IT Director, and CTO of a £100m FinTech company. In 2020 Barry's passion for data and analytics led him to gain an MSc in Art... Show more

Wade is a CPA who brings 20 years of financial expertise and business management experience to U.S. Transactions Corp.
He was previously with Ernst & Young in San Francisco and later PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Stuttgart, Germany where he was senior engagement manger responsible for the assurance work for IBM, Sony, and several other multinational companies.
He also served as President/General Manager to three early-stage fast growth companies in the life sciences industry. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business with a B.S. in Economics.
U.S. Transactions Corp. was founded in 2009.
We focus on the Microsoft Dynamics space as the only integrated credit card processing solution with built-in connections to 120+ gateways and processors with access to every international currency. See USTPay on Appsource
www.ustranscorp.com/ustpay

Wade is a CPA who brings 20 years of financial expertise and business management experience to U.S. Transactions Corp. He was previously with Ernst & Young in San Francisco and later PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Stuttgart, Germany where he was senior ... Show more

Helping product led companies drive business growth through user experience design and leadership. My philosophy as a product designer is “test and iterate”. This is the fastest way to truly build a user focused product.

Helping product led companies drive business growth through user experience design and leadership. My philosophy as a product designer is “test and iterate”. This is the fastest way to truly build a user focused product. Show more

Harsh Gupta is a Senior Data Scientist at PayPal with more than 10 years of experience in analytics, experimentation, causal inference, A/B testing, and growth measurement across financial services, technology, and consulting.

He is the co-author of the forthcoming Packt book The Agent-Augmented Data Scientist, which focuses on making analytical work with coding agents reliable, reproducible, and trustworthy enough to support real decisions. His work examines how teams can combine the speed of AI agents with explicit business context, verification systems, and human judgment.

Harsh has won multiple AI and data science hackathons and has judged applied AI and data science competitions at Stanford University and California State University, East Bay.

Harsh Gupta is a Senior Data Scientist at PayPal with more than 10 years of experience in analytics, experimentation, causal inference, A/B testing, and growth measurement across financial services, technology, and consulting. He is the co-author ... Show more

Robert is a talented, energetic, and insightful product-focused speaker focused on helping teams and organizations build great products and align on their best ways of working to build trust and accountability. He has spent 15 years in the IT field with a primary focus on product development, agile framework, and software quality within both startups and enterprise organizations spanning diverse industries including Automotive, Insurance, Finance, Healthcare and the Department of Defense. He currently serves as a Sr Principal Product professional at Discover + Capital One helping build and evolve innovative products to ensure a brighter financial future for their customers. He is a relentlessly optimistic, culture-first leader who unlocks elite performance by developing people, fostering trust, and placing success over ego.

Robert is a talented, energetic, and insightful product-focused speaker focused on helping teams and organizations build great products and align on their best ways of working to build trust and accountability. He has spent 15 years in the IT field w... Show more

Sat Agrawal has an unvarnished commitment to delivering quality results. An avid learner, Sat holds a bachelor’s in computer science from Penn State and remains actively engaged in a wide range of learning resources. He is a Certified Chaos Engineering professional and practitioner, with additional certifications that include CKA, CKAD, and TOGAF. Sat's current focus in service mesh technologies exemplifies his commitment to stay at the forefront of cloud-native technologies.

At Discover Financial Services, Sat combines his diverse knowledge of concepts, practices, and processes with a strong advocacy for automation and efficiency. Tapping native strengths in analytical and communication skills, he enters mentoring and partnering relationships with business users, architects, and stakeholders across the enterprise to help product teams streamline their end-to-end product delivery cycles. A recognized top-level contributor himself, Sat influences engineers to embrace the agile practices that transform the way they work, leading ultimately to the delivery of dynamic, impactful solutions that align with organizational goals.

Sat personalizes his aptitude for leadership through his attendance and speaking at conferences and local meetups and by conducting hands-on proofs-of-concept. Participating in LinkedIn and other industry-leading blogs, he engages in a variety of topics that include DevOps, DevSecOps, and SREs.

Sat Agrawal has an unvarnished commitment to delivering quality results. An avid learner, Sat holds a bachelor’s in computer science from Penn State and remains actively engaged in a wide range of learning resources. He is a Certified Chaos Engineeri... Show more

Jaime is Principal Developer Advocate at Jack Henry where he leads the Developer Relations team working on open banking APIs. He is also a co-host of the More Than Just Code podcast. Jaime often enjoys a nice cup of coffee and conversation on various topics.

Jaime is Principal Developer Advocate at Jack Henry where he leads the Developer Relations team working on open banking APIs. He is also a co-host of the More Than Just Code podcast. Jaime often enjoys a nice cup of coffee and conversation on various... Show more

I am a Cloud Lead/Architect with a strong track record of successfully driven implementations. My experience spans multiple industries working with Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and financial services ERPs.

I am a Cloud Lead/Architect with a strong track record of successfully driven implementations. My experience spans multiple industries working with Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and financial services ERPs. Show more

I am a Senior Advanced Cybersecurity Engineer at the Naranja X SOC, where I serve as the lead for Digital Brand Protection. I have achieved a high level of maturity in early detection and mitigation of digital risks, developing management indicators and innovative playbooks. My approach is strongly based on automation and threat intelligence to stay ahead of attackers.

My speaking experience includes presentations at EcoParty, Tech4Impact, the Naranja X Awareness Tour, and the National Information Security & Cybersecurity Forum (FORUM), among others. These opportunities have allowed me to combine deep technical expertise with the ability to communicate effectively.

I am a Senior Advanced Cybersecurity Engineer at the Naranja X SOC, where I serve as the lead for Digital Brand Protection. I have achieved a high level of maturity in early detection and mitigation of digital risks, developing management indicators ... Show more

Varsha Vidit Shah is an AI and Enterprise Finance Transformation Architect with over 12 years of experience in designing and delivering automation solutions for global finance and compliance operations. Her work focuses on applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve efficiency, accuracy, and governance across enterprise financial systems.
Currently a Technical Architect at Tata Consultancy Services, Varsha contributes to large-scale finance and compliance transformation initiatives. She has led the design and development of AI-based solutions for areas such as revenue recognition, partner incentive programs, employment tax compliance, and procure-to-pay processes.
Her experience includes building systems for contract intelligence, audit validation, financial exception monitoring, and sustainability reporting across multi-country operations. These solutions have helped reduce manual effort and improve reporting accuracy within enterprise environments.
Varsha has also contributed to enterprise platform development for audit collaboration, policy governance, and financial workflow automation. In addition to her technical work, she supports team development through mentoring and has conducted training sessions on AI technologies.
She holds a Master of Computer Applications from Pune University and has earned Microsoft certifications in Azure Fundamentals, Power Platform Fundamentals, and Fabric Data Engineering.

Varsha Vidit Shah is an AI and Enterprise Finance Transformation Architect with over 12 years of experience in designing and delivering automation solutions for global finance and compliance operations. Her work focuses on applying artificial intelli... Show more

Suryasivaji Killi is an AI and financial analytics professional with approximately four years of experience spanning predictive analytics, demand forecasting, credit risk modeling, financial analysis, and data engineering. He combines expertise in machine learning, business intelligence, and quantitative finance to develop data-driven solutions that improve operational efficiency, forecasting accuracy, and strategic decision-making.
Currently, Suryasivaji serves as a Data Engineer GenAI at GMH Holdings, where he architects AI-powered forecasting and analytics systems for a hospitality portfolio of more than 150 properties. His work includes developing machine learning-based demand forecasting models, real-time anomaly detection systems, and generative AI solutions that transform complex analytical outputs into actionable business insights. These initiatives have contributed to significant improvements in forecasting accuracy and decision-making speed.
In addition to his corporate role, he is the Founder and CEO of Next Stock Inc., an AI-driven logistics startup focused on neighborhood-level demand forecasting and intelligent inventory optimization for micro fulfillment and circular supply chains. He leads product strategy, forecasting engine development, inventory optimization design, and business growth initiatives aimed at improving supply chain efficiency and reducing operational waste.
Previously, Suryasivaji worked as a Financial Analyst at S4Cloud, where he developed predictive financial models, Monte Carlo simulation frameworks, and working capital optimization strategies that enhanced forecast reliability and improved capital efficiency. Earlier in his career, he served as a Credit Risk Analyst at KT Investments, building credit risk scoring models, stress testing frameworks, and portfolio risk monitoring systems for retail lending operations.
Suryasivaji holds a Master of Science in FinTech and Analytics from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. His technical expertise includes machine learning, time series forecasting, financial modeling, credit risk analytics, data engineering, and business intelligence technologies, including Python, SQL, Tableau, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Scikit-learn.

Suryasivaji Killi is an AI and financial analytics professional with approximately four years of experience spanning predictive analytics, demand forecasting, credit risk modeling, financial analysis, and data engineering. He combines expertise in ma... Show more

Lekan Lawal is the Founder & CEO of Mazesoftwares, a digital agency delivering high-impact software solutions and the Assistant Vice President, Solutions at Bitoshi.africa where he engineered the platform’s core mobile, backend and crypto infrastructure. With up to a decade of experience from early web development days to building scalable fintech and crypto platforms. Lekan has helped startups across Africa and beyond launch products that scale. Passionate about clean architecture, developer growth and real-world problem-solving, he brings deep technical insight and practical strategies for building software that thrives in emerging markets.

Lekan Lawal is the Founder & CEO of Mazesoftwares, a digital agency delivering high-impact software solutions and the Assistant Vice President, Solutions at Bitoshi.africa where he engineered the platform’s core mobile, backend and crypto infrastruct... Show more

David Gokhshtein is the founder and CEO of Gokhshtein Media, an independent newsroom and market-data company covering markets,
crypto, politics, technology, sports, and world news, and the host of The Breakdown, a daily show with more than 780 episodes. His beat is retail money: what ordinary investors are buying, selling, and arguing about, tracked in his own newsroom's data and reported without a position to sell. He appears on Fox Business and Sky News, among others, and is a former congressional candidate. Gokhshtein Media was founded in 2017 and includes Gokhshtein (gokhshtein.com), GMARKETS (gmarkets.io), and Gokhshtein PR (gokhshteinpr.com).

David Gokhshtein is the founder and CEO of Gokhshtein Media, an independent newsroom and market-data company covering markets, crypto, politics, technology, sports, and world news, and the host of The Breakdown, a daily show with more than 780 epis... Show more

He is Google Developer Expert in GCP , working as Sr. DevOps Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group .He has previously worked as a cloud engineer at Searce (GCP Premium Partner) He is Google Cloud Champion Innovator in the category of Modern Architecture with CKA + 3X Certified in GCP and 1X in Azure . He has been helping small and mid sized startups to adopt and implement best practices in cloud and DevOps culture to fasten their software delivery process. He loves to integrate various GCP service like networking, compute, storage , containers, GKE etc, and likes to Implement various use cases. He loves to explore and deep dive into GCP services and also help community by creating content and writing medium blogs.

He is Google Developer Expert in GCP , working as Sr. DevOps Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group .He has previously worked as a cloud engineer at Searce (GCP Premium Partner) He is Google Cloud Champion Innovator in the category of Modern Architectur... Show more

Ratnadeep Simhadri is a Staff Software Engineer with 12+ years building payment and fintech systems that process over $1.68 trillion in annual transaction volume across 200+ markets. At PayPal, he architects and develops the Open Banking platform — the aggregation layer connecting thousands of global financial institutions — and builds the data insights products layered on top of it, including agentic applications that turn open banking data into actionable intelligence for merchants.

His background spans payments orchestration, open banking, checkout platforms, and large-scale distributed systems. He has designed real-time payment infrastructure serving hundreds of millions of users and extensible checkout systems supporting diverse payment methods across regions, all built for high availability and sub-second latency.

He leads cross-functional work across engineering, data science, product, and compliance, translating regulatory and business requirements into technical architecture. He mentors engineers at every level and has been recognized with enterprise-wide innovation awards. His current focus is the intersection of open banking infrastructure and AI-driven financial intelligence.

Ratnadeep Simhadri is a Staff Software Engineer with 12+ years building payment and fintech systems that process over $1.68 trillion in annual transaction volume across 200+ markets. At PayPal, he architects and develops the Open Banking platform — t... Show more

Vyshak Bellur is a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase with over 10 years of experience building enterprise-scale systems across financial services, automotive, and retail.

He specializes in applying AI in real-world production environments, including LLM-powered workflows, observability-driven systems, and large-scale API platforms. His work focuses on making AI reliable, scalable, and compliant within regulated industries.

Vyshak has led initiatives that improved system reliability, reduced production incidents, and supported high-volume transaction systems. He is particularly interested in bridging the gap between AI innovation and practical enterprise adoption.

He is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, with research spanning applied machine learning, computational linguistics, and bioinformatics.

He speaks about building AI systems that work in production — not just in demos.

Vyshak Bellur is a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase with over 10 years of experience building enterprise-scale systems across financial services, automotive, and retail. He specializes in applying AI in real-world production environments, i... Show more

Pradeep Narayanan is an accomplished Application Programmer and Development & Integration Tech Lead at UC Berkeley with over 21 years of enterprise solutions expertise, specializing in PeopleSoft implementations, technical upgrades, and financial system modernization across mission-critical environments supporting 25,000+ users globally.
At UC Berkeley since 2016, Pradeep leads modernization initiatives for financial and procurement operations across the university, Berkeley Foundation, and Center for Executive Education. He has orchestrated multiple critical PeopleSoft upgrades from Financials 9.2 PUM 14 to PUM 32 while maintaining 99% system uptime. His work includes Ghost Card payment implementations with US Bank, Wells Fargo check printing solutions, and vendor onboarding security initiatives that have generated substantial annual savings and enhanced operational efficiency.
With 6+ years in Oracle-PeopleSoft product development and 15+ years in enterprise consulting with IBM and industry leaders, he brings deep expertise across HRMS, Payroll, Financials, and CRM applications, delivering measurable business value for organizations including CVS Health, Sprint Nextel, and Allied Holdings.
Pradeep holds certifications in PeopleTools Developer, Certified Scrum Master, PMBOK PMP Trained, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Architect Professional, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Generative AI. His technical proficiency spans PeopleCode, Application Engine, Integration Broker, and REST/SOAP Web Services. Notably, he achieved a 60% reduction in system maintenance overhead while improving data accuracy. Based in California, he continues to drive enterprise transformation through innovative PeopleSoft solutions.

Pradeep Narayanan is an accomplished Application Programmer and Development & Integration Tech Lead at UC Berkeley with over 21 years of enterprise solutions expertise, specializing in PeopleSoft implementations, technical upgrades, and financial sys... Show more

Kiran Kumar Reddy Pamuru is a seasoned data technology professional with over 20 years of comprehensive experience spanning database management, business intelligence, and cloud-based data engineering solutions. Currently serving as an Application Engineer and Finance Analyst at Google since April 2021, Kiran manages critical internal sales compensation applications handling over $1 billion in annual payouts for more than 9,000 sales representatives.
With 13+ years of specialized expertise in SQL Server development and administration across versions 2005-2016, Kiran has mastered complex T-SQL development, query optimization, and performance tuning. His database proficiency extends to advanced design concepts including normalization, star and snowflake schema modeling, and comprehensive database administration encompassing security management, backup strategies, and high availability implementations.
Kiran's business intelligence expertise spans 8+ years with the Microsoft BI stack, including extensive experience in SSIS for ETL package development, SSRS for interactive reporting, and SSAS for analytical solutions. His technical versatility includes 3+ years of NoSQL ETL development and 9+ years of Google Cloud Platform experience with tools like Dremel, F1, and Tenzing.
At Google, Kiran has demonstrated exceptional capability in developing enterprise-scale financial systems, implementing order-to-compensation traceability tools, and creating sophisticated PLX workflows and dashboards. His work includes integrating Anaplan with Callidus systems to streamline financial planning and forecasting processes, while ensuring strict compliance and data integrity through role-based security implementations.
Prior to Google, Kiran held key positions at Global Logic, NexInfo Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services, and KARVY Consultants, where he led database development projects, managed large-scale data warehousing initiatives, and designed solutions for complex business requirements. His experience includes leading development teams, serving as Scrum Master, and managing multi-terabyte data environments.
Kiran holds a B.Tech in Information Technology from Madras University and combines deep technical expertise with strong business acumen, making him a valuable asset in bridging the gap between complex data technologies and business outcomes. His proven track record in financial systems, compliance management, and large-scale data processing positions him as a leader in modern data engineering and business intelligence solutions.

Kiran Kumar Reddy Pamuru is a seasoned data technology professional with over 20 years of comprehensive experience spanning database management, business intelligence, and cloud-based data engineering solutions. Currently serving as an Application En... Show more

Maya Nicks leads U-Topia's technical architecture and engineering orchestration across a team spanning blockchain, full-stack, and AI. Her background spans aeronautical engineering, commercial aviation, and cybersecurity. She pivoted into machine learning in 2015 while researching muscle loss in microgravity, and has built AI systems ever since, alongside over a decade in crypto dating to 2013. She architected U-Bot, the AI orchestration system powering U-Topia's agentic banking and commerce layer, built on Visa Intelligent Commerce.

Maya Nicks leads U-Topia's technical architecture and engineering orchestration across a team spanning blockchain, full-stack, and AI. Her background spans aeronautical engineering, commercial aviation, and cybersecurity. She pivoted into machine lea... Show more