Health & Medical

Health professionals looking to deliver care, enhance well-being and address physical and mental health challenges

Dr. Renee Sunday

Dr. Renee Sunday

Dr. Renee Sunday, M.D., is an anesthesiologist with more than 26 years of experience managing high-risk, high-pressure environments where precision, decision clarity, and sustained performance are critical. She is also an AI integration strategist, Certified Scrum Master, and workforce performance consultant who helps organizations improve productivity while reducing burnout and cognitive overload.

Dr. Sunday works with corporate teams and technical leaders to design sustainable performance systems that support innovation without exhausting talent. Her work focuses on the intersection of behavioral science, emerging technology adoption, and leadership strategy. She has delivered training on AI implementation, workforce sustainability, and performance optimization for professional organizations, government groups, and leadership teams.

Dr. Sunday brings a unique cross-industry perspective that connects healthcare decision science with software engineering performance and modern workplace demands.

Dr. Renee Sunday, M.D., is an anesthesiologist with more than 26 years of experience managing high-risk, high-pressure environments where precision, decision clarity, and sustained performance are critical. She is also an AI integration strategist, C... Show more

Kim Steffenhagen

Kim Steffenhagen

Kimberly “Kim” Steffenhagen
About Kimberly “Kim” Steffenhagen
Kimberly “Kim” Steffenhagen is a dedicated and innovative professional with extensive experience in the field of medical coding and quality assurance. As the Coding QA and Compliance Manager at Align ENT & Allergy, Kim plays a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of coding processes, contributing significantly to the company's continued success.
Professional Background
Kim holds several prestigious certifications, including CPC, CEMC, CPMA and CPCO from AAPC, as well as the COPM certification from ASCENT. Kim is honored to be a member of the inaugural class of AAPC's Emerging Leader Program. These certifications underscore her exceptional expertise in medical coding, auditing, and practice management. Throughout her career, Kim has demonstrated a strong commitment to excellence, consistently delivering outstanding results and earning a reputation for her meticulous attention to detail and thorough understanding of complex coding guidelines.
Achievements and Contributions
Under Kim's leadership, Align ENT & Allergy has achieved remarkable milestones in coding accuracy and compliance. Her strategic vision and innovative approach have been instrumental in streamlining coding processes, reducing errors, and enhancing overall operational efficiency. Kim's dedication to continuous improvement and her ability to adapt to evolving industry standards have cemented her status as a key figure in the company's growth and success.
Personal Interests
Outside of her professional life, Kim is passionate about spending time with her family, reading, camping, and hiking, which reflects her creativity and drive. Kim and her family organize an annual charity haunted house in Boyertown, PA.
Contact Information
Kim can be reached at kims@alignenta.com or through https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-steffenhagen-cpc-cemc-cpma-copm-3a6b2378/ where she welcomes connections and opportunities to collaborate.

Kimberly “Kim” Steffenhagen About Kimberly “Kim” Steffenhagen Kimberly “Kim” Steffenhagen is a dedicated and innovative professional with extensive experience in the field of medical coding and quality assurance. As the Coding QA and Compliance Man... Show more

Sachin Kumar

Sachin Kumar

Google Developer Expert, Chief Technology Officer at Intellitek Health and Intellitek.ai, Google For Startups Accelerator Mentor, Founder, and Head of GDG Doha, Speaker, Writer, Blogger, Mentor, and Youtuber. He developed an early fascination for technology and since then, has always been on a quest to learn, share and innovate. As CTO, he has elevated the company in the connected healthcare ecosystem by using various innovative technologies from its inception to date. Also, loves to share the experience and learnings of the products and services with the community to inspire them to build a better future. He has vast experience in AI/ML, mobile, web, VR/AR, Voice, and Cloud Computing, and also building solutions for the Healthcare industry and is responsible for building and providing a platform for the American Heart Association’s National Hypertension Program in the United States. Recognized as an expert in technology and leadership, invited by world-class institutes and startup accelerators to participate in public lectures, mentorship, and training.

Google Developer Expert, Chief Technology Officer at Intellitek Health and Intellitek.ai, Google For Startups Accelerator Mentor, Founder, and Head of GDG Doha, Speaker, Writer, Blogger, Mentor, and Youtuber. He developed an early fascination for tec... Show more

Francisco Javier Barrena Castillo

Francisco Javier Barrena Castillo

CTO at Vitio, where I lead the engineering of a healthcare telemonitoring platform built as a regulated medical device (MDR, IEC 62304, ISO 13485). I've spent over a decade designing and shipping distributed systems across very different industries, with deep hands-on experience in the Java ecosystem, Kubernetes, and event-driven architectures (NATS, Kafka, Flink, TimescaleDB). Before Vitio, I was CTO at Kyso and Principal Engineer at Labster. Along the way I've taught more than 50 courses on these topics and I'm a regular speaker at Spain's top tech conferences, Codemotion, Commit Conf and T3chfest among them. These days I spend most of my energy at the intersection that fascinates me most: building fast, pragmatic engineering teams that ship serious software in regulated, life-critical environments.

CTO at Vitio, where I lead the engineering of a healthcare telemonitoring platform built as a regulated medical device (MDR, IEC 62304, ISO 13485). I've spent over a decade designing and shipping distributed systems across very different industries, ... Show more

Marinka Natale

Marinka Natale

Just a nerd trying to change the world

Just a nerd trying to change the world Show more

Jessica Rudd

Jessica Rudd

Jessica Rudd, Ph.D. is currently based in Atlanta, GA. Jessica brings 15 years of experience in analytics, more recently specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence software development.

Jessica’s expertise includes the development of end-to-end machine learning pipelines, enterprise-grade software development, high-quality synthetic data generation, data security, privacy, and compliance regulations, AI ethics, applied statistics, sports analytics, and healthcare technology.

Jessica holds a PhD in analytics and data science from Kennesaw State University and a Masters in Public Health & Global Epidemiology from Emory University.

Jessica Rudd, Ph.D. is currently based in Atlanta, GA. Jessica brings 15 years of experience in analytics, more recently specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence software development. Jessica’s expertise includes the developmen... Show more

Raj Devarajan

Raj Devarajan

Raj Devarajan grew up in India with a steady sense of purpose and an early commitment to medicine. At fifteen, he entered Madras Medical College, beginning medical school while many students were still deciding what to study. That early step reflected the focus that would guide his long professional path.

After completing medical school, Raj moved to the US for advanced training. He completed residencies in adult psychiatry at Yale University, child psychiatry at Harvard University, and internal medicine and gastroenterology at Tufts University. By the time his fellowship ended in 1994, he had developed a broad clinical background that enabled him to understand patients' needs across both physical and behavioral health.

In 1994, Raj founded Middlesex Gastroenterology, PC. Over the next 29 years, he helped grow one of the busiest gastroenterology practices in Massachusetts. Before retiring from clinical medicine in 2023, he performed more than sixty thousand endoscopic procedures. He also founded the ERCP program at Emerson Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center, supporting treatment for problems involving the bile ducts and pancreas.

Raj Devarajan, MD, worked closely with Emerson Hospital, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, and Yale New Haven Medical Center. In 2005, he established ASC Middlesex Endoscopy Center, LLC, to help provide patient care more efficiently outside the hospital setting. He served as the facility's President until 2023.

Raj's leadership included serving as President of the Medical Staff at Emerson Hospital from 2015 to 2017 and as a Board member from 2015 to 2019. He also served as Past President of the Massachusetts Gastroenterology Association and the American Association of Gastroenterologists of Indian Origin. Beyond healthcare, he founded several companies in other sectors.

Raj served as a speaker for Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Forest Pharmaceuticals, and AstraZeneca. He also worked as a consultant for Boston Scientific and Pentax Corporation and served on the Medical Advisory Board of Cristcot Corporation and Allurion Corporation. He appeared in television interviews to explain common gastrointestinal diseases in clear language. He also holds a share of a patent for an HCA drug formulation tested worldwide and currently awaiting FDA approval.

Outside work, he enjoys golf, tennis, chess, bridge, and skiing. He is a father of two adult children and values charitable service, including supporting a school in India and volunteering at the Acton Food Pantry.

Today, Raj Devarajan serves as Global Medical Monitor at Cristcot, leveraging his clinical and regulatory experience to support drug development programs and advance medicine more broadly.

Raj Devarajan grew up in India with a steady sense of purpose and an early commitment to medicine. At fifteen, he entered Madras Medical College, beginning medical school while many students were still deciding what to study. That early step reflecte... Show more

Dr. Salvatore Palumbo

Dr. Salvatore Palumbo

Dr. Salvatore Palumbo, MD, FACS, FAANS, is a board-certified neurosurgeon and spine specialist on Long Island. He serves as Chief of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of Neurotrauma at Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he will complete 25 years in 2027. He also serves as Chief of Neurosurgery at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bethpage. He has spent much of his career treating complex neurological conditions and is recognized for his expertise within his practice and across the country.

Dr. Salvatore is known for a patient-first approach that combines advanced surgical techniques with personalized care plans. He carefully evaluates each patient’s condition to determine effective and less invasive treatment options. His goal is not only to relieve pain but also to restore function, mobility, and overall quality of life. He has helped thousands of patients with conditions involving the spine, neck, brain, and peripheral nerves. His surgical work includes intracranial procedures, complex spinal surgeries, and spinal reconstruction for both degenerative and traumatic disorders.

Salvatore Palumbo, MD, has extensive experience treating intracranial tumors and other neurological conditions. His procedures range from minimally invasive microdiscectomies to multi-level spinal stabilization surgeries. He diagnoses and treats conditions such as back and leg pain, arm and neck pain, sciatica, herniated discs, degenerative disc diseases, spinal stenosis, compression fractures, traumatic brain injuries, spinal and brain tumors, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Dr. Salvatore has received several recognitions, including being named a Top Doctor in America and on Long Island. While practicing in Pennsylvania, he also received the Outstanding Physicians Award. Patients often share meaningful feedback, with some referring to him as a “hero” and others highlighting the care he provided during recovery and long-term treatment.

He was one of the founding members of Long Island Brain and Spine and the Interventional Pain Management Group, which provides coordinated, multidisciplinary care. He is a Fellow of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the North American Spine Society and New York State and County Medical Societies. He completed his undergraduate degree at Duquesne University, earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed his internship and residency at the University of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital. He also donates to Catholic Health Long Island and Make-A-Wish. Dr. Salvatore Palumbo remains dedicated to patient care and community support.

Dr. Salvatore Palumbo, MD, FACS, FAANS, is a board-certified neurosurgeon and spine specialist on Long Island. He serves as Chief of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of Neurotrauma at Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where... Show more

Candice Van Dertholen

Candice Van Dertholen

Candice Van Dertholen is a Global Speaker, Retreat Facilitator, and Private Advisor to high-performing professionals, executives, and founders navigating growth, pressure, and visibility. She is the founder of The Warrior Within Healing, bringing over two decades of experience across leadership, business development, and wellness.

Her work focuses on identifying and shifting root-level patterns that directly impact decision-making, communication, and performance under pressure. She partners with leaders operating at a high level to strengthen internal clarity, stabilize momentum, and expand their capacity to lead with consistency and precision.

Candice’s approach integrates embodiment, nervous system regulation, and pattern recognition to address what traditional strategies often miss. The result is sustained performance, stronger presence, and the ability to navigate complexity without losing traction.

Candice has spoken for internal teams like McCormick & Company, Inc. and international conferences like Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading Conference in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She also volunteers as a speaker for NAMI Charlotte, bringing mental wellness support to the community.

In addition to her work, Candice is an event founder Warrior Defined, a men's mental health event in Charlotte, NC.

Candice Van Dertholen is a Global Speaker, Retreat Facilitator, and Private Advisor to high-performing professionals, executives, and founders navigating growth, pressure, and visibility. She is the founder of The Warrior Within Healing, bringing ove... Show more

Antonio Taylor

Antonio Taylor

Antonio Taylor is an executive leader, author, speaker, consultant, and AI advisor with more than 25 years of experience leading technology, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and organizational transformation across healthcare, nonprofit, and enterprise environments.

He is the author of Stop Trying to Be a Leader, a leadership book that challenges professionals to stop performing leadership and begin leading from identity, alignment, and responsibility. Antonio helps leaders and organizations navigate disruption by connecting people, process, technology, and business outcomes.

His work sits at the intersection of leadership, AI readiness, digital transformation, and human-centered change. He brings a practical executive perspective on what it takes to modernize systems, lead teams through uncertainty, and ensure technology adoption does not outpace organizational clarity.

Antonio’s sessions are story-driven, practical, and designed to help technical and business leaders move beyond tools and tactics to address the leadership decisions that determine whether transformation actually works.

Antonio Taylor is an executive leader, author, speaker, consultant, and AI advisor with more than 25 years of experience leading technology, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and organizational transformation across healthcare, nonprofit, and enterprise... Show more

Jen Ryan Galantowicz

Jen Ryan Galantowicz

Jennifer Galantowicz is an executive leader, business development strategist, and keynote speaker with over 20 years of experience driving growth across healthcare operations, technology consulting, and senior living. Known for her engaging and actionable speaking style, Jennifer helps organizations, executive teams, and emerging leaders navigate complex growth, prevent burnout, and build high-performing cultures.

She specializes in translating high-level organizational strategy into human-centric leadership practices. Her signature presentations focus on sustainable leadership momentum, the psychology of incremental progress, and strategic cross-functional alignment.

Beyond her corporate leadership, Jennifer serves on the Board of Directors for NAMI St. Louis and is an active community advocate. Whether delivering an intimate workshop or addressing a ballroom, she blends data-backed frameworks with real-world executive storytelling to leave audiences energized, equipped, and ready to execute.

NAMI St. Louis - Board Member, NAMIWalks St. Louis co-chair (namistl.org)
Jewish Family Services - NORC volunteer
Marcy's Project - volunteer
Society for Information Management (SIM) member, SIM Women, #SheLeadsTech
Women We Admire (WWA) contributor, member, presenter

Jennifer Galantowicz is an executive leader, business development strategist, and keynote speaker with over 20 years of experience driving growth across healthcare operations, technology consulting, and senior living. Known for her engaging and actio... Show more

Naveen Srikanth Pasupuleti

Naveen Srikanth Pasupuleti

Naveen Srikanth Pasupuleti is a seasoned data platform engineer with over 15 years of experience building high-performance data solutions across healthcare, financial services, and technology sectors. Currently serving as a senior engineer at Komodo Health in Dallas, Texas, Naveen leads cross-functional teams in designing and implementing data pipelines that have contributed to tens of millions in revenue.
With deep expertise in the Hadoop and Spark ecosystems, Naveen specializes in creating robust cloud-native solutions using AWS services including Redshift, S3, EMR, and Glue. His technical proficiency spans Python, Java, REST APIs, Kubernetes, and both SQL and NoSQL databases. He is particularly passionate about machine learning, generative AI, and deep learning applications in data engineering.
Naveen's career highlights include leading a team of engineers to develop temporal workflows for data materialization at Komodo Health, transforming SAS models to PySpark at JP Morgan Chase (achieving 90% performance improvements and saving millions), and optimizing clinical data processing pipelines at Bristol-Myers Squibb. His innovative approach to data quality frameworks and performance optimization has consistently delivered measurable business impact.
Academically, Naveen holds an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3.7 GPA) and a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (8.6/10 GPA). During his MBA, he served as a teaching assistant for Python courses with over 300 students.
Beyond his technical achievements, Naveen has received numerous recognition awards throughout his career, including 15+ Cisco Star Awards for exceptional performance. He combines technical excellence with strong leadership skills, mentoring junior engineers and driving continuous improvement initiatives across organizations. His commitment to innovation and collaborative problem-solving makes him a valuable asset in today's data-driven technology landscape.

Naveen Srikanth Pasupuleti is a seasoned data platform engineer with over 15 years of experience building high-performance data solutions across healthcare, financial services, and technology sectors. Currently serving as a senior engineer at Komodo ... Show more

Gaurav Madaan

Gaurav Madaan

Gaurav is a technology leader and entrepreneur with 16+ years of experience architecting and delivering high-impact software solutions across Telecom, Medical, Insurance, and now the frontier of AI-native product development.
As Co-founder & CTO at niwi, Gaurav owns the full technology vision — from strategic decisions and AI/ML roadmap to infrastructure governance, deployment pipelines, and organizational alignment. He leads a cross-functional team of 15–20 engineers, driving a culture of engineering excellence while keeping the product roadmap tightly in sync with real market demands.
What he's currently building:
One of his most ambitious initiatives is VINDRA (Vectorized Indian Nutrition Response Data Architecture) — a localized Large Language Model designed to bring culturally grounded, AI-powered nutrition intelligence to Indian users. It's where deep technical craft meets real-world impact.
At the leadership layer, Gaurav drives:

Technology strategy, architectural decisions, and AI development direction
IAM governance, multi-cloud deployments, and observability/monitoring frameworks
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) implementations and LLM integration
AKS-based infrastructure, CI/CD oversight, and mobile application delivery
Sprint cadences, project timelines, capitalization planning, and executive leadership forums

At the engineering layer, he stays hands-on:

PR reviews and architectural code guidance
Full-stack development (ASP.NET Core, Angular) and microservices evolution
Best practices enforcement: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, SonarQube, logging, caching, and performance benchmarking

Beyond the code and boardroom, Gaurav runs a technology meetup community, mentors aspiring engineers, and delivers training sessions at colleges and universities on technology and entrepreneurship. He is also a poet — writing in his native language — and finds that creativity in one domain sharpens thinking in the other.
Guided by three principles: do good for the world, become a better human being, and build things that matter.

Gaurav is a technology leader and entrepreneur with 16+ years of experience architecting and delivering high-impact software solutions across Telecom, Medical, Insurance, and now the frontier of AI-native product development. As Co-founder & CTO at ... Show more

Jimmy Sjølander

Jimmy Sjølander

Jimmy Sjølander is the Founder & CEO of Ahead XR, a Norwegian company pioneering the future of Active Gaming through immersive XR technology. With a background in UX design and extended reality development, he has built innovative experiences that combine physical movement, gaming, and social interaction.

Jimmy is the driving force behind Ahead XR Arena, a concept designed to transform traditional gaming into engaging, physical, and inclusive experiences. His work focuses on lowering the barrier to activity for young people while creating new opportunities for learning, health, and community building through technology.

He has presented Ahead XR on major stages, including Digithon 2025, where he showcased the vision for the next generation of gaming. As a finalist at Digithon and a nominee for the VRINN Awards, Jimmy is recognized as an emerging voice in the intersection of gaming, health, and immersive technology.

Through his talks, Jimmy challenges the traditional e-sports model and inspires audiences to rethink how gaming can create movement, connection, and real-world impact.

Jimmy Sjølander is the Founder & CEO of Ahead XR, a Norwegian company pioneering the future of Active Gaming through immersive XR technology. With a background in UX design and extended reality development, he has built innovative experiences that co... Show more

Iona Varga

Iona Varga

Azure, Check! Power Platform, Check! Not only am I a geek on technology, helping others is what thrives me!
From low-code and fusion-dev to process management and more. My background is in technology for healthcare and that is what excites me the most!

Azure, Check! Power Platform, Check! Not only am I a geek on technology, helping others is what thrives me! From low-code and fusion-dev to process management and more. My background is in technology for healthcare and that is what excites me the mo... Show more

Yug Mallik

Yug Mallik

Yug Mallik is an AI & Digital Strategy Leader and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) who helps organizations turn data into decisions and AI into real, measurable impact. With 17+ years of industry experience, he has led AI-driven initiatives across Healthcare, Oil & Gas, and enterprise platforms, bridging the gap between emerging technologies and practical business outcomes.

His expertise spans Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG architectures, Agentic AI, Copilot frameworks, AI automation, and Responsible AI governance—enabling teams to design scalable, ethical, and production-ready AI systems.

As a speaker, trainer, and mentor, Yug blends strategic perspective with hands-on execution, helping audiences move beyond hype to focus on real-world adoption, governance, and sustainable value creation in enterprise AI.

Yug Mallik is an AI & Digital Strategy Leader and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) who helps organizations turn data into decisions and AI into real, measurable impact. With 17+ years of industry experience, he has led AI-driven initiatives across H... Show more

Amy Gutman MD, FACEP

Amy Gutman MD, FACEP

Dr. Amy Gutman, MD, FACEP, is a board-certified emergency physician, global keynote speaker, best-selling author, and executive performance coach helping leaders optimize the biology behind high performance. Founder of ToughLoveMD and author of the best-seller "Powerhouse Living: Lead Your Life Like a Resuscitation", Dr. Gutman teaches organizations how sleep, stress, metabolism, recovery, and cognitive load drive decision quality, resilience, retention, and results. A keynote favorite across healthcare, technology, cybersecurity, business, and leadership events, she consistently earns outstanding feedback from attendees and organizers for her high-energy, science-backed, conference-favorite sessions that leave audiences thinking differently — with immediately actionable personal and professional impacts. Her mission is simple: most leadership development treats performance as a mindset problem. She treats it as a biological operating system. Using her Cellular Leadership and Powerhouse Physiology frameworks, Dr. Gutman turns emergency medicine, executive leadership, and human performance science into practical strategies for clearer decisions, faster recovery, stronger teams, and sustained high performance.

Dr. Amy Gutman, MD, FACEP, is a board-certified emergency physician, global keynote speaker, best-selling author, and executive performance coach helping leaders optimize the biology behind high performance. Founder of ToughLoveMD and author of the b... Show more

Jaime Rios

Jaime Rios

I'm Jaime Rios, a Cloud Security Architect and AWS Community Builder (Security) based in Mexico City with 10+ years of experience building HIPAA-compliant infrastructure for US healthtech companies.

I specialize in securing generative AI workloads on AWS. designing architectures with Amazon Bedrock, Connect, AppFlow, and Customer Profiles that let healthcare organizations adopt AI without compromising patient privacy. Speaker at JSConf MX 2025 ("HIPAA-Ready desde el Frontend") and AWS Community Day México 2025 (main stage). AWS Solutions Architect Associate certified.

I'm Jaime Rios, a Cloud Security Architect and AWS Community Builder (Security) based in Mexico City with 10+ years of experience building HIPAA-compliant infrastructure for US healthtech companies. I specialize in securing generative AI workload... Show more

Alexander Arians

Alexander Arians

Alexander Arians is Chapter Lead at AXA and is responsible for several teams in the health insurance sector. With over fifteen years of experience in software development and leadership, he combines technical expertise with strategic thinking and a strong focus on the development of people and teams.

Alexander Arians is Chapter Lead at AXA and is responsible for several teams in the health insurance sector. With over fifteen years of experience in software development and leadership, he combines technical expertise with strategic thinking and a s... Show more

Robert Convissar

Robert Convissar

Dr. Robert Convissar is a laser dentistry pioneer. One of the first dentists in the world to use lasers he close to 4 decades of experience with CO2, Diode, Erbium, Nd.YAG and PBM lasers He has authored 22 peer-reviewed papers and 6 laser textbooks, and delivered close to 500 Laser Certification and Tongue Tie Certification courses in 30 countries. He is the only dentist in the world to have the quartet of awards:
• Diplomate of the American Board of Laser Surgery
• Fellow of the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery
• Master of the Academy of Laser Dentistry
• Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry

His seminal textbook Principles and Practice of Laser Dentistry, now in its 3rd edition with a foreword by Gordon Christensen, has been the standard textbook on laser dentistry for over a decade – available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, and Polish. He practices laser dentistry in New York City, where he also serves as Director of Laser Dentistry at New York Presbyterian Hospital of Queens and Director of Laser Dentistry at multiple dental schools in the USA. He is also the only American on the faculty of the University of Genoa Master’s Degree Program in Laser Dentistry

Dr. Robert Convissar is a laser dentistry pioneer. One of the first dentists in the world to use lasers he close to 4 decades of experience with CO2, Diode, Erbium, Nd.YAG and PBM lasers He has authored 22 peer-reviewed papers and 6 laser textbooks,... Show more

Anukriti Gupta

Anukriti Gupta


I help enterprises stop treating AI and data as separate problems. By combining Knowledge Graphs with Generative AI, I build systems that are not just intelligent — they're explainable, connected, and production-ready.

Over the past decade, I've delivered AI and graph solutions for organisations including Unilever, UnitedHealth Group, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, and HSBC — across Healthcare, Banking, and Supply Chain.

My core work includes: — Graph-integrated RAG architectures (Neo4j, LlamaIndex, LangGraph) — GenAI agents for financial services, healthcare, and enterprise workflows — Multimodal document processing pipelines using LLMs — Knowledge graph implementations for fraud detection, supply chain tracing, and clinical data

I hold a Master's in Mathematics from IIT Bombay and have been recognised by Arun Jaitley and Shashi Tharoor for my work. I'm a WiDS Ambassador (Stanford), a NITI Aayog Mentor of Change, and a regular speaker at conferences including NASSCOM, DSCI, MinneAnalytics, and the Learning on Graphs Conference at IIT Delhi.

If your organisation is exploring how to move beyond basic LLM deployments and build truly structured, explainable AI — let's talk.

I help enterprises stop treating AI and data as separate problems. By combining Knowledge Graphs with Generative AI, I build systems that are not just intelligent — they're explainable, connected, and production-ready. Over the past decade, I'v... Show more

Godwin Adegbehingbe

Godwin Adegbehingbe

Godwin is an AI/ML engineer with a background in health sciences who leads the AI for Health portfolio at Data Science Nigeria, where his team builds AI solutions spanning multilingual health chatbots (Ìtọ́jú, DKT's Honey and Banana), traditional medicine data infrastructure (TradoMedAtlas), a geospatial micro-planning dashboard for Kano State, and AI-enhanced disease surveillance built on SORMAS. His work sits at the intersection of public health, low-resource African language NLP, and applied ML, with published research at ICLR and AfricaNLP.

Godwin is an AI/ML engineer with a background in health sciences who leads the AI for Health portfolio at Data Science Nigeria, where his team builds AI solutions spanning multilingual health chatbots (Ìtọ́jú, DKT's Honey and Banana), traditional med... Show more

Saideep Nakka

Saideep Nakka

Saideep Nakka is a systems-oriented medical device engineer with over a decade of experience leading the end-to-end development of complex robotic and navigation-assisted surgical systems. Currently serving as a Principal Systems Engineer at Medtronic, he has played a key role in driving full product lifecycle development from early-stage concept and Voice of Customer (VOC) insights to commercialization, ensuring safety, usability, and regulatory compliance across global markets.
Throughout his tenure at Medtronic, Saideep has led cross-functional engineering teams across mechanical, electrical, and software domains to deliver high-complexity medical devices. His work includes system-of-systems integration, design optimization of surgical instruments and high-speed motors, and execution of validation strategies using advanced statistical methods. He has also contributed to FDA submissions and international regulatory approvals through rigorous testing, animal studies, and technical documentation.
Saideep’s earlier experience includes roles at Becton, Dickinson and Company, where he focused on test engineering, feasibility studies, and translating clinician needs into design requirements, and at IBM, where he supported mechanical design, quality engineering, and supplier management for enterprise systems.
An innovator with a strong research background, Saideep has authored multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals and filed 16 patents related to surgical systems and robotic-assisted procedures. His contributions have been recognized with several awards, including Medtronic’s Technical Contributor of the Year (2024) and multiple Long-Term Incentive Awards for Technical Excellence.
In addition to his technical work, Saideep is an active contributor to the engineering community. He serves on the Medtronic Technical Forum Council, mentors students and early-career engineers, and regularly presents at scientific and engineering conferences. He holds a master’s degree in Engineering Technology from the University of North Texas and has completed advanced studies in Architecture and Systems Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Saideep Nakka is a systems-oriented medical device engineer with over a decade of experience leading the end-to-end development of complex robotic and navigation-assisted surgical systems. Currently serving as a Principal Systems Engineer at Medtroni... Show more

Saiteja Jonnalagadda

Saiteja Jonnalagadda

Saiteja Jonnalagadda is a Senior Cloud Engineer at CVS Health building applied AI and cloud systems for patient identity at national scale. His day-to-day work centers on patient identity resolution, record linkage, and data quality across large healthcare data platforms that feed enterprise AI. He is the sole author of a peer-reviewed IJCA journal paper on generative AI for synthetic patient data, and his IEEE-affiliated conference paper on privacy-preserving patient record linkage was accepted for oral presentation at INTCEC 2026. He serves on technical program committees for international computing conferences and has reviewed more than fifty technical papers. He holds an M.S. in Applied Computer Science and is an IEEE Member. His focus is responsible AI in healthcare that holds up in production.

Saiteja Jonnalagadda is a Senior Cloud Engineer at CVS Health building applied AI and cloud systems for patient identity at national scale. His day-to-day work centers on patient identity resolution, record linkage, and data quality across large heal... Show more

Harish kumar Kanukuntla

Harish kumar Kanukuntla

Harish Kumar Kanukuntla is an accomplished Data Engineer with extensive expertise in big data technologies, cloud platforms, and ETL development. Currently serving at McKesson Corporation since September 2021, he specialises in designing and implementing unified data model architectures using Databricks, PySpark, and Delta Lake on the Cloud Platform. His work focuses on developing robust data ingestion pipelines, automating data processing workflows, and ensuring seamless integration across diverse systems and technologies.
With a strong foundation in both traditional and modern data engineering practices, Harish has demonstrated proficiency across multiple cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. His technical arsenal includes hands-on experience with Databricks for big data processing, Talend for data integration, and various Hadoop ecosystem components such as HDFS, Hive, Impala, and Sqoop. He has successfully architected CI/CD deployment pipelines using Jenkins, while developing custom Python UDFs for complex data transformations and integrations with RDS and Delta Lake environments.
Before McKesson, Harish held data engineering positions at Booz Allen Hamilton and Cylance Inc., where he developed comprehensive ETL solutions using Talend Data Integration and Big Data tools. His responsibilities included designing data warehouse architectures, implementing data governance frameworks, conducting performance analysis on high-volume data processing jobs, and leading migration projects from legacy systems to modern data platforms like Netezza and cloud-based solutions. He has also served in roles at FastMed Urgent Care, MprSoft Inc., and YK Software Solutions, gaining valuable experience in dimensional modelling, SSIS development, database administration, and reporting services.
Harish holds impressive academic credentials, including a Master's in Information Systems Security from the University of the Cumberlands (May 2020), a Master's in Computer Science from Northwestern Polytechnic University (December 2016), and a Bachelor's in Information Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (June 2014). He is also a Certified Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator and Certified Talend DI Developer. His domain expertise spans healthcare, banking, and finance sectors, where he has consistently delivered data solutions that drive business insights and operational efficiency.

Harish Kumar Kanukuntla is an accomplished Data Engineer with extensive expertise in big data technologies, cloud platforms, and ETL development. Currently serving at McKesson Corporation since September 2021, he specialises in designing and implemen... Show more

Roxy Rodriguez-Becker

Roxy Rodriguez-Becker

Roxy Rodriguez-Becker is a Developer Community Manager with a background in web development and public education. She created the Tube Feed Tracker PWA for a niche part of the medical community to help thousands of families around the world. Roxy is a Cuban American mother of 3 living in Houston, Texas. She enjoys working out, listening to tech podcasts, and meeting new people.

Roxy Rodriguez-Becker is a Developer Community Manager with a background in web development and public education. She created the Tube Feed Tracker PWA for a niche part of the medical community to help thousands of families around the world. Roxy is ... Show more

Ajala Marvellous

Ajala Marvellous

AJala Marvellous is a data scientist and a Machine Learning Engineer with over 3 years of experience in the AI/ML space with experience building, deploying and maintaining models in classical Machine Learning, Computer vision and Natural Language Processing. He is a recent graduate of the University of Lagos with a bachelors degree in Pharmacy. He is a Machine Learning researcher with interest in application of machine learning in healthcare and drug discovery and has had the opportunity of sharing his research at top ML Conferences like Deep Learning Indaba. He is a member of communities like MLC Africa and Sisonke Biotik (a community of machine learning engineers and researchers focused of application of AI to healthcare challenges in Africa by Africans) and an active co-organiser of the Data Science for Health workshop at Deep Learning Indaba

AJala Marvellous is a data scientist and a Machine Learning Engineer with over 3 years of experience in the AI/ML space with experience building, deploying and maintaining models in classical Machine Learning, Computer vision and Natural Language Pro... Show more

Everlyne Mwangi

Everlyne Mwangi

Everlyne Njeri Mwangi is an aspiring computational researcher pursuing a Bachelor of Business and Information Technology at Mount Kenya University. Her work focuses on building scalable AI systems and data processing pipelines, with a growing interest in high-performance computing as a foundation for scientific research.

She has developed projects spanning document analysis, computer vision, and digital healthcare systems, emphasizing efficiency and real-world impact in resource-constrained environments. Through her leadership roles in the AWS Cloud Club and She Code Africa, she actively contributes to the tech community by organizing learning initiatives and mentoring peers.

Everlyne Njeri Mwangi is an aspiring computational researcher pursuing a Bachelor of Business and Information Technology at Mount Kenya University. Her work focuses on building scalable AI systems and data processing pipelines, with a growing interes... Show more

Lisa R. Triggs

Lisa R. Triggs

The Menopause Queen, Lisa R. Triggs is a Certified Menopause and Neuroscience Coach, Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, and host of The Menopause Mindshift Self-Love Podcast. After improving more than 30 menopause symptoms through lifestyle changes, stress regulation, and neuroscience-based strategies, she developed The Menopause Mindshift methodology to help women work with their brain and body together. Lisa empowers women with practical, sustainable tools to lower stress, improve mental clarity and build the confidence to write their own story, define their own journey, and ulitmately unleash their inner queen.

The Menopause Queen, Lisa R. Triggs is a Certified Menopause and Neuroscience Coach, Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, and host of The Menopause Mindshift Self-Love Podcast. After improving more than 30 menopause symptoms through lifestyle c... Show more

Aiswarya Saji

Aiswarya Saji

Aiswarya Saji is the builder behind ROSA, an AI-powered inclusive wellness platform for women, couples, and the LGBTQ+ community. Her path into AI began far from a technical track: she started medical studies in Ukraine in 2021, was displaced to Canada by the war, and retrained in Early Childhood Education, spending years caring for infants and toddlers before turning that experience toward AI product design. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Computer Applications specializing in AI and Data Science, and previously spoke at the Southern Alberta AI Conference in Canada. Her work focuses on building emotionally safe, trustworthy AI for communities that conventional wellness tech tends to overlook.

Aiswarya Saji is the builder behind ROSA, an AI-powered inclusive wellness platform for women, couples, and the LGBTQ+ community. Her path into AI began far from a technical track: she started medical studies in Ukraine in 2021, was displaced to Cana... Show more

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