Physical & Life Sciences

Scholars dedicating their careers to the study of living organisms and non-living systems

Sravan Kumar Nidiganti

Sravan Kumar Nidiganti

Accomplished Quality Assurance and Operations leader with over 20 years of extensive experience in driving excellence across Quality Assurance, Operations, and Risk Management. In my current role as Senior Manager at CVS Health, I lead quality initiatives that impact $11M+ on deliverables for Aetna’s Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial line of business.
As a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified professional, I have consistently driven operational efficiency and quality improvements, achieving measurable results such as cost reductions, defect rate improvements, and streamlined processes. My expertise in risk management, vendor management, and team leadership has enabled compliance with stringent regulatory standards while fostering high-performing, cross-functional teams. Recognized for strategic vision, innovation, and a relentless focus on excellence.

Core Capabilities
• Process Improvement & Automation
• Risk based Quality management.
• RxClaim (Subject Matter Expect)
• Safety Critical systems Analysis
• Audits & Compliance
• Standards & Regulatory requirements
• People/Resource/Vendor Management & Hiring
• Ability to Adapt faster to any technology and Domain/Env
Qualifications
• MBA in Project Mgmt. & Risk Mgmt.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Medicare and Advance Medicare Part D Certified Professional
• TUV Trained Functional safety in Hardware/software design.
Core Domain Expertise
• Pharmacy Benefit management (PBM) & Insurance
• Safety Critical (Global Signaling and Interlocking)
• Hospital, pharmacy, Health Care Management
• Transportation & Logistics
• Embedded Software/Hardware Integration
Companies Associated with
• CVS Health (PBM, Insurance, Healthcare)
• Invensys Rail / Schneider Electric (Signaling, Interlocking & Crossing)
• GE Rail (GE Transportation, Global Signaling)
• Bombardier Transportation (Rail)
• Cyient (CMM Level 5 Company) (Rail, Healthcare)
• Proton Web Solutions (CMM Level 5 Company) (Healthcare)

Accomplished Quality Assurance and Operations leader with over 20 years of extensive experience in driving excellence across Quality Assurance, Operations, and Risk Management. In my current role as Senior Manager at CVS Health, I lead quality initia... Show more

Ambrial Ugoji, MSW

Ambrial Ugoji, MSW

Ambrial Ugoji is a licensed social worker and certified labor doula. She is experienced in working with at-risk populations and has had the privilege of working in Camden City for the past 7 years. Recently, Ambrial transitioned from being a school social worker working with high school students and pregnant and parenting teens to the Project Director of Camden Healthy Start where she has combined her passion for service and birth work to lead a program that serves pregnant people and families in Camden City to reduce the infant and maternal mortality and morbidity rates for people of color.

Ambrial Ugoji is a licensed social worker and certified labor doula. She is experienced in working with at-risk populations and has had the privilege of working in Camden City for the past 7 years. Recently, Ambrial transitioned from being a school s... Show more

Victor Olet

Victor Olet

Victor is a science enthusiast pursuing a doctoral degree in renewable energy at Curtin University. His research focuses on biomass valorization and eco-friendly plastics. He actively promotes chemical science as a committee member of the American Chemical Society's Australian Student Chapter. Victor also engages in science communication through CSIRO's STEM Professionals program.

As a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, he enhances his digital literacy and incorporates computational chemistry into his research. Victor's active contributions to the Windows Insider Program earned him the 2023 Windows Insider Most Valuable Professional Award, a testament to his impact in the Windows community.

Victor is a science enthusiast pursuing a doctoral degree in renewable energy at Curtin University. His research focuses on biomass valorization and eco-friendly plastics. He actively promotes chemical science as a committee member of the American Ch... Show more

Nelius Ndung'u

Nelius Ndung'u

Currently delving into the world of AI and Machine Learning

Currently delving into the world of AI and Machine Learning Show more

Nadeem Taslim

Nadeem Taslim

Nadeem Taslim is Vice President at HSBC, specialised in Project
Management and Transformation Initiatives
Linkedin Top Voice, former lnvestment Banker,
MBA graduate from ISB&M, Lean Six Sigma
Greenbelt and Certified Scrum Master. Career
Coach, Speaker, Mentor. Guest Writer at Rediff
and Lifehacker.

Nadeem Taslim is Vice President at HSBC, specialised in Project Management and Transformation Initiatives Linkedin Top Voice, former lnvestment Banker, MBA graduate from ISB&M, Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt and Certified Scrum Master. Career Coach, S... Show more

Miche-Lee Van Schalkwyk

Miche-Lee Van Schalkwyk

MENTAL HEALTH LAW. PSYCHIATRY.

MENTAL HEALTH LAW. PSYCHIATRY. Show more

Ortal Dayan

Ortal Dayan

Computer vision and deep learning researcher in the field of Explainable AI, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Lecturer of the course Applied Machine Learning for Life Sciences, Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Founder of WE-AI (Women and Everyone AI) organization aiming to bridge the gender gap in AI.
Graduate of Imperial College London, MEng.

Computer vision and deep learning researcher in the field of Explainable AI, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science. Lecturer of the course Applied Machine Learning for Life Sciences, Feinberg Graduate... Show more

Chris Cañete Rodriguez Kelly

Chris Cañete Rodriguez Kelly

Chris Cañete Rodriguez Kelly is a literary critic whose work focuses on social relations of labor and aesthetic production. They received their Ph.D. in Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2024 and specialize in twentieth-century Southeast Asian and Asian-diasporic literatures, with research and teaching interests in Philippine Tagalog and Anglophone literature and translation, Latinx studies, critical indigenous studies, as well as American and Asian American Studies. Their book project, “From Bundok to the Boondocks,” investigates how the Philippine Anglophone novel’s rise to prominence as a national literature with aspirations to globality depended upon the economic derogation of Tagalog literature. Chris’s work has appeared in Hispanic Issues, The Mekong Review, CNN Philippines, and ASAP/Journal, and is forthcoming in PMLA. From 2021-2023 they were affiliated with the University of the Philippines-Diliman and Ateneo de Manila University as a Fulbright-Hays fellow.

Chris Cañete Rodriguez Kelly is a literary critic whose work focuses on social relations of labor and aesthetic production. They received their Ph.D. in Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2024 and specialize in twentieth-cen... Show more

Piotr Rogala

Piotr Rogala

IT expert, leader, passionate racing driver.
Piotr currently works at Nordcloud, where he deals with cloud solutions based on Microsoft Azure solutions. He is the leader of the Wroclaw Azure team and supports clients in digital transformation to the cloud for increasing their business potential. At the universities of WSB, WSH, and WSIZ Copernicus, he conducts postgraduate copyright classes, sharing the practical knowledge he has acquired throughout his career. For the last three years in a row, he has been awarded the MVP - Most Valuable Professional award by Microsoft. He is a certified trainer confirmed by MCT - Microsoft Certified Trainer award. In his free time, in his free time, he organizes and participates in many workshops, often as a key speaker. He is also the organizer of the Microsoft Azure User Group Poland group in Wrocław.
His portfolio includes projects related to the automation of the launch of complex environments on-demand in the clouds of various suppliers. He also built an automation process for the application of a leading American ERP software provider and service for universities around the world.
Piotr is currently engaged in developing new cloud solutions and task management optimization.

Technical articles you can find it on this page:
https://justcloud.pl

IT expert, leader, passionate racing driver. Piotr currently works at Nordcloud, where he deals with cloud solutions based on Microsoft Azure solutions. He is the leader of the Wroclaw Azure team and supports clients in digital transformation to the... Show more

Aaron Harrison

Aaron Harrison

Aaron Harrison is a Director of Advisory in Gartner's Information Technology Leaders practice. Mr. Harrison advises Application, Enterprise Architecture, and Software Engineering Leaders on subjects such as agile, modernization, API strategy, application rationalization, business architecture, creating ARB / CAB, test automation, metrics, coordinating product lines, team and org management and change, project to product transformation, as well as skills and competencies within Applications orgs. As an Advisor with over 25 years professional experience within the IT industry, he's adept at translating between technologists and the C-Suite.

Aaron Harrison is a Director of Advisory in Gartner's Information Technology Leaders practice. Mr. Harrison advises Application, Enterprise Architecture, and Software Engineering Leaders on subjects such as agile, modernization, API strategy, applica... Show more

Avinash Jha

Avinash Jha

Leader with decades of experience in Digital, IT, Tranformation and technology
http://linkedin.com/in/jhaavinash

Leader with decades of experience in Digital, IT, Tranformation and technology http://linkedin.com/in/jhaavinash Show more

Kyle Knoepfel

Kyle Knoepfel

I am a senior software developer at Fermilab, responsible for developing and leading computing framework efforts to meet the data-processing needs of many of Fermilab's experiments.

I am a senior software developer at Fermilab, responsible for developing and leading computing framework efforts to meet the data-processing needs of many of Fermilab's experiments. Show more

Marc Bushong

Marc Bushong

Marc is a Senior Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, specializing in healthcare and life sciences analytics. With expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure Synapse Analytics, Marc drives innovative solutions for complex data challenges.

Based in Charleston, SC, Marc brings extensive hands-on healthcare experience as a former X-Ray technologist in operating and emergency rooms. His technical background as an Azure data engineer and Azure DBA further enhances his ability to deliver impactful end to end data solutions.

Marc is a Senior Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, specializing in healthcare and life sciences analytics. With expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure Synapse Analytics, Marc drives in... Show more

Nico Braun

Nico Braun

Starting my career by studying bioinformatics, I soon found myself in IT consulting with my first job. Initially focusing on data engineering and AI, but driven by a strong desire for complementary knowledge, I continued to pursue more expertise in the realms of infrastructure, cloud, and DevOps while working through numerous projects over the years, collecting bits of treasure in each of them.

Starting my career by studying bioinformatics, I soon found myself in IT consulting with my first job. Initially focusing on data engineering and AI, but driven by a strong desire for complementary knowledge, I continued to pursue more expertise in t... Show more

Joel Verezhak

Joel Verezhak

Joel Verezhak is a Systems Engineer in the Observability team at Open Systems, responsible for ensuring that telemetry data from over 10'000 edge devices across the globe continues to flow, and empowering teams to use that data effectively.

Joel Verezhak is a Systems Engineer in the Observability team at Open Systems, responsible for ensuring that telemetry data from over 10'000 edge devices across the globe continues to flow, and empowering teams to use that data effectively. Show more

Jens Paggel

Jens Paggel

Trained as a Physicist, working in research for a couple of years, 20 years in automotive tier 1, now going back to old habits.

Trained as a Physicist, working in research for a couple of years, 20 years in automotive tier 1, now going back to old habits. Show more

Matias Romero Victorica

Matias Romero Victorica

With a background in molecular biology (MSc) and postgraduate studies in bioinformatics, I specialize in developing interactive Shiny applications for multiomics data exploration. My work spans R package development for visualization, bioinformatics pipeline optimization, and crafting tools that help scientists extract meaningful insights from various omics datatypes. Passionate about bridging bioinformatics and user-friendly analytics, I focus on making complex data accessible and actionable.

With a background in molecular biology (MSc) and postgraduate studies in bioinformatics, I specialize in developing interactive Shiny applications for multiomics data exploration. My work spans R package development for visualization, bioinformatics ... Show more

Bisi Josh-Falade

Bisi Josh-Falade

Bisi is a technical professional who is constantly evolving through structured self development and engaging challenges. From business analysis and product development, to quality assurance and data engineering, Bisi focuses on delivering optimum value. When she's not building ML pipelines or working on AI projects, she is learning Unity and building XR skills.

Bisi is a technical professional who is constantly evolving through structured self development and engaging challenges. From business analysis and product development, to quality assurance and data engineering, Bisi focuses on delivering optimum val... Show more

Jason Joseph

Jason Joseph

Rooted in his passion for transformative leadership, Jason Joseph utilizes his expertise in IT consulting and professional coaching to empower every audience he interacts with. With over a decade of experience, Jason's work has influenced hundreds of thousands of users across several countries, from Brazil to Thailand. Armed with several certifications, including AWS & Azure Solution Architect, ITIL Strategic Leadership, and Scrum Product Owner, his actionable insights go beyond personal and professional transformation. Jason's impact fortifies key foundations, from cloud solutions and their influence on business architecture to technological innovation and its direct correlation to purpose-driven living. With a compassionate yet direct style, Jason inspires individuals and organizations to overcome their complex hardships and redefine their potential.

Rooted in his passion for transformative leadership, Jason Joseph utilizes his expertise in IT consulting and professional coaching to empower every audience he interacts with. With over a decade of experience, Jason's work has influenced hundreds of... Show more

Cenci Michele

Cenci Michele

Java developer with 10y of experience, come across lot of stuffs but great lover of spring framework, I'm a user since 2.0.
Actually i moved on tech leading, coordinating a team and taking architectural decisions on how new software should be devolped and integrated in my workplace.

Java developer with 10y of experience, come across lot of stuffs but great lover of spring framework, I'm a user since 2.0. Actually i moved on tech leading, coordinating a team and taking architectural decisions on how new software should be devolp... Show more

Himal Kumar

Himal Kumar

Himal is Co-Founder & CTO of Canopus Networks. Himal has years of experience in building production grade networking solutions and has engineered multiple products deployed in production networks. He has been a key contributor to many open-source SDN projects. His expertise lies primarily in distributed systems, cloud-native security, and artificial intelligence.

Himal is Co-Founder & CTO of Canopus Networks. Himal has years of experience in building production grade networking solutions and has engineered multiple products deployed in production networks. He has been a key contributor to many open-source SDN... Show more

Doruk Ozturk

Doruk Ozturk

Doruk Ozturk is a Container Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, specializing in the Healthcare and Life Sciences industries. With over a decade of software engineering experience, he provides technical guidance to customers leveraging AWS container technologies. Based in New York City, Doruk enjoys traveling with his wife, playing drums with local bands, and recreational pool in his free time.

Doruk Ozturk is a Container Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, specializing in the Healthcare and Life Sciences industries. With over a decade of software engineering experience, he provides technical guidance to customers leveraging AWS con... Show more

Matt Grant

Matt Grant

Matt is a Senior Data and Research Analyst at Cancer Research UK, with a background in physiology and science communication. Specializing in data analysis and visualization, Matt has built numerous maps, dashboards, and tools aimed at influencing policy makers and health professionals in the UK. A recent career highlight includes having one of his dashboards featured in political debates on the UK's long-term cancer plan, underscoring his valuable contribution to public health policy.

Matt is a Senior Data and Research Analyst at Cancer Research UK, with a background in physiology and science communication. Specializing in data analysis and visualization, Matt has built numerous maps, dashboards, and tools aimed at influencing pol... Show more

Tanurima Banerjee

Tanurima Banerjee

Tanurima is a Microsoft Fabric and Power BI Specialist with over six years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, and enterprise-scale data solutions. She has a strong background in data modeling, visualization, and processing, leveraging tools like Power BI, Databricks, Azure Synapse, and DBT Cloud to transform raw data into actionable insights.
Currently working as a Technical Business Analyst and Data Consultant, Tanurima specializes in designing and implementing scalable analytics solutions that drive business performance. She has successfully developed and optimized data models, automated reporting pipelines, and built intuitive dashboards for global organizations, helping teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.
With expertise in Microsoft Fabric, she utilizes dataflows, pipelines, and notebooks to create semantic models, data warehouses, and lakehouses that power advanced analytics. Skilled in SQL, Python, R, and predictive modeling, she also handles complex data transformations and forecasting tasks.
In addition to her technical expertise.
Tanurima is also a certified trainer at her organization's Academy, delivering training sessions to both local and international trainees. She is passionate about knowledge sharing, mentoring, and empowering others in their data analytics journey.
A strong advocate for data democratization, Tanurima frequently conducts workshops, training sessions, and speaking engagements, bridging the gap between business and technology. She has worked extensively in Agile environments, ensuring seamless collaboration with stakeholders to deliver impactful data solutions.

When she's not working with data, you’ll find her mentoring aspiring data professionals or exploring the latest trends in AI-powered analytics and cloud-based data solutions.

🔹 Specialties: Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, SQL, Python, R, Data Visualization, Predictive Analytics, Data Modeling, Agile Methodologies, Technical Training.

Tanurima is a Microsoft Fabric and Power BI Specialist with over six years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, and enterprise-scale data solutions. She has a strong background in data modeling, visualization, and processing, lever... Show more

Sean Fay

Sean Fay

Inspector General Sean Fay brings 29 years of law enforcement experience, starting in North Carolina before joining the South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) through roles at the Myrtle Beach Police Department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). His diverse career includes work in Patrol, Street Crimes, Crime Prevention, Special Operations, and Traffic. At SLED, he served as the Statewide Automated License Plate Recognition Program Coordinator and Local Agency Security Officer within the Criminal Justice Information Services division, overseeing IT security and federal compliance. In his final role at SLED, he led external engagements for the South Carolina Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (SC-CIC) Program, coordinating efforts to secure critical infrastructure, responding to cyber threats, and managing a state and federal cyber taskforce. Additionally, he was a SWAT team member and hostage negotiator.

At SCDSS, IG Fay oversees four key units within the Office of Inspector General:

• Investigations Unit: Conducts criminal investigations into fraud, waste, or abuse involving SCDSS programs.
• Backgrounds Investigations Unit: Protects children through Central Registry checks as well as national, fingerprint-based background checks for foster, adoption, childcare, and group home applicants.
• Emergency Management and Disaster Services Unit: Coordinates disaster response, including sheltering and mass care, with state and federal partners.
• Information Security Division: Safeguards the agency's critical assets by mitigating cyber threats and ensuring uninterrupted delivery of essential services.

IG Fay holds an associate degree from Methodist University and a bachelor's degree in business from Baker College (Summa Cum Laude). He is a Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Network Defense Architect, and Certified Inspector General. A dedicated leader, he formally served as a regional vice president for SC InfraGard and Chair of the State and Local Cyber Grant working group with ATRAC, and as a member of the SC Cybersecurity Ecosystem Coordination Initiative. He is also a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves.

Inspector General Sean Fay brings 29 years of law enforcement experience, starting in North Carolina before joining the South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) through roles at the Myrtle Beach Police Department and the South Carolina La... Show more

Elie Alhajjar

Elie Alhajjar

Elie Alhajjar, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at RAND, leading projects at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and government. Prior to that, he was an Associate Professor at the United States Military Academy and a Senior Research Scientist at the Army Cyber Institute in West Point, New York. Previously, Alhajjar served as a Research Scientist in the Computing and Communications Theory Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics from George Mason University.

Elie Alhajjar, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at RAND, leading projects at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and government. Prior to that, he was an Associate Professor at the United States Military Academy and a Senior Research Scientist at the Ar... Show more

Urša Šolc

Urša Šolc

Urša Šolc works as a Public Relations Manager at the Geological Survey of Slovenia, a public research institute, focusing on planning, managing and implementing work in the Public Relations and Publications Unit and coordinating project groups at national and international level. She has coordinated the EIT RawMaterials RIS Hub Adria since its establishment in 2018. She has 20 years of experience in private and public sector organisations and has worked on numerous national and international projects in the fields of raw materials, circular economy, sustainable energy sources, environmental protection, spatial development, conservation of natural and cultural heritage.

Urša Šolc works as a Public Relations Manager at the Geological Survey of Slovenia, a public research institute, focusing on planning, managing and implementing work in the Public Relations and Publications Unit and coordinating project groups at nat... Show more

Jay Rae

Jay Rae

Intro:
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Hey it's Jay - I wear many hats 🧢

Building communities for 5+ years within Blockchain, DeFi, Web3 & NFTs 🖼️

Go-to-market strategy for your next TGE! ⚡️ Bullish on self-sovereignty ✊

Let's redefine the future of DeFi together, and create financial freedom for everyone 💸

LFG 🚀

Short Bio:
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James is working with several projects within Blockchain, DeFi & Web3 and is currently the Head of Growth for Quintes.org, a DeFi protocol with a 2:1 overcollateralized yield-bearing token mechanism. His agency AdvocateAgency.io is consulting and supporting the launch of several tokens within GameFi, including CZRunz.com & Hazeman.io.

James is a Brand Ambassador for one of the leading NFC companies within the crypto space - Card3.ai, as well as a Core Contributor and advisor for Steelo.io, a new SocialFi platform and dApp that is changing the way that the music industry engages with creators.

Advocate Agency specializes in go-to-market strategy for TGE's. He is a Partner & CIO for RoialsCapital.com, bringing traditional investors into the DeFi space.

If you're launching a token in the-near-future, reach out to James and his team.

Intro: ----------- Hey it's Jay - I wear many hats 🧢 Building communities for 5+ years within Blockchain, DeFi, Web3 & NFTs 🖼️ Go-to-market strategy for your next TGE! ⚡️ Bullish on self-sovereignty ✊ Let's redefine the future of DeFi to... Show more

Francesco Moretti

Francesco Moretti

Francesco has spent his entire life helping himself and others to learn in a wide range of fields and to stand out of the crowd becoming independent thinkers. In physics, he has given his small contribution to the assigned Nobel prize 2023. In music, he has tried new ways of performing outside the schemes of classical music. Passionate of human behaviour, in his recent experience in tech he understood from the beginning that, other than just offering his analytical skills, the greatest contribution he could give was in the field of soft skills. So, he volunteered in leading and creating ERGs, continuously training himself to become a better ally. If one can't find him, he is probably walking in some forest.

Francesco has spent his entire life helping himself and others to learn in a wide range of fields and to stand out of the crowd becoming independent thinkers. In physics, he has given his small contribution to the assigned Nobel prize 2023. In music,... Show more

Georges Khaznadar

Georges Khaznadar

- Debian Developer (2010-)
- teacher, mostly in https://lyceejeanbart.fr
- alumni from École Normale Supérieure (1974)
- born in 1955, so I am 70 now

- Debian Developer (2010-) - teacher, mostly in https://lyceejeanbart.fr - alumni from École Normale Supérieure (1974) - born in 1955, so I am 70 now Show more

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