Transports & Logistics

Experts in the efficient movement and storage of goods, covering procurement, inventory management, distribution, warehousing, transportation, and risk management

Pallab Haldar

Pallab Haldar

Pallab Haldar is an accomplished SAP HANA Data Architect and Generative AI Specialist with over 19 years of transformative experience in enterprise data architecture, advanced analytics, and AI/ML innovations. Currently serving as SAP Technical Data Architect at Cognizant Technology Solutions, he has delivered high-impact solutions for Fortune 500 clients including 3M, Delta, and Yokohama Tire.
Pallab specializes in Enterprise Data Architecture, Supply Chain management, AI/ML-Driven Supply Chain Optimization and Predictive Analytics . Other area of Pallab specialization includes Database solutions, seamlessly integrating data models with core business processes across SD, MM, FI, BW, and analytics domains. His expertise spans the complete data lifecycle—from ingestion and provisioning to governance and analytical consumption. As a recognized SAP GenAI expert, he pioneers AI-driven transformations, implementing conversational AI assistants with SAP Joule, predictive forecasting in SAP Analytics Cloud, and RAG pipelines using LangChain and Haystack.
His technical mastery encompasses SAP HANA performance optimization, XSA application development, and cloud platform integration across SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry, and Neo environments. Pallab has successfully led complex migrations from XSC to XSA, engineered ML models for predictive analytics, and developed deep learning solutions using TensorFlow, Keras, and PyTorch.
A thought leader in the SAP community, Pallab actively shares knowledge through technical blogs and holds 15+ SAP certifications, including SAP Generative AI Developer and multiple Solution Architect credentials. His innovative approaches to database optimization, query performance tuning, and AI/ML adoption have consistently delivered measurable business impact through process optimization and enterprise automation.
With deep expertise in programming languages including SQL, Python, Java, and ABAP, combined with extensive experience in DevOps practices and cloud technologies, Pallab continues to shape the future of enterprise data architecture and AI integration. He is an active IEEE member and maintains a strong presence in the professional community through his contributions and thought leadership.

Pallab Haldar is an accomplished SAP HANA Data Architect and Generative AI Specialist with over 19 years of transformative experience in enterprise data architecture, advanced analytics, and AI/ML innovations. Currently serving as SAP Technical Data ... Show more

Kathrin Siegmann

Kathrin Siegmann

Kathrin Siegmann (früherer Nachname: Herrmann) ist seit über 19 Jahren als Requirements Engineer / Business Analystin, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Entwicklerin und Projektmanagerin in Softwareprojekten tätig. Sie hat u.a. Branchenerfahrung in den Bereichen Raumfahrt, militärische Projekte, Handel und E-Commerce, Augenoptik, Ver- und Entsorgungswirtschaft, Wohnungswirtschaft, Logistik, Softwarevertrieb und Call-Center. Sie versteht sich als Brückenbauern zwischen Technik und Business, sowie zwischen agilen und klassischen Kontexten. Die Frage, wie gemeinsam ein guter Produktnutzen geschaffen und hochqualitative Software entwickelt werden kann, treibt sie dabei um.

Kathrin Siegmann (früherer Nachname: Herrmann) ist seit über 19 Jahren als Requirements Engineer / Business Analystin, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Entwicklerin und Projektmanagerin in Softwareprojekten tätig. Sie hat u.a. Branchenerfahrung ... Show more

Obinna Iheanachor

Obinna Iheanachor

Obinna Iheanachor is a Senior AI/Data Engineer based in Leeds, specialising in building production-grade data platforms, analytics systems, and AI-powered decision tools. He has worked across energy, fintech, supply chain, and manufacturing, delivering data and AI solutions for organisations including Rotork, Budweiser, and M-Kopa.

His work focuses on the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and applied AI with a particular interest in designing systems that move beyond dashboards to support real business decisions. Obinna regularly shares practical insights through public speaking, open-source projects, and technical content, and is passionate about helping teams adopt modern data and AI capabilities in a responsible, scalable way.

Obinna Iheanachor is a Senior AI/Data Engineer based in Leeds, specialising in building production-grade data platforms, analytics systems, and AI-powered decision tools. He has worked across energy, fintech, supply chain, and manufacturing, deliveri... Show more

Naresh Reddy Regalla

Naresh Reddy Regalla

Naresh Reddy Regalla is an accomplished IT leader and engineer with over 20 years of experience delivering enterprise technology solutions across banking, retail, and healthcare sectors. With deep expertise in business process automation and cloud-native solutions, he has established a strong reputation for driving innovation, operational efficiency, and compliance while enabling organizations to scale securely.
Naresh specializes in IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW), IBM BPM, and Alfresco Activiti, with a proven track record in workflow design, process optimization, and legacy modernization. His cloud architecture expertise spans OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, where he has delivered highly resilient, containerized enterprise applications. He is equally skilled as a full-stack engineer, proficient in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and modern frontend frameworks such as React and Angular.
Currently serving as an Expert Application Engineer at Discover Financial Services, Naresh plays a pivotal role in payments fraud detection and risk prevention initiatives, safeguarding the global payments ecosystem. His leadership has contributed to critical solutions, including a secure One-Time Password API, transaction monitoring platforms, and advanced fraud prevention algorithms.
Naresh is a certified AWS Solutions Architect and IBM BPM expert, with a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. Known for his collaborative leadership style, he has mentored high-performing teams and partnered with business stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure systems.
Passionate about digital transformation, Naresh continues to focus on bridging business and technology, ensuring enterprises remain future-ready in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Naresh Reddy Regalla is an accomplished IT leader and engineer with over 20 years of experience delivering enterprise technology solutions across banking, retail, and healthcare sectors. With deep expertise in business process automation and cloud-na... Show more

Amit Chandak

Amit Chandak

Amit is the Chief Analytics Officer (CAO)/Data Architect at Kanerika and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of data analytics. Amit is Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (2023) and Power BI Community Super User since 2020.

Amit is the Chief Analytics Officer (CAO)/Data Architect at Kanerika and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of data analytics. Amit is Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (2023) and Power BI Community Super User since 2020. Show more

Sourav Roy

Sourav Roy

Sourav Roy is a cloud-native data solutions architect with 12+ years of experience building large-scale data platforms across retail, utilities, health insurance, real-estate analytics and fintech. He specializes in modern lakehouse & data warehouse architectures, serverless pipelines, real-time streaming systems, open table formats. A regular speaker at data engineering meetups and seminars, He enjoys building with open-source data stacks and, outside work, exploring Himalayan valleys on foot.

Sourav Roy is a cloud-native data solutions architect with 12+ years of experience building large-scale data platforms across retail, utilities, health insurance, real-estate analytics and fintech. He specializes in modern lakehouse & data warehouse ... Show more

Basit Ajibade

Basit Ajibade

Basit Ajibade is a UX leader, design thinker, product designer and circumstantial ambivert.

His practice spans user experience design, product design, and design thinking, with a sustained focus on insight-led, human-centred work across logistics, agritech, e-commerce, fintech, non-profit, and civic technology contexts. Over the years, he has collaborated with diverse product teams and contributed to open-source and community initiatives, including projects with Google Developers Groups in Lafia and Ado-Ekiti. His work reflects a consistent concern for aligning user needs with organisational and business objectives, informed by experience in user research, UX writing, product strategy, and UX audits.

He holds a First Class degree in Business from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and is a certified User Experience Designer by Google and Georgia Institute of Technology, with additional professional training in Enterprise Design Thinking from IBM. His portfolio includes work with organisations and platforms such as SendIT, InfoByte, Amona, Future Forward, SmartClimate, Shipway, Vitanura, Verivent, iLEAD AFRICA, CivicPadi, and Swapive.
AbdulBasit is a Jim Leech Mastercard Fellow of Entrepreneurship at Queen’s University, Canada, a Young Innovation Fellow at Hutzpa Innovations at the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, and a regional winner of the AFEX Product Hackathon. He also won the Ingressive for Good Hackathon in 2022 and co-founded TechClarity Coach, where he contributes to mentorship and capacity-building initiatives across Africa.

He is currently a Product Designer at UpNawt Studio, a solution design agency in Nigeria.

Basit Ajibade is a UX leader, design thinker, product designer and circumstantial ambivert. His practice spans user experience design, product design, and design thinking, with a sustained focus on insight-led, human-centred work across logistics,... Show more

Ujjwal Ojha

Ujjwal Ojha

By day, I'm a Product-Minded Software Engineer dedicated to building applications that don't break under pressure. My weapon of choice? Extremely strict TypeScript, which I use to craft a developer experience that is both powerful and enjoyable.

By weekend, you can find me attempting DIY projects at my house with a concerning level of confidence and spectacularly mediocre results.

By day, I'm a Product-Minded Software Engineer dedicated to building applications that don't break under pressure. My weapon of choice? Extremely strict TypeScript, which I use to craft a developer experience that is both powerful and enjoyable. B... Show more

Tjomme Vergauwen

Tjomme Vergauwen

Creating my first database at the age of 15, on a ZX Spectrum :-), and being in the BI/data business professionally as of 1998, I've delivered a lot of succesful solutions in various domains and various technologies, from designing the data lake(house)/data warehouse/database with ETL procedures till building the reporting environment on top of this data warehouse, database or cube.
I've been trained by Ralph Kimball and Dan Linstedt (Certified Data Vault 2.0 Practitioner (CDVP2)). Also had the pleasure of dining with Bill Inmon (yes, I know the reason for the issues with Ralph).
My current focus as a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert is on creating future proof environments where data lake(house)s can live to their full potential.
I have experience working in multi-cultural environments on geographically distributed locations.
I'm a team player who is capable to coordinate a team to get the right results on time. Not scared of taking initiative I'm very driven to communicate with the customer to find out his or her user requirements.

Creating my first database at the age of 15, on a ZX Spectrum :-), and being in the BI/data business professionally as of 1998, I've delivered a lot of succesful solutions in various domains and various technologies, from designing the data lake(hous... Show more

Olga Limanska

Olga Limanska

I'm a PR and communications professional helping tech companies turn complex ideas into stories that connect. With experience spanning cybersecurity, AI, SaaS, and consumer tech, I craft tailored media strategies that drive visibility, trust, and measurable growth.

Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with startups and established brands to secure high-impact coverage, build strong thought leadership profiles, and create communication strategies that truly resonate. My approach combines strategy, creativity, and data-driven storytelling, ensuring every pitch, campaign, or media placement serves a clear business goal.

I'm a PR and communications professional helping tech companies turn complex ideas into stories that connect. With experience spanning cybersecurity, AI, SaaS, and consumer tech, I craft tailored media strategies that drive visibility, trust, and mea... Show more

David Best

David Best

Dave is an experienced technologist who has done a bit of everything. He is spending his time now in the civic tech space, working with local municipal governments and nonprofits.

Dave is an experienced technologist who has done a bit of everything. He is spending his time now in the civic tech space, working with local municipal governments and nonprofits. Show more

Oleksandr Khimiak

Oleksandr Khimiak

Oleksandr Khimiak is a practitioner and advisor in manufacturing operations and industrial data.
He works hands-on with factories and equipment manufacturers to help them move from basic monitoring to actionable operational intelligence.

He is the founder of Factory Cortex — a pragmatic framework that combines machine signals, simple analytics, and human knowledge to expose hidden losses such as micro-stops and throughput instability, and to build intelligence iteratively rather than through large, high-risk transformations.

Founder, The Advisource AB.

Oleksandr Khimiak is a practitioner and advisor in manufacturing operations and industrial data. He works hands-on with factories and equipment manufacturers to help them move from basic monitoring to actionable operational intelligence. He is th... Show more

Richelle Gamlam

Richelle Gamlam

Richelle Gamlam is an international speaker, podcast host, and founder of Move Abroad Coach, where she helps entrepreneurs, coaches, and freelancers create lives of freedom overseas.

Richelle Gamlam is an international speaker, podcast host, and founder of Move Abroad Coach, where she helps entrepreneurs, coaches, and freelancers create lives of freedom overseas. Show more

Walmyr Carvalho

Walmyr Carvalho

Android Engineer with 14+ years of experience, former Google Developer Expert for Android and mentor at Google for Startups Brazil, and creator of Android Dev BR - the biggest Brazilian Android community out there!

Android Engineer with 14+ years of experience, former Google Developer Expert for Android and mentor at Google for Startups Brazil, and creator of Android Dev BR - the biggest Brazilian Android community out there! Show more

Nick Acosta

Nick Acosta

Nick Acosta is a Developer Advocate at Collate, where he is helping to make the OpenMetadata community the best place for open-source data discovery, observability, and governance. Nick lives in Los Angeles, California, and started in Developer Relations at IBM before leading devrel at Fivetran and Tecton.

Previous speaking engagements include sessions with:
O’Reilly
dbt Coalesce
Airflow Summit
PyData
ODSC
MDSCon
Linux Foundation JupyterCon
AWS Dev Days
PyCon
DataScienceSalon
Open Source Summit

Nick Acosta is a Developer Advocate at Collate, where he is helping to make the OpenMetadata community the best place for open-source data discovery, observability, and governance. Nick lives in Los Angeles, California, and started in Developer Relat... Show more

David Oluwabusayo

David Oluwabusayo

David Oluwabusayo is a seasoned Software Engineer, Community Manager, and technology leader with over 7 years of comprehensive experience spanning government, public, and private sector organizations. As the Chief Technology Officer at Paperless, he drives innovation in digital transformation and paperless workspace solutions.

David specializes in cross-platform application development with a particular focus on Flutter framework. His technical proficiency spans multiple domains:
* Mobile Development
* Web Development:
* Backend Systems
* Cloud Technologies
* Desktop Application

Beyond his technical contributions, David is a passionate advocate for technology adoption and knowledge sharing.

David's greatest strengths lie in his insatiable curiosity and open-mindedness toward emerging technologies. He believes in continuous learning and maintains a humble perspective on knowledge acquisition, understanding that the journey of discovery in technology is endless.

As a strong advocate for paperless workspaces and digital efficiency, David is dedicated to building solutions that streamline processes, reduce environmental impact, and enhance productivity across various sectors.

"David is Half geek, half brilliant - always learning, always growing."

David Oluwabusayo is a seasoned Software Engineer, Community Manager, and technology leader with over 7 years of comprehensive experience spanning government, public, and private sector organizations. As the Chief Technology Officer at Paperless, he ... Show more

Girard Newkirk

Girard Newkirk

I am building the operating system for the Neighborhood Economy. I started my entrepreneurial journey 10 years ago in Silicon Valley, turning from a retail exec to a founder at 39.

My work sits at the intersection of economics, humanity, and community through Genesis Block, Newkirklytics, the Neighborhood Economy Index, and Newkirk Enterprises. I’m not talking about hypothetical frameworks or abstract policy theory. I’m designing and deploying real systems that make local economic activity visible, measurable, and investable, especially the micro-entrepreneurs, creators, informal workers, and neighborhood-level producers who have always powered our communities but rarely show up in the data.

I believe the future of prosperity isn’t top-down theories based on outdated economic models but rooted in local ownership, inclusive entrepreneurship, and circular capital systems that keep value circulating where people live. My work turns that belief into infrastructure. The Neighborhood Economy Index and our sector tools quantify what has long been unseen: the economic power of microbusinesses, shared kitchens, creatives, disabled entrepreneurs, local manufacturing ecosystems, and underserved communities across the U.S., the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa.

As a speaker, I bring together data, story, spirit, and strategy. I’ve lived this work for years, building entrepreneurial ecosystems, supporting founders who’ve been overlooked, creating pathways to upward mobility, and designing new economic systems that honor dignity and human possibility. My goal on every stage is simple: help leaders see the Neighborhood Economy differently, not as charity work or an “equity initiative,” but as a powerful engine of growth, resilience, and wealth creation that deserves real investment and serious strategy. It’s actually market inefficiency that needs to be corrected.

I’m here to shift the conversation from wealth extraction to community circulation, from scarcity to abundance, from invisibility to proof, from disconnected programs to systems that actually work. And I’m building alongside institutions, cities, universities, DFIs, foundations, and community leaders who believe, as I do, that the people closest to the problem are also closest to the solution; they need better tools, better data, and better support.

That is the work. That is the calling. And that is the Neighborhood Economy.

I am building the operating system for the Neighborhood Economy. I started my entrepreneurial journey 10 years ago in Silicon Valley, turning from a retail exec to a founder at 39. My work sits at the intersection of economics, humanity, and comm... Show more

Matthew Schneider

Matthew Schneider

My work sits at the intersection of real estate, finance, and digital infrastructure. I’ve researched and operated in this space since 2020, though I had been tracking blockchain and digital assets closely since 2017. I first founded a company focused on tokenized investment syndication, a path that led me to explore how AI, blockchain, and IoT could bring new levels of transparency, efficiency, and liquidity to real estate.

That experience grew into Building, a company focused on turning messy real estate data into something organized, trusted, and usable. We work with developers and asset managers to streamline their information and get their properties ready for valuations, compliance, and tokenization. The aim is to make every project finance-ready from the start.

I’m extremely cross-disciplinary, juggling a wide range of fields daily: architecture, engineering, construction, operations, urban planning, sustainability, blockchain, artificial intelligence, data science, capital markets, compliance, banking, and policy.

Outside of running a startup, I travel the world speaking publicly—keynotes, panels, and roundtables—while collaborating with startups, institutions, and government officials. My work advocates for RWA tokenization, data standards, and smarter cities. Improving the built environment and all its dependencies is one of the most challenging, but rewarding, pursuits.

I also host Code & Concrete, a podcast exploring real estate, technology, and the systems that hold cities together.

My work sits at the intersection of real estate, finance, and digital infrastructure. I’ve researched and operated in this space since 2020, though I had been tracking blockchain and digital assets closely since 2017. I first founded a company focuse... Show more

Gertjan van der Linden

Gertjan van der Linden

With more than 18 years of experience with Dynamics 365 ERP solutions, Gertjan offers expertise in solution and technical architecture, change management, and quality assurance. A hallmark of his implementations is taking full advantage of Dynamics 365 capabilities, thereby avoiding unnecessary customizations.

Gertjan is the preeminent expert and thought leader on Dynamics 365 ERP as he leads the Global ERP Practice at Avanade, the biggest Dynamics 365 partner in the world.

Gertjan has been a Microsoft FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect since the beginning of this recognition in 2019.

With more than 18 years of experience with Dynamics 365 ERP solutions, Gertjan offers expertise in solution and technical architecture, change management, and quality assurance. A hallmark of his implementations is taking full advantage of Dynamics 3... Show more

Andrew Bond

Andrew Bond

Andrew is a Lecturer in Computer Engineering at San Jose State University, a Lecturer in Computer Science at Sonoma State University

Andrew is a Lecturer in Computer Engineering at San Jose State University, a Lecturer in Computer Science at Sonoma State University Show more

Matt Gaffin

Matt Gaffin

Matt leads AI strategy at Point of Rental Software, where he's transforming how thousands of equipment rental businesses operate globally through mobile, fintech, and AI platforms. He's also built one of the first AI-first development workflow engines in the industry, a systematic approach to context engineering that's turning skeptics into power users and compressing months of work into weeks.

Starting his career at 14 building software to pay for school, Matt has consistently worked at technology's bleeding edge: from building one of the first cloud-based web applications in the early 2000s to pioneering mobile-first enterprise solutions. Now he's implementing generative AI not just as a development tool, but as the interface that fundamentally changes how rental businesses interact with their software and how development teams build software in the first place.

What sets Matt apart is simple: he builds AI for people who don't care about AI. His customers care about equipment uptime, not algorithms. They need faster invoicing, not chatbots. This reality check drives everything from killing features that demo well but fail in the field, to building solutions that work on muddy job sites with spotty internet. He's not interested in what's possible with AI; he's interested in what's useful.

His Developer Handbook methodology teaches teams the difference between "vibe coding" (hoping AI figures it out) and context engineering (systematically giving AI what it needs to succeed). The results speak for themselves: converted skeptics, compressed timelines, and teams shipping work they didn't think was possible.

Matt speaks on practical AI implementation, including:

"From Stuck to Started: Your Practical Guide to AI" Battle-tested strategies that work whether you're on day one or year three of AI adoption.

"Beyond the Band-Aid: Stop Treating AI Like a Feature" Why stopping at AI assistants is denial, not innovation, and what happens when you rebuild for this new reality.

"Stop Prompting, Start Engineering" The difference between developers who gave up on AI and those getting breakthrough results isn't talent, it's discipline. Learn the systematic approaches (context engineering, agent orchestration, AI-first workflows) that treat AI like the engineering challenge it is, not a magic box you hope figures it out.

His sessions blend technical depth with business strategy, delivered with the candor of someone who's shipped products that both flopped spectacularly and scaled globally.

His current focus: building software that acts as a business's central nervous system, anticipating needs rather than waiting for commands. Think less "AI assistant" and more "AI that knows to order parts before equipment breaks."

Matt leads AI strategy at Point of Rental Software, where he's transforming how thousands of equipment rental businesses operate globally through mobile, fintech, and AI platforms. He's also built one of the first AI-first development workflow engine... Show more

Jayesh Purswani

Jayesh Purswani

A student tech founder and full-stack engineer specializing in mobile app development, AI automation workflows, and next-gen AI agents.

A student tech founder and full-stack engineer specializing in mobile app development, AI automation workflows, and next-gen AI agents. Show more

Mohammad Omar

Mohammad Omar

As Chief Technology Officer at Drive Terra, I focus on leveraging cloud and DevOps expertise to drive technological innovation and operational efficiency. My role builds on prior experience as Digital Transformation Manager at TEC-Tripoli Entrepreneurs Club, where I developed IT policies, customized software, and migrated technical operations to the cloud.

With a Master's degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University, I bring a strong foundation to roles requiring IT strategy and interpersonal communication. Passionate about aligning technology with organizational goals, I aim to foster innovation while enabling teams and stakeholders to thrive.

As Chief Technology Officer at Drive Terra, I focus on leveraging cloud and DevOps expertise to drive technological innovation and operational efficiency. My role builds on prior experience as Digital Transformation Manager at TEC-Tripoli Entrepreneu... Show more

Sudharshan Muralidharan

Sudharshan Muralidharan

Sudharshan Muralidharan is a Full Stack Developer specializing in Go, MERN, and Kubernetes. Contributing to open-source projects like Confidential Containers and Kubernetes, focusing on s390x pipelines and multi-architecture optimizations. Passionate about cloud-native technologies, AI-driven workload optimization, and building efficient, cross-architecture solutions for complex production environments.

Sudharshan Muralidharan is a Full Stack Developer specializing in Go, MERN, and Kubernetes. Contributing to open-source projects like Confidential Containers and Kubernetes, focusing on s390x pipelines and multi-architecture optimizations. Passionate... Show more

Joselyn Carvalho

Joselyn Carvalho

Joselyn’s work bridges clinical practice, creative expression, and research, with a focus on serving inner-city communities in Boston, Cambridge, and Brockton. She has facilitated expressive arts programs in hospitals, museums, schools, and nonprofits—using storytelling, visual arts, and poetry to foster connection, voice, and emotional healing. As a national and international speaker, Joselyn has presented on mental health, expressive therapies, and community-based healing across conferences and institutions. She is the author of a published thesis and a debut poetry book, A Voice Written Through Graffiti, which explores narrative as a form of resistance, reflection, and restoration.

In parallel, she leads The Wellness Portfolio, a mental health and consultation space offering expressive arts resources, seasonal toolkits, workshops, and culturally responsive programming for individuals, communities, and organizations. Her work is grounded in the belief that healing happens through voice, visibility, and the stories we choose to tell.

Signature Topics:
Storytelling as a Healing Practice
Creative Arts for Community Wellness
Culturally Responsive Mental Health
Trauma-Informed Expressive Therapy
Empowering Youth through Art & Voice

Joselyn’s work bridges clinical practice, creative expression, and research, with a focus on serving inner-city communities in Boston, Cambridge, and Brockton. She has facilitated expressive arts programs in hospitals, museums, schools, and nonprofit... Show more

Akpaka Collins Chidindu

Akpaka Collins Chidindu

Akpaka Collins Chidindu brings extensive hands-on experience in product management, encompassing a wide spectrum of expertise from e-commerce and fintech to mobility and marketplace platforms. He works as Product Manager at Konga, Nigeria’s largest e-commerce platform, where he drives the design and execution of user-centred solutions that reach millions of customers.

Collins also serves as a Lead Mentor at HNG Tech, one of Africa’s largest remote tech internship programmes, where he has guided and coordinated over 10,000 mentors across Product, Design, and Engineering. Through this role, he has supported thousands of emerging professionals in gaining practical product management skills, strategic thinking, and real-world execution experience.

Driven by a passion for building impactful digital products, Collins applies his expertise in product strategy, stakeholder management, documentation, and cross-functional leadership to solve complex challenges. His work emphasises the creation of scalable, inclusive, and high-impact solutions that address real-world problems within Nigeria’s rapidly evolving tech ecosystem.

As a mentor and product leader, he is committed to developing the next generation of product managers, simplifying complex concepts, and empowering tech professionals to translate innovative ideas into practical, user-centred outcomes.

Akpaka Collins Chidindu brings extensive hands-on experience in product management, encompassing a wide spectrum of expertise from e-commerce and fintech to mobility and marketplace platforms. He works as Product Manager at Konga, Nigeria’s largest e... Show more

Arjun Prabhulal

Arjun Prabhulal

Arjun Prabhulal is a Principal Engineer with over 15 years of experience in modernizing and scaling enterprise systems across retail, supply chain, and cloud-native environments. He specializes in transforming legacy platforms into high-availability, cloud-native architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).Arjun leads the modernization of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), driving multi-cloud architecture, integration, and automation initiatives to strengthen operational resilience and ensure business continuity. He brings deep expertise in DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) within the Google Cloud ecosystem.

Arjun Prabhulal is a Principal Engineer with over 15 years of experience in modernizing and scaling enterprise systems across retail, supply chain, and cloud-native environments. He specializes in transforming legacy platforms into high-availability,... Show more

Matt Sims

Matt Sims

Awarded the BQF Excellenteer accolade by HRH The Princess Royal at Wembley Stadium in March 2025, and named the Lean Competency System Global Champion 2025, I am passionate about building high-performing cultures where people leadership, continuous improvement, and operational excellence thrive.

Alongside receiving a Global Recognition Award™ 2025 for outstanding impact in leadership and continuous improvement, I bring over 25 years of hands-on experience leading transformation across industries, including major tenures with Amazon and Royal Mail, proving that when people thrive, performance follows.

As a globally recognised voice in Leadership and Continuous Improvement, I hold elite qualifications including Lean Mastery (MBB), Lean Six Sigma Post-HBO Black Belt (Post-Bachelor’s level – ISO 18404), and Lean Leader (ISO 18404). My leadership philosophy combines CI principles with core role-model behaviours, driving lasting high performance and meaningful cultural change.

I am the author of The Emergence of an Unexpected Leader and Building the Bridge to Inspirational Leadership, and host of the multi-award-nominated Ever-So-Lean Podcast, where I simplify complex CI concepts into actionable insights that inspire and enable real progress.

My frameworks — such as The Bridge to Inspirational Leadership — help leaders engage, inspire, and elevate teams, achieving sustainable results. Whether transforming large-scale operations or coaching individuals, I build environments where people and performance thrive together.

A finalist for Excellence in People Development & Engagement at the Excellence Awards 2025, I’ve developed the Ever-So-Lean Learning Series and Rising Stars™ Programmes, accredited initiatives that equip emerging leaders and change professionals with the mindset, skills, and confidence to drive long-term success.

My passion is unlocking potential, in individuals and organisations alike, removing barriers to success and creating spaces where people feel valued, respected, and empowered to drive meaningful change.

Whether leading transformation, coaching executives, or shaping the next generation of leaders, I bring clarity, energy, and authenticity to every engagement.

If you’re ready to unlock your people’s full potential and build a culture of excellence, let’s talk.

Awarded the BQF Excellenteer accolade by HRH The Princess Royal at Wembley Stadium in March 2025, and named the Lean Competency System Global Champion 2025, I am passionate about building high-performing cultures where people leadership, continuous i... Show more

Kumar Shivendu

Kumar Shivendu

Shivendu is a Software engineer at Qdrant. He loves search, distributed systems, observability, and AI. He has been building developer tools for the last 3 years and has worked with different startups and institutes like Qdrant, SuperTokens (YC 20), FamPay (YC 19), Inria (Paris), etc.

He lives in Bangalore (India) and loves trying different cuisines and learning about different cultures.

Some of his previous talks can be found at https://talks.kshivendu.dev

Shivendu is a Software engineer at Qdrant. He loves search, distributed systems, observability, and AI. He has been building developer tools for the last 3 years and has worked with different startups and institutes like Qdrant, SuperTokens (YC 20), ... Show more

Shanti Greene

Shanti Greene

Shanti Greene is the leader of Data Science and AI Innovation at Answer Rocket.. A passionate technologist, over the past 2 decades he has helped countless organizations transform their disorganized data into valuable business insights. His teams have utilized leading-edge technologies (large language models, computer vision, neural network-based forecasting) to improve business outcomes. Shanti’s expertise extends to cloud and data engineering, having architected the data ingestion, storage, and retrieval for a fully containerized, poly-cloud capable, near real-time analytics platform. In addition to his consulting role, Shanti is a professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches graduate-level analytics.

Shanti Greene is the leader of Data Science and AI Innovation at Answer Rocket.. A passionate technologist, over the past 2 decades he has helped countless organizations transform their disorganized data into valuable business insights. His teams ha... Show more

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