Sudhir is a Visionary business leader driving large-scale Finance and Digital Transformations for global financial institutions. Over 20 years of experience in building practices, scaling revenue, and leading transformation programs powered by Oracle Cloud, AI, & analytics. Accountable for a $15M+ annual consulting portfolio and$100M+ in total project sales.

Srikanth brings Management Consulting, Customer Experience advisory across domains such as Telecommunications, Media, Information Technology, and Cyber Security. He helps business leaders build more efficient, customer friendly, cost-optimized, analytically driven and AI-enabled businesses. Srikanth is a co-founder of cybersec startup which provides ""CDC-On"" as the IT, OT cyberdefense platform.

Swapnil is a senior risk analytics and fraud strategy leader with over a decade of experience across consumer and commercial credit risk, financial forecasting, fraud analytics, and AI-driven decision systems within major global financial institutions. His work spans credit portfolio management, acquisition risk strategy, first-party fraud mitigation, and predictive loss forecasting.

Nick is building an AP/AR platform for the 21st century.

Kim is the founder and principal of Polished Professionals Boston, a solopreneur consulting practice that provides business strategy and marketing solutions to the B2B sector. Additionally, Kim is an adviser to aspiring entrepreneurs, and she develops curriculum and conducts workshops that address business topics, including business plan writing, strategy development, and marketing.

Navraj is a finance and strategy leader with MIT training and a track record spanning venture capital, banking, and emerging tech. Experienced in executing strategic deals, driving growth, and integrating AI and analytics into corporate strategy. Recent founder experience in frontier technologies and building partnerships across innovation ecosystems. Specialties: Venture Sourcing, GenAI, & Tech.

Ravindra is an enterprise analytics and financial planning transformation leader with 23+ years of global consulting experience across the US, UK, Germany, South Africa, India and supporting Fortune 500 companies. A BCS Fellow and founder of GRB Consulting Group, he focuses on intelligent analytics, agentic AI, SLM's and quantum optimization.

Barno is a creative educator and edible artist specializing in hands-on learning through edible art. She designs and leads workshops that enhance fine motor skills, sensory development, and creativity in children. She contributes to international awards programs, evaluating innovation, creative excellence, and real-world impact across diverse industries.

Lindsey is a fintech and ecosystem partnerships executive and founder with experience scaling platform businesses, securing enterprise partnerships, and advising emerging technology companies. She brings operator-level judgment on growth, strategy, and execution across high-impact business environments.

Anna is an international expert in rhetoric and strategic communication with 8+ years of experience in public speaking. She served as President of Friends Toastmasters Club, which achieved a distinguished status (the highest recognition of Toastmasters International). She is the author of scholarly articles, and developed her own public speaking course.

Aziz is an FMCG Sales Professional with 15+ Years of Experience in various leadership and sales roles. Aziz has worked across multiple organizations such as Vestacy, Reckitt, AkzoNobel, Nokia, Packages and SC Johnson (JV Partner-Packages) spanning across Pakistan, USA and the UK. Aziz holds an MBA from LUMS, Pakistan.

Jo is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Manchester Youth Zone. She has many years' experience of strategic leadership in education settings at national and regional levels in the Middle East, the UK and in the Caribbean. Jo has led and managed whole system reform and is committed to building organizational capacity and sustainability.

Franklin is an internationally recognized startup & business coach. He has advised startups across five continents and more than ten industries, helping early founders build scalable, investment-ready companies. Known for his sharp insight into innovation, market potential, and leadership excellence, Franklin brings the clarity and objectivity required of an international awards judge.

Nerses is a business executive and founder specializing in growth strategy, operational systems, and performance-driven management. He is the creator of the Precision Growth Marketing Model, a framework developed through academic research and applied across multiple industries. With experience spanning both public sector finance and private enterprise, he has led business transformations.

Avinash Mainkar teaches strategic management in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. He received his PhD in management from the University of Connecticut, MBA from Tulane University, and BTech from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Nirali is Co-Founder of LeafyVeda and an Occupational therapist specializing in autism and neurodiversity. She brings a unique lens at the intersection of sensory science, human behavior, and entrepreneurship. As a judge, she evaluates businesses on vision, execution, and meaningful real-world impact.

Shikhar Mathur is a seasoned technology leader with extensive experience driving enterprise-scale data, analytics, and AI initiatives, particularly within the healthcare domain. As a Customer Success Partner and Enterprise Architect at Persistent Systems, he collaborates with executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams to design and deliver data-driven solutions that enable digital transform

Darshan Mehta is a Product Manager for Applied AI at AT&T, with experience spanning product management, UX strategy, and analytics across large-scale platforms. He has led product work at Unity and Meta on advertising and cloud experiences, focusing on growth, monetization, and experimentation. Mr. Mehta's work on privacy-preserving machine learning algorithms has been globally recognized.

Bimal Mohanty is a Senior software engineering leader with 25+ years of experience building scalable software across AI/ML, cloud, IoT, and data platforms. At Capital One, he leads ML teams in AI/ML/LLM, analytics, and forecasting solutions. He has deep technical/product expertise, strong certifications, and global delivery experience from Capital One, Philips, and IBM.

Ankit, the CEO of ConsultAdd Inc., leading enterprise AI and digital transformation initiatives. He has scaled the company into a $30 million business and founded POP, focused on agentic AI systems. A Forbes Business Council member and Global Recognition Award recipient, he brings expertise in applying AI to real-world business challenges.

Divya Peddi is a business leader with 10+ yrs of experience in data analytics, vendor management, and product management. She holds an MBA from Chicago Booth and currently serves as Senior Product Manager for Amazon Business, building last-mile delivery features. Previously, she led P&L for Amazon Canada Apparel combining her analytical expertise with business acumen to drive growth and profitability.

Vasant is a senior AI product development leader (Motorola; ex-Google) with 12+ years experience building high impactful production platforms who has shipped GenAI and ML software used by millions worldwide across consumer and payments platforms. He brings a judge’s lens on what matters - reliability, UX, Responsible AI, and measurable business impact.

Kishor is a dynamic leader at Worley-US with expertise in engineering and project management across Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Power sectors. He has received multiple industry awards globally. He is registered as Professional Engineer at APEGA, Canada and PMP at PMI, USA. He has a Masters in civil-structural engineering.

Pranjal has 11+ years of experience in business and growth strategy, and M&A diligence across consumer and technology businesses. His recent experiences are on Go to Market and business strategy building for new age AI products. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.

Elif is Chief of Staff at Estuary, a NYC-based data infrastructure startup, focusing on business operations and go-to-market strategy. Previously, she worked in venture capital with early-stage B2B SaaS companies and began her career as a strategy consultant at Simon-Kucher & Partners.

Dr. Niti is an internationally trained orthodontist with 5+ years of experience in the healthcare industry and is presently pursuing a Masters in Global Business at Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU. She brings clinical leadership and research experience and supports virtual healthcare simulations and school-community engagement initiatives focused on improving access and equity.

Ivan Shvaichenko is a global technology executive with hands-on experience in building and scaling GPU-based HPC infrastructure and cloud platforms. He contributes a strategic, systems-level perspective on innovation, scalability, and long-term value creation. Ivan defines long-term vision and global strategy, leads infrastructure expansion, and directs strategic partnerships at Boosteroid.

Shatrunjay Kumar Singh is a senior technology leader and full-stack engineer with 20+ years of experience in financial technology and legal analytics. At Bloomberg LP, he leads secure, AI-enabled platforms for Bloomberg Law, Gov, and Tax, including LLM-powered legal analytics. A CISSP, he combines deep technical expertise with cloud security leadership and active mentorship.

Manohar is a Senior Solution Architect, IEEE Senior Member, and cloud-certified data engineering leader with extensive experience in ETL, analytics, and AI-driven data platforms. Manohar actively supports the technology ecosystem as a judge, mentor, and peer reviewer, helping identify impactful and innovative solutions.

Asia is Founder and Chief Product & Strategy Officer of ProSense, a remote-first software development agency. With 10+ years in product management and digital strategy, she is an award-winning business leader, Entrepreneur contributor, and creator of the Data-First Development methodology.