Venkatesh Wadawadagi
Venkatesh is a senior data scientist, practice leader, author and speaker. As a solution consultant at Sahaj Software Solutions, he helps businesses solve complex problems using AI-powered solutions.
He specialises in Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, embedded-AI and business intelligence. He has extensive experience in building algorithms, leading the teams/efforts, architecting the solution and research. He has worked on a variety of solutions ranging from building brand monitoring systems, building a Deep Learning Inference Engine for an e-AI chip, implementing Adaptive Traffic Control System to research and development in the area of ATM surveillance.
He also has experience of working across other areas like Video Codecs, embedded systems, FPGA subsystems and Linux programming & development. Earlier he has worked with the Uncanny Vision Solutions and Pathpartner Technology.
Ranjeet Singh
Dr. Bernd Waschneck
Rangan Sreenivas
Werner Bailer
Calin Barburescu
Zach Shelby
Zach is an entrepreneur, angel investor and technologist in the embedded space with a passion for TinyML, embedded and Internet engineering. Zach is a former Arm VP, founder and CEO of the Micro:bit Foundation and Sensinode, active in several of his portfolio companies, and is working to bring ML to any embedded device as co-founder and CEO of Edge Impulse.
Prior to this, he served in a number of roles at Arm, including VP of developers, VP of marketing, and director of technology for IoT. Zach was the co-founder and CEO of the Micro:bit Foundation and the co-founder of Sensinode, acquired by Arm in 2013, where he acted as CEO and CTO. He is an active investor and advisor for tech startups, including CubiCasa (PropTech), Augumenta (AR), Petasense (Industrial IoT) and Walkia Lighting (LED lighting). Before starting Sensinode, he led wireless Internet networking research at the Centre for Wireless Communications and at the Technical Research Center of Finland. Zach has served on the Technical Advisory Board and Board of Directors at the IPSO Alliance, has contributed to numerous IoT-related standards and was awarded the Nokia Foundation Award in 2014 for his work on the Internet of Things.
Alvin Andrian
Shizu Okusa
Mirella Siciliano
Mirella Siciliano is the founder of Le Cleanse Officiel, an emerging Microbiome-Minded beauty wellness brand. The brand launched November 2020, targeting the skin-intellectuals that crave a purposeful brand of minimal complexity for maximum efficacy.
With over 15 years of retail and buying experience and know-how gained with brands in the Beauty and Fashion sectors, she has launched some of the most iconic brands and products in the beauty industry for prestigious retailers such as Sephora, Rinascente, Illum, and Barneys New York.
Mirella is focused on building out Le Cleanse Officiel's direct-to-consumer strategy and strategic partnerships with Kirna Zabete, Neiman Marcus, Amazon and is also preparing to expand globally in Q4 2021.