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Dilip Singh

Executive Vice President - Technology and Co-Founder BioBrain Insights LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Dilip Singh is a modern-day technology leader with nearly two decades of experience driving innovation across research technology, enterprise AI, automation, cloud systems, and intelligent digital transformation. As EVP Technology and Co-founder at BioBrain Insights LLC, he has played a pivotal role in architecting and scaling next-generation ResTech and AI-driven research intelligence platforms that are reshaping how global enterprises execute consumer insights and market research operations. Under his technology leadership, BioBrain has emerged as one of the most innovation-led AI-native research intelligence companies in the industry. Dilip has been instrumental in developing BioBrain’s proprietary Research Ops Intelligence ecosystem, integrating automation, machine learning, real-time quality intelligence, workflow orchestration, and scalable cloud-native infrastructure to transform fragmented research execution into highly efficient, intelligent, and decision-ready systems. These innovations contributed significantly to BioBrain receiving Double Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence - Technical Innovation of the Year & Technology breakthrough of the Year - in Artificial Intelligence category in 2025. Over the course of his career, Dilip has led technology strategy, AI product development, enterprise architecture, and large-scale digital transformation initiatives across multiple industries including market research, enterprise software, industrial technology, and consumer intelligence. His work consistently focuses on combining emerging technologies with practical business applications to solve complex operational and scalability challenges. Prior to BioBrain, Dilip held senior technology leadership roles at globally recognized organizations including Market Cube LLC, SAGO, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Voith Hydro, and HCL Technologies. At SAGO, he led strategic initiatives around AI and machine learning-based research technologies for evolving consumer insight ecosystems. At Market Cube, he drove innovation in programmatic workflows in multi-stakeholder systems for global clients. Earlier in his career, he was part of global technology and IoT initiatives at Voith Hydro in Germany, contributing to mobility, connected systems, and enterprise architecture programs. Dilip is also the Founder of AInetix, an AI-focused innovation venture established to help organizations adopt and scale intelligent technologies. Through AInetix, he has worked extensively on AI-powered systems, computer vision, deep learning, and next-generation intelligent applications designed to make advanced technology more accessible and commercially impactful for businesses. Widely recognized for his ability to bridge deep technology expertise with operational business impact, Dilip is passionate about enabling organizations to scale intelligently through automation, AI, and research operations transformation. His leadership philosophy centers on building practical innovation that enhances speed, quality, transparency, and scalability without disrupting existing organizational workflows. In addition to his executive leadership responsibilities, Dilip actively mentors technology teams, advises emerging product initiatives, and contributes to conversations around the future of AI-enabled business ecosystems and research intelligence transformation. As Chair of the Individual Awards Judging Committee for the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence, Dilip brings a strong combination of global technology leadership, AI innovation expertise, operational transformation experience, and a deep commitment to recognizing breakthrough excellence in technology and business innovation.

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Amarachi Amaechi

Co-founder & COO, Bitpowr Technologies Inc, San Francisco, California, United States

Amarachi Amaechi is a technology operator and go-to-market leader with experience building and scaling venture-backed infrastructure companies. She led commercial strategy and partnerships at Bitpowr, where the platform processed over $1 billion in transaction volume across global markets.

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Dibyajyoti Bhattacharji

Senior Supply Chain Analyst, Apple Inc, Leander, Texas, United States

Innovative techno-functional leader with 16+ years of experience delivering large-scale supply chain, enterprise platform, and operational transformation initiatives. Proven expertise in supply-demand planning, optimization systems, intelligent automation, and scalable enterprise solutions, with recent focus on AI-powered business transformation and data-driven decision support platforms.

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Kapil Shirish Bidikar

SDE, Amazon Development Center, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Kapil is a software engineer specializing in AI/ML and cloud-scale systems at AWS, he builds memory capabilities for LLMs on Amazon Bedrock. He designs evaluators that simulate human judgment, develops scalable services using Kotlin, Rust, and TypeScript, and creates APIs that power personalized, context-aware AI applications with experience in ML pipelines, cloud architecture.

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Bhavya Budania

Engineering Manager, Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United States

Bhavya Budania is a Senior Software Development Manager at Amazon, where he leads the Personalization engineering team within Amazon Haul Store. With nearly a decade at Amazon, progressing from intern through individual contributor roles into engineering leadership, he specializes in large-scale distributed systems with a focus on personalization and machine learning-driven customer experiences.

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Aloke Burman

Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Chicago, Illinois, United States

AI & data consulting leader in banking, specializing in cloud modernization, regulatory reporting, and data strategy. Expert in Snowflake, governance, and GenAI-driven accelerators to unlock data value, improve quality, and accelerate time-to-market. Passionate about building scalable, insight-driven data ecosystems.

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Rudra Pratap Chakraborty

Application Architect, N5 Sensors, Rockville, Maryland, United States

Rudra Chakraborty is an Application Architect and AI Solutions Architect specializing in cloud-native and IoT platforms. He designs scalable systems for environmental intelligence, including wildfire and chemical monitoring. As a Stevie Awards judge, he evaluates innovation, impact, and technical excellence in emerging technologies.

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Jatin Chopra

Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United States

Jatin is a technology professional with expertise in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data technologies. Known for thought leadership, radical and disruptive innovation, and a strong business-oriented mindset. Focused on customer experience and obsession, driving impact-driven product-led development using cutting-edge technology and strategic vision.

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Nabin Debnath

Senior Lead Software Engineer, Capital One, Henrico, Virginia, United States

Nabin Debnath is a solution architect with over 19 years of experience in building cloud-native, event-driven, and serverless enterprise platforms. He leads large-scale risk and governance initiatives at Capital One, driving modernization through automation, operational excellence, and emerging AI practices. He is passionate about mentoring engineers and fostering technology communities.

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Sheela Dubey

Quality Engineering IT Technical Manager, WAWA INC, Media, Pennsylvania, United States

Sheela Dubey is a senior quality engineering leader with 19+ years of experience in enterprise software delivery across healthcare, fintech, and e-commerce. As a Stevie Awards Judge, she brings deep expertise in automation architecture, DevOps-driven testing, and scalable platforms, evaluating innovations based on technical excellence, real-world impact, and measurable business value.

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Subbarao Duggisetty

Senior Delivery Consultant, Amazon Web Services, Huntersville, North Carolina, United States

Subbarao is a cloud and technology professional with deep experience in AWS, generative AI, network architecture, and infrastructure automation. With 15+ professional awards and external certifications, the commitment to excellence and customer success has been a constant throughout the career. Passionate about mentoring people, sharing knowledge, and helping teams grow.

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Ashritha Reddy Epur

Manager, Customer Experience Data Science & Analytics, The Home Depot, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States

Ashritha Reddy Epur is a Strategic Analytics Leader at The Home Depot with a decade of expertise across Retail Media, Marketing, and Customer Experience. She specializes in building high-performing teams, scaling AI and data products, and translating complex data into executive strategy for enterprise-level digital transformations.

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Punit Gupta

Principal Software Engineer (Architect & Uber Tech Lead), Microsoft Corporation, Mountain View, California, United States

Punit is a Principal Software Architect, Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access. His credentials include SSE, ZTNA, AI Security, IEEE Senior Member & Peer Reviewer, and he has been featured in USA Today. Punit is an entrepreneur in DevX with Multiple Patents & 500+ Citations.

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Anand Janjal

Federal Cybersecurity Modernization Leader, REI Systems, Sterling, Virginia, United States

Anand Janjal is a cybersecurity leader and Senior Project Manager at REI Systems with over 20 years of experience delivering secure digital transformation initiatives across U.S. federal programs. His work focuses on Zero Trust Architecture, Risk Management Framework (RMF) automation, DevSecOps, and continuous authorization (cATO), with a strong emphasis on operationalizing cybersecurity at scale.

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Anurag Jindal

Vice President - Global Technology Client Partner, Vertisystem (A MOURI Tech Company), Fremont, California, United States

Anurag Jindal, VP & Technology Client Partner at Vertisystem, leading enterprise AI, cloud and data transformations. He leads multimillion-dollar portfolios, advises CXOs, scales global teams & turns strategy into outcomes to grow revenue, efficiency & reliability across modernization and digital transformation. An IEEE Senior & Forbes Technology Council Member, Award winner, speaker, and judge.

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Chetna Khaparde

Advisor ERP Functional Analyst, Gainwell Technologies LLC, Addison, Texas, United States

Chetna has 13+ years of experience delivering enterprise transformation, system optimization, and scalable SAP solutions across global organizations. Expertise in SAP SD/OTC, solution architecture, cross-functional leadership, and business process innovation driving measurable operational and financial impact.

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Puneet Khatri

Senior Technical Consultant / Head of services-Libelle Americas, Libelle LLC, Cumming, Georgia, United States

Puneet Khatri is a results-driven technology leader with over 18 years of experience in SAP systems, project delivery, and client engagement. As Head of Services at Libelle Americas, he combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership to manage complex SAP automation, cybersecurity, and data masking initiatives across North America. Puneet excels in guiding cross-functional teams.

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Shailendra Khemka

Product Manager, Google, New Jersey, United States

Shailendra is a Product Manager leading Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning product development. He has greater than 10 years of experience in AI/ML product development with deep expertise in a wide range of AI techniques, such gen AI and Bayesian Optimization. He has successfully launched AI products generating double digit millions in revenue.

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Shruti Khurana

Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, United States

Shruti is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with 8+ years of experience building large-scale products used by millions worldwide. Shruti's expertise spans Microsoft 365, AI agent governance, Microsoft Copilots, Power Automate (low-code no-code platform), and Windows quality improvements. Holding a Master's in CS from UC Irvine, with published research and a dedication to mentoring and judging talent.

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Sanjeev Kumar

Head of Data & Infrastructure, Coin Vesting, Inc. dba Rome Protocol, Westlake Village, California, United States

Sanjeev Kumar is Head of Data & Infrastructure Engineering at Rome Protocol, with 20+ years of global experience in data engineering, infrastructure, blockchain, cloud, and GIS. He has led large-scale pipelines, warehouses, platforms, and cloud infrastructure across Bayer, Transcom, Capacity, Benson Hill, and other industries. Senior IEEE Member and Forbes Technology Council member.

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Suneet Malhotra

Senior Manager, Test Engineering, Motorola Solutions, North Hills, California, United States

Suneet is a Senior Manager, Test Engineering at Motorola Solutions. Suneet has 18+ years across Motorola, Tinder/Match Group (Head of QA), and Amazon (Bar Raiser; led Ring's 25-person QA org). Independent open-source research on LLM-as-Judge methodology and agentic SDLC. BrowserStack Breakpoint 2026 Mainstage speaker. MS CS, USC.

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Bimal Mohanty

Senior Engineering Manager, Capital One, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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.

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Baraneedharan Murugan Shanmugam

Principal SAP S/4HANA Consultant and Process Architect, SAP America Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Baraneedharan Murugan Shanmugam is a Principal SAP S/4HANA Consultant and Process Architect with 26 years of progressive expertise spanning procurement management and enterprise technology consulting. He currently serves as Customer Adoption Expert Advisor at SAP America, Inc., having led 20+ full-lifecycle S/4HANA implementations across nine industries and ten countries plus SAP Business AI.

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Balasubramanian Narayanaswamy

Technical Services Manager, CVR Energy, Coffeyville, Kansas, United States

Professional Engineer and Head of Process Engineering with 22+ years of experience in downstream refining and upstream SAGD. Expertise spans process engineering, operations, commissioning, and project management across multiple countries. Currently leading Process Engineering, Process Control, DCS, and Laboratory teams at CVR Energy, driving safety, reliability, and operational excellence.

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Diego Neuber

CISO, Disatech IT Solutions | Sec4Tech, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Diego Neuber is a cybersecurity executive, vCISO, and founder of Disatech IT Solutions and Sec4Tech. He holds CISSP, C|CISO, and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor credentials, is an IEEE Senior Member, and is the architect of the S4T Framework for continuous cybersecurity execution.

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Bhaulkumar Patel

Senior Product Safety and Compliance Engineer, ASML US INC, Wilton, Connecticut, United States

Bhaulkumar Patel holds a Master's in Micro-electronics, Bachelor degree in Electronics & telecommunication and a diploma in Electrical Engineering. He is currently working for ASML US INC., which is a leading semiconductor lithography machine manufacturer. Bhaulkumar has more than 15 years of working experience (mixed overseas, Australia + USA). Expert in Semiconductor, robotics, automation, design, regulatory compliance, etc.

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Gunpreet Sabharwall

Principal Program Manager, SAP, Plano, Texas, United States

Gunpreet is a Principal Program Manager in SAP's Office of the CTO, leading strategic AI and enterprise transformation initiatives. With 16 years of experience spanning engineering, business, and program leadership, she specializes in innovation, digital transformation, and scaling complex technology programs globally.

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Mayank Sharma

Senior Data Engineer, Deloitte, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Mayank Sharma is a Data engineering leader specializing in scalable, high-impact data platforms. Mayank designs modern architectures, leads large-scale transformations, and aligns engineering execution with business outcomes. Known for building high-performing teams and delivering reliable, future-ready data solutions.

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Anil Kumar Soni

Lead Site Reliability Engineer CSAA Insurance Group, Avondale, Arizona, United States

A senior IT and engineering leader with 20+ years of experience in enterprise software, infrastructure, and operations. Anil Kumar specialized in DevSecOps, SRE, secure MFT, and high availability systems, building resilient platforms for mission critical data workflows. Proven in modernizing legacy environments and driving improvements in reliability, security, performance, and efficiency.

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Sushma Sunkollu Nagaraj

Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services, Dallas, Texas, United States

Sushma is a seasoned Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) with over five years of experience empowering partners and customers to build secure, scalable, and innovative cloud solutions. Specializing in DevOps practices and infrastructure automation, she helps organizations streamline operations and accelerate their cloud transformation.

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Nitesh Thali

Lead Software Engineer, Grab, Everett, Washington, United States

A Lead Software Engineer at Grab, specializing in cybersecurity, identity management, fraud prevention, and PQC readiness. Nitesh is experienced in large-scale authentication and payments security, and serves as a judge for technology and innovation awards.

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Pratheep Thangamuthu

Software Development Manager, Amazon, Redmond, Washington, United States

Pratheep Thangamuthu is a technology leader with 20 years of experience building Hyper-scale distributed systems at Amazon. He leads engineering teams responsible for Amazon Personalization, serving hundreds of millions of customers. His work spans AI, personalization, regulatory compliance, and platform innovation, delivering scalable solutions that improve customer experience and efficiency.