New Product & Product Management Awards Judging Committee
Chair:
Rajesh Kumar Mudiakal, Senior SAP Project Manager
In transit to a new company, Hounslow, London, United Kingdom
Rajesh Kumar Mudiakal is a distinguished senior project management professional with over 25 years of international experience in delivering complex enterprise technology programs, particularly within the SAP ecosystem. With a core specialization in SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC 6.0, and Analytics platforms, Rajesh has successfully led multiple full lifecycle implementations, upgrades, and transformation initiatives across the UK, Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and North America. A certified PMP, PRINCE2, and ITIL professional, Rajesh holds a master’s degree from the University of Bristol and a Postgraduate Diploma in AI & Machine Learning from IIIT Bangalore and Columbia University’s executive leadership program. He had been a Commonwealth Scholar at Bristol University. He has also presented papers in international conferences and regular contributor of thought leadership in the field of Technology and Management. Rajesh brings a wealth of cross-industry insight, strategic rigor, and an unwavering commitment to excellence and integrity in evaluating enterprise innovation and leadership.
Committee:
Godwin Asuelimen, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Mecho Autotech, Lagos, Nigeria
Godwin is an experienced product leader, currently the co-founder & COO of Mecho Autotech, transforming Africa's fleet and Autoparts industry through technology. Previously led product across Venture backed African startups, he combines deep product expertise with operational strategy to scale businesses that digitize traditional sectors and unlock new value across markets.
Oluwatofunmi Awodiji, Technical Product Manager
Goldman Sachs, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Tofunmi Awodiji is a product strategist with over 5 years of experience contributing to innovation at Goldman Sachs and building tech solutions across AI, finance, and women’s health. She founded Being The Product and Not Just a Bad Period and judges entries based on impact, technical novelty, and execution excellence.
Ahmet Atilla Can, Chief Growth Officer
Kodzilla, Istanbul, Turkey
Ahmet Atilla Can is the Chief Growth Officer at Kodzilla and Director of Business Development at FCB Health Reaktor. With nearly 20 years of experience, he specializes in AI, AR/VR, XR, and emerging technologies, and has founded three tech companies and lectured at top Turkish universities.
Shiva Chandrashekher, Head of Product
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United States
Shiva is a product and business innovator who has built several products with AI-driven experiences at Amazon. He created off-Amazon ad programs, launched customer favorites like Alexa Grocery Assistant and Amazon Glow, and guided global product strategy for Amazon Rufus (Gen AI Shopping Assistant). Shiva also mentors senior talent and emerging leaders in tech.
Harshad Chiddarwar, Senior Director
Strategic Research Insights, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Accomplished business analytics and market research professional with over 15 years of experience spanning the pharmaceutical, retail, media, and technology sectors. Proven expertise in consulting on opportunity assessment, forecasting, go-to-market strategy, KPI design, and data visualization. Adept at leading cross-functional teams to deliver strategic insights and drive business outcomes.
Narasimha Kishore Yadav Dupally Naval Venkata, CEO
DSKN Group, Sacramento, California, United States
Dupally Naval Venkata Narasimha Kishore Yadav is a seasoned aerospace and mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, and corporate leader with over 12 years of industry experience spanning India and the United States. His technical and managerial acumen has driven multiple international collaborations and cross-border projects in aviation.
Khaled Elnems, (Q.C.) Industrial Design Innovation
Parsons & Founder EGY Inventors Society, MBZ City, Abu Zabi, United Arab Emirates
Khaled, a UAE-based Q.C. Innovations (R&D), works with International Consultants and is a jury member on the Committee for International Engineering Innovation Exhibitions, a Co-founder (Vice President) of The Egyptian Inventors Society (Syndicate), Head of Delegation for Young Inventors in Egypt and UAE. He supports cooperation with women and marginalized inventors.
Harshini Gadam, Manager, Cloud EPM Finance
Staples, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Harshini is an accomplished Enterprise Planning Transformation Lead with over a decade of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) across diverse sectors, including financial services, retail, insurance, and manufacturing. Her expertise lies in leading financial system transformations into cloud-based planning platforms at Staples, McLarens & Dyma brands, specifically Anaplan, Workday and Oracle Cloud EPM.
Sagar Ganapaneni, Head of Data Science, Emerging Products, Partner Ecosystem
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, California, United States
Sagar Ganapaneni is a distinguished leader with over a decade of experience in data science, algorithmic marketing optimization, and advertising technology, driving innovation at the intersection of data, AI, product, and business strategy.
Abhishek Gupta, Head of Product
TikTok, Seattle, Washington, United States
Abhishek Gupta is a global product leader with 15 years in ad tech, currently heading Measurement, Identity, and Privacy at TikTok. He has built and scaled platforms influencing billions in ad spend, and brings deep expertise in digital advertising, AI-driven optimization, and data-driven product innovation.
Jan Harling, CEO
Virtus Asia Consulting, Hong Kong, Greater China
Originally from Germany, Jan has spent over 15 years in Asia and has successfully developed and implemented holistic data-driven campaigns for world-leading brands of various industries throughout China, Asia Pacific and Western Europe. He is an expert in communications and marketing and has had local, regional, and global roles in both international 4A agencies.
Avinash Kumar Jha, Delivery Executive
SAP America Inc., Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States
Delivery Executive at SAP, Avinash manages multimillion-dollar ERP implementations and cloud deployments for global accounts in Life Sciences, Healthcare, and Retail. He leads a team of 80-120 members, effectively manages stakeholders, and ensures high customer satisfaction. Collaborating with C-level executives, he demonstrates a commitment to excellence in strategic client management.
Pornnetr Kanchanasuwan, Director
DKSH Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Pornnetr is an experienced healthcare professional with a strong background in FMCG and Consumer Healthcare and a proven track record of driving growth and enhancing healthcare accessibility across Southeast Asia. With expertise in strategic leadership, commercial strategy development, and partnership cultivation, Pornnetr excels at leading transformative initiatives and fostering industry collaboration.
Venkatesh Kanneganti, Senior Quality Assurance Manager
Gilead Sciences, Dublin, California, United States
Venkatesh is an experienced quality and validation expert, and a published author in life sciences. He has over 12 years’ experience leading digital quality systems, compliance frameworks, and enterprise transformation. He combines technical depth with strategic insight to support innovation and regulatory success across global biotech and pharma environments.
Jimmy Katiyar, Senior Manager, Product Management
Sirius XM, Fremont, California, United States
Jimmy is a Salesforce AI Certified Senior Product Manager with a demonstrated history of working in both Functional and Technical roles in the information technology and services industry.
Sahil Khullar, Senior Product Manager
UBS, New York City, New York, United States
Sahil Khullar is a customer-obsessed, data-driven product manager who delivers high-impact technology products for leading finance and tech companies, driving digital transformation, innovation, compliance, and growth for world-class firms.
Rajesh Kumar, Director
Deloitte & Touche LLP, Edison, New Jersey, United States
Rajesh Kumar is a highly accomplished cybersecurity professional with over 18 years of experience in architecting, designing, and implementing robust security solutions. Currently, Director at Deloitte, Rajesh Kumar, continues to drive major transformations in the cybersecurity landscape. He leads critical Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) engagements, focusing on the seamless integration of security and user experience.
Nivedita Kumari, Data Analytics Customer Engineer
Google, United States
Nivedita Kumari is a Data and AI expert at Google, she empowers businesses to leverage data analytics & cloud-based solutions. With a Master's in Technology Management and 9+ years of experience, she's passionate about democratizing AI, she actively shares her expertise through content creation.
Ohm Hareesh Kundurthy, Director, Application Development
Santander Bank, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
With over 18 years of rising responsibility across India, Australia and US, Ohm Hareesh has led critical IT and Data architecture Initiatives in top Financial institutions. He drives regulatory compliance and digital transformation. His impact in RegTech and platform modernization positions him as an extraordinary Contributor to US financial resilience and Innovation.
Mohneil Lobo, Head of Data Science, Google Fi & Google Store
Google, Mountain View, California, United States
Mohneil is a data science leader with 15+ years of experience in quantitative analysis, experimentation & business intelligence. As Head of Data Science at Google Fi & Google Store, he leads teams driving clear data driven decisions. Previously at PwC & Deloitte, he holds a Masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
Sri Rama Chandra Mandava, Director, Sr. Treasury Product Manager
Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Arvin is a seasoned & versatile professional with significant experience of more than 20 years in Digital Transformation, Innovation & Delivery primarily focused on Banking & Financial Services. He defines roadmaps, designs solution architecture, and drives implementation strategy for digital payments ecosystem in global banks to partner institutional clients.
Ankitkumar Patel, Senior QA/QC Specialist
MAK Pharma USA, Randolph, New Jersey, United States
Ankitkumar Patel is a professional senior QA/QC Specialist with 15+ years’ experience developing products and helping the pharma industry. Ankit founded his own pharmaceutical packaging company, where he collaborates with clients internationally and across industries—from leading pharmaceutical companies to nonprofit organizations and national big retailers.
Prateek Prasad, Director of Product Management
Weave Communications, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
For over a decade, Prateek has transformed cutting-edge AI and machine-learning research into market-ready products for both SMB and enterprise customers. Currently, as Director of Product Management at Weave Communications, Prateek is guiding the roadmap for the company’s flagship generative-AI and analytics offerings that power its healthcare communications platform.
Karthikeyan Ramachandran, Senior Director
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Karthik is a technology leader with over 15 years of experience, specializing in machine learning, data, quality engineering, and product release strategy and management. Karthik has led initiatives across multiple domains—including finance, healthcare, gaming, government, and marketing—delivering innovative solutions in startups, mid-sized firms, and large enterprises.
Shaheen Shah, Group Product Manager
LinkedIn, Sunnyvale, California, United States
Shaheen Shah is a senior product leader at LinkedIn, known for building high-performing teams and delivering impactful marketplace and payments solutions. With prior experience at McKinsey and Meta, she brings a strategic, human-centered approach to product development and is passionate about mentoring and growing inclusive, mission-driven product organizations.
Deepshikha Shekhawat, Business Intelligence Program Manager
AMD, Austin, Texas, United States
With over 12 years of experience as a high-impact leader in business intelligence, supply chain analytics, and semiconductor operations, Deepshikha demonstrates a proven track record of driving multi-million-dollar efficiencies and strategic transformations. With expertise spanning data analytics, program management, and decision intelligence she has successfully optimized financial planning, and business processes for Fortune 500 companies.
Malcolm Summerfield, CEO
MIS Consulting Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Entrepreneur, Marketing and Advertising Expert, and Portfolio Non-executive Director, Malcolm has wide experience of many business sectors both in the UK and Internationally. He is a former CEO of McCann Erickson in London and now runs his own business consultancy.
Maalika Tadinada, Director of Engineering
Electronic Arts, Inc, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
At Electronic Arts, Maalika leads teams that build virtual economy platforms that add depth to gameplay and drive player engagement & monetization. She has expertise in developing strategies for technical transformations to align the technical vision of the product with business needs, and develops mission-critical services that put customer empathy at the heart of building large-scale systems.
Roshan Tathed, Chief of Staff
Fusion Transport, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Roshan has 7+ years of experience in supply chain, strategy, and AI product development. At Fusion Transport he has led multimillion-dollar pricing, operations, and sales transformations. At Amazon, he built an AI-powered agriculture app impacting over 10 million farmers. Earlier, he spearheaded India’s pharma supply chain recovery during COVID-19 and led a $100M health-tech platform launch.
Sidhartha Thakur, Senior Product Manager
Amazon Web Services, Sunnyvale, California, United States
Sidhartha has 15 years of experience in technology and financial services, spanning from building IBM enterprise servers to managing M&A transactions at Jefferies. With an electronics degree and a Darden MBA, Sidhartha launched Amazon Prime's sub-same-day delivery and now leads AWS compute initiatives focusing on capacity and pricing solutions at scale.
Sathyanarayanan Veeramani, Business Systems Architect
Cisco Systems Inc, Milpitas, California, United States
Sathyanarayanan Veeramani is an award-winning Business Systems Architect at Cisco with over 18 years of experience leading digital transformation in global supply chains. A Stanford LEAD graduate, he specializes in quality systems, data-driven innovation, and enterprise solutions that deliver measurable business impact, and is passionate about excellence and thought leadership.