New Product & Product Management Awards Judging Committee
Chair:
Balagopal Ramdurai, Chief Technology Officer
Vectramind Corporation, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Balagopal Ramdurai is a seasoned product innovator, researcher, and author with 20+ years of experience in full-cycle product management. He has a proven track record of delivering innovative, highly successful, and scalable products to market, and has expertise in Banking & Finance, Healthcare, and E-commerce domains. He is skilled in web, mobile, omnichannel, cloud architecture, AI/ML, NLP, and social technologies, and is a recognized speaker at tech conferences, mentor advisor to startups, and judge for industry awards.
Balagopal has led high performance teams in developing successful products in FinTech, which includes Digital Banking Platforms, Mobile Wallets, and payments to the Hyper-Local product Discovery platform. In the recent past, Balagopal has created successful customer experience and engagement platforms in the Healthcare Domain. His career highlights include spearheading the development of AI-powered platforms, and leveraging his deep understanding of artificial intelligence to create impactful products that meet market needs effectively. Balagopal's leadership has been instrumental in guiding teams through complex technological landscapes, fostering innovation, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, market-leading products.
Throughout his career, Balagopal has demonstrated a keen ability to bridge the gap between technology and business strategy, aligning product development efforts with organizational goals to achieve sustainable growth and competitive advantage. His passion for innovation, coupled with his strong leadership skills, continues to drive forward-thinking initiatives that redefine industry standards and deliver tangible value to customers and stakeholders alike.
Committee:
Hande Alaca Un, Marketing Director
Eczacibasi Building Products, Istanbul, Turkey
Hande Alaca Un has accumulated over 15 years of experience in marketing and product management, working as the Marketing Director at Eczacibasi Building Products Company. She is also pursuing a PhD in marketing at Istanbul Technical University, researching "Consumer Behavior in Omni-Channel Retailing" and its relationship with digitalization.
Aysenur Can, Engineering Manager
UPS, Istanbul, Kartal, Turkey
Aysenur has 13 years of extensive experience in logistics, particularly in financial controlling and reporting, process development, business analysis, operational excellence, and engineering management. She is currently the TR&MEA Cluster Engineering Manager at UPS. Throughout her career, Aysenur has held various positions at prominent companies such as Ekol Logistics and Ceva Logistics.
Jeffrey Diwakar, Strategy Leader
Cummins Inc., Columbus, Indiana, United States
Khaled Elnems, Q.C. Innovation R&D
PARSONS & Egyptian Society, Abu Dhabi, MBZ City, United Arab Emirates
Khaled Elnems is an R&D Innovations Q.C. He has extensive experience as a jury member on the Committee for International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibitions and is a Co-founder and Head of Delegation in International Innovations Exhibitions in Egypt and U.A.E to represent young inventors in local and international events.
Sagar Ganapaneni, Data Science Leader
Intuit, Mountain View, California, United States
Sagar Ganapaneni is a seasoned Data Science leader with expertise in building data-powered products and driving enterprise-level business and marketing optimization efforts. Currently leads Data for SMB MediaLabs at Intuit. With a wealth of experience, he plays an influential role in shaping industry standards, working with prominent trade organizations.
Seetharamareddy Gowda, Analytics Lead
FedEx, Plano, Texas, United States
Seetharamareddy Gowda, Analytics Lead at FedEx since 2017, holds 12+ years' experience in data analytics and AI. Specializing in data engineering, analysis, and AI/ML, collaborated with stakeholders to develop dashboards, forecast revenue, optimize sales content, and conduct A/B testing. Proficient in tools like Power BI, Tableau, Python, and SQL.
Sahil Khullar, Senior Principal Consultant
Genpact, New York City, New York, United States
Sahil Khullar, Senior Principal Consultant at Genpact, brings over 10 years of experience in Agile product and project management. He is currently lending his expertise to product development for the world's largest investment bank.
Rohit Kulkarni, Associate Director
Merck, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Rohit Kulkarni has over 18 years of work experience in Financial Trading, Educational Research, Data Analytics, and pharmaceutical industries with globally known companies such as Thomson Reuters, McKinsey, and Merck. He is responsible for creating FAIR data products and making them available on demand to scientists at Merck.
Kannamangalam Chakaravarthi Lakshminarasimham, Director, Program Management
Expedia Group, San Francisco, California, United States
Program Management leader with two decades’ experience in portfolio, program, and project change management leading high-performing teams that manage complex, cross-functional, and companies’ top business and transformative initiatives. Leader of managers across business, product, operations, engineering, and technology.
Sumit Mittal, Senior Director of Product Management
BlueYonder Inc., Frisco, Texas, United States
Sumit Mittal, a seasoned leader with over 21 years at Blue Yonder Inc., excels in E-Commerce, Supply Chain Execution, Data Science, and building cognitive solutions. As a product management leader, he has successfully introduced new products and services, transforming traditional supply chain systems.
Vikrant Nishandar, Global Head of Product
S&P, New York City, New York, United States
Supreeth Rajan, Director of Product Management
Experian, Costa Mesa, California, United States
Supreeth is the Director of Product Management at Experian. He thrives in the Product Management space and, over the last 10+ years, has launched solutions to improve manufacturing execution, make split-second decisions on the racetrack, and help American consumers make the right financial decisions with the right solutions.
Vartika Rawat, VP of Product
Mastercard, New York City, New York, United States
Vartika Rawat is a Product Management Leader at Mastercard and has 10+ years of experience in building and shipping B2B and B2C products in the AI/data and FinTech space. She has done her Masters from Indiana University and is an active mentor and contributor at various product management communities.
Srinivas Saitala, Consultant
VIRTUSA CORPORATION, Little Elm, Texas, United States