MEMBER SPEAKER FACULTY

The IA FORUM member speaker faculty consists of global C-Suites, senior-level executives, accomplished professionals, and rising stars across the intelligent automation (IA), artificial intelligence (AI), technology, CoE, GBS, shared services, and digital & business transformation fields - and functional area leaders utilizing automation and technology to enhance their functional area operations - from such organizations as the FBI, Meta, Amazon, CIA, Walmart, Google, Citi, Microsoft, NASA, McDonald’s, DuPont, Visa, Procter & Gamble, and much more.

Member Speakers: January, February & March 2026

• Adam Smykowski, Director of Agentic AI & Automations Solutions, VALLEY BANK
• Angela McKeirnan, Director, Global Product Lifecycle Management & Master Data, SOLENIS
• Anup Gupta, Associate Director, LTIMINDTREE
• Avinash Vaidya, Vice President of Information Technology, FRANKLIN TEMPLETON
• David Mack, Ph.D., Principal Data Scientist, HUMANA
• Deji Adedayo, Intelligent Automation & Product Owner - North America, GORDON FOOD SERVICE
• Doug Shannon, Global Intelligent Automation & GenAI Thought Leader & Global Intelligent Automation Manager, GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
• Duffie Brunson, Research Sabbatical & Director, Enterprise Data Oversight, FANNIE MAE
• Gaurav Basra, Chief Executive Officer, BASRA CONSULTING SERVICES
• Gladson Baby, Vice President & Director of AI Enablement, Intelligent Automation & System Integration, FIFTH THIRD BANK
• Gnana Silaparasetti, Principal Technical Architect, SALESFORCE
• James Gowen, Ph.D., Global Head of Data Engineering Controls - Data Quality Platforms, CITI
• Jay Dhar, Vice President - Agentic AI & Process Transformation, U.S. BANK
• Jerry Luftman, Ph.D., Founder, Professor & Managing Director, GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF IT MANAGEMENT & Former Chief Information Officer, IBM
• John Jiang, Ph.D., Former Chief Research & Solution Architect - Cloud Big Data Architect & Data Scientist, HITACHI
• Jules Miller, IA Insights & Community Liaison Officer, IA FORUM
• Junaith Haja, Senior Data Engineer, AMAZON
• Kartik Kinhal, Director, Engineering, Automation, Analytics & Excellence, Worldwide Manufacturing Operations (WMO) Logistics, APPLIED MATERIALS
• Karthik Josyula, Head of Data & AI Platforms - Data & Analytics, KOHLER
• Marty Samadder, Head of Enterprise Architecture, NOVELIS
• Navita Singh, Principal Data Scientist - Research Engineering, AUTODESK
• Nikhil Kassetty, Software Architect - Artificial Intelligence, INTUIT
• Nithin Mohan, Artificial Intelligence & Supercomputing Leader, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
• Nitin Sharma, Senior Manager, Digital Product Solution Design, AMERICAN EXPRESS
• Pabitra Saikia, Vice President & Senior Change Delivery Lead, TRUIST
• Paras Doshi, Director, Head of Data - Data Science & Data Engineering, OPENDOOR
• Phani Chilakapati, Global Data Architecture Leader, Digital Transformation, GenAI & Enterprise Analytics, INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC
• Poornakala Sethuraman, Ph.D., Vice President, Data Science & Product Strategy, BANK OF AMERICA
• Pradeep Madhavankutty, Director - Artificial Intelligence Delivery & Product Development, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
• Prasad Maderamitla, Principal Engineer, SALESFORCE
• Puneet Thakkar, Finance Process & Systems Transformation Lead, GOOGLE
• Raghu Para, Artificial Intelligence Architect & Technology Leader, Data Engineer & Scientist, Multi-Platform Engineering, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
• Rahul Bhatia, Co-Founder & Vice President of Cloud Solutions, NUAAV
• Rahul Chawla, Lead Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Engineer, GOOGLE
• Rajesh Sura, Head of Data Engineering & Analytics - North America Stores, AMAZON
• Rajesh Vayyala, Principal Data Architect, MAJOR DEBT COLLECTION COMPANY
• Ram Kumar Nimmakayala, AI & Data Strategist - Product Leader, AI, Machine Learning & Data, WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY
• Sasan Sadr, Ph.D. Former Director, Enterprise Continuous Improvement, ULTA BEAUTY
• Sibasis Padhi, Staff Software Engineer, WALMART GLOBAL TECH
• Sindhu Vasudevan, Director of Software Engineering, TRUIST
• SriHarsha Anand Pushkala, Director, Fraud Strategy & Analytics, ATLANTICUS
• Subba Rao Katragadda, Senior Principal Data Engineer, JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDTECH
• Suzanne LaLena, Senior Vice President, Automation Engineering, BNY
• Uttam Kumar, Engineering Manager, AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS