MEMBER SPEAKER FACULTY

The IA FORUM member speaker faculty consists of C-Suites and senior-level executives, across intelligent automation (IA), AI, technology, CoE, GBS, shared services, and functional areas leading digital or business transformation. The community represents the overall digital transformation ecosystem - including a wide range of technology practitioners and functional area leaders driving digital transformation initiatives. It also includes SMEs, thought leaders, authors, academics, and the top voices in the field.

Member Speakers: November & December 2025 and January 2026

• KEYNOTE: Kunal Tanwar, Ph.D., Director of Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence & Data Management, GOOGLE
• KEYNOTE: Rajesh Sura, Head of Data Engineering & Analytics - North America Stores, AMAZON
• Aarohi Tripathi, Senior Data Engineer, MAJOR HEALTHCARE COMPANY
• Angela McKeirnan, Director, Global Product Lifecycle Management & Master Data, SOLENIS
• Avinash Vaidya, Vice President of Information Technology, FRANKLIN TEMPLETON
• Bhawini Navapura, Senior Vice President - DevOps Environment Service Management, CITI
• Bobbie Long, Senior Vice President, Global Engineering Lead, Digital Automation & Infrastructure Services, Quality, CITI
• Claire Grosjean, Senior Director, Business Process Management, TECHNOLOGY CREDIT UNION
• Curt Burghart, Vice President, People Delivery, UNUM
• 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 Sharma, Associate Director, Quality Engineering, LTIMINDTREE
• Gladson Baby, Vice President & Director of AI Enablement, Intelligent Automation & System Integration, FIFTH THIRD BANK
• Henry Lyles, Director, Global Technology & Intelligent Automation Solutions CoE, MCDONALD’S
• James Gowen, Ph.D., Global Head of Data Engineering Controls - Data Quality Platforms, CITI
• Janet Norton, Senior Manager, Data Engineering & IT Applications, OCTAPHARMA
• Jerry Luftman, Ph.D., Founder, Professor & Managing Director, GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF IT MANAGEMENT & Former Chief Information Officer, IBM
• Jimit Sukkawala, Vice President, Intelligent Automation & Business Solution Architect, LPL FINANCIAL
• John Jiang, Ph.D., Former Chief Research & Solution Architect - Cloud Big Data Architect & Data Scientist, HITACHI
• Junaith Haja, Senior Data Engineer, AMAZON
• Karthik Josyula, Head of Data & AI Platforms - Data & Analytics, KOHLER
• Mostafa Rafaie, Director, Data Science - Aligned Assurance, MUTUAL OF OMAHA
• Navita Singh, Principal Data Scientist - Research Engineering, AUTODESK
• Nikhil Kassetty, Software Engineer, AI & Technology, INTUIT
• Nitin Sharma, Senior Manager, Digital Product Solution Design, AMERICAN EXPRESS
• 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, BANK OF AMERICA
• 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
• Raj Mehta, Technology Leader & Structural Engineer, GLOBAL ENGINEERING FIRM
• Rajesh Vayyala, Principal Data Architect, MAJOR DEBT COLLECTION COMPANY
• Ram Kumar Nimmakayala, AI & Data Strategist - Product Leader, AI, Machine Learning & Data, WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY
• Sampath Madanu, Statistical Programming Associate Director, Programming Portfolio Lead, ASTRAZENECA
• Sasan Sadr, Former Director, Enterprise Continuous Improvement, ULTA BEAUTY
• Shailesh Kadam, Artificial Intelligence & Cloud Architect, SAKS GLOBAL
• Shankar Krishnan, Product Management Leader - Bedrock GenAI Services, AMAZON WEB SERVICES
• Sibasis Padhi, Staff Software Engineer, WALMART GLOBAL TECH
• Sindhu Vasudevan, Director of Software Engineering, TRUIST
• SriHarsha Anand Pushkala, Director, Fraud Strategy & Analytics, ATLANTICUS
• Srinivas Akella, Head of Contact Center Technology & Director of Engineering & Gen AI & Agentic AI Enablement, U.S. BANK
• Sumit Abhichandani, Global Director of Quality Assurance, VISA
• Suzanne LaLena, Senior Vice President, Automation Engineering, BNY
• Uma Sankar Kopalle, FinTech Advisor, Innovator & Artificial Intelligence Evangelist
• Uttam Kumar, Engineering Manager, AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS
• Velan Thayumanavan, Principal Solution Architect, AT&T