Srivathsa NS
Srivathsa NS is a Senior Engineering Director in the Office of the CTO at Unisys.
Srivathsa NS is a Senior Engineering Director in the Office of the CTO at Unisys. He is also globally responsible for Intellectual Property including Patents from Technology and Business perspective. Earlier, he was responsible for providing engineering leadership to development of products related to Network Security, Cloud and Biometrics. He has been the development leader in India for the award winning Stealth product suite. He has more than 25 years of development experience in Operating Systems, High Performance Computing, Open Source, Systems Management, Servers, Storage and Security with several leading product companies.
Prior to joining Unisys, Srivathsa led engineering teams responsible for Dell’s Systems Management as well as Enterprise Linux on Dell Servers. He was also part of HPC groups in Dell and Sun Microsystems. He started his career at Indian Institute of Science, in their Supercomputer Research Centre.
Srivathsa has a Masters Degree in Computer Applications and a MS in Software Systems. He did a Senior Management Program from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). He is currently pursuing a Chief Technology Officer(CTO) Programme at Cambridge Judge Business School. He actively participates in the technology community, through keynote talks, panel discussions and as a guest speaker.
Apart from new waves of technologies which influence Business Strategy and Value, he is also interested in the business and economics of Open Source. He has also helped build careers associated with open source, apart from giving talks on open source careers. He has been one of the advisors to the Open Source India conference for many years, since 2010.
Biju K Nair
Lawyer | LegaliTech.in
Biju K Nair is a founding and Managing Partner of Legalitech.in a Technology focused law firm. He advises established businesses and startups across the globe. Prior to starting Legalitech.in. He was Executive Director of Sflc.in. He has worked with Luthra and Luthra Law Offices and Amarchand Mangaldas. He represents Open Invention Network in India which is a global community aimed at reducing patent tension around Linux and Open Source. He is involved in advising, training, enforcement, compliance for various companies both in India and around the world around Open Source. He regularly speaks at various open source conferences and forums on Legal Aspects around Open Source.
Janardan Revuru
Janardan Revuru is JavaScript and web standards evangelist
Janardan Revuru is JavaScript and web standards evangelist. He is a Computer Science Engineer and MBA in Marketing. He has been working on Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and Data Protection (DP) management software at HPE & Dell EMC. He is passionate about web technologies, open source software and agile software development. He has been an author and speaker at national and international conferences. He is recognised as a web community leader by Microsoft, Google and Huawei. He is the co-founder of the popular JavaScript Meetup which has 10,000+ members.
Amith K K
Amith is an Associate Principal Engineer under The Office of the CTO at Unisys
Amith is a Senior Engineer under The Office of the CTO at Unisys, where he plays a pivotal role in leading and architecting the development of prototypes, proof-of-concepts (PoCs), and research material for integrating emerging technologies into enterprise solutions, helping the organization stay ahead of the curve in an ever-evolving technological landscape.
In addition to his technical acumen, Amith is also an avid thought leader in the tech industry. He has authored and published multiple articles, research papers, and patents on various emerging technologies, showcasing his expertise and innovative ideas. His passion for sharing knowledge with others has led him to regularly host workshops, tech-talks, and contribute to open-source initiatives.
He’s also won and judged at multiple national-level hackathons, including Smart India Hackathon, CentuRITon, Smart Odisha & UIP
Karan M. V.
leads International Developer Relations (DevRel) for GitHub
Karan M. V. leads International Developer Relations (DevRel) for GitHub. He is on a mission to help every developer be a part of the open source ecosystem and grow their software development skills through the power of GitHub.
He runs programs to support developers’ learning journey, help open source projects grow and for engineers to better use GitHub in their development workflows. Being an active developer, he also frequently contributes to the development and improvement of the GitHub platform.
You can also find him speaking at various developer events sharing his learnings, running workshops, or sharing tips & tricks.
When he is not working, you can find him developing side-projects, reading books of various genres, studying filmmaking and honing my acting & stage-anchoring skills.
Abhas Abhinav
hacker, entrepreneur and free software activist
Abhas is a hacker, entrepreneur and free software activist. As the founder of DeepRoot GNU/Linux, an twenty-two-year-old Free Software Business that provides support, services and solutions for Free Software deployments. DeepRoot builds mail servers and clusters, provides hosting & support for a variety of Free Software tools and helps organisations of all sizes choose self-hosting for their infrastructure in general.
Abhas also leads a hardware venture called Mostly Harmless, where he experiments with and builds Libre and Liberated Hardware (like hackable mechanical keyboards, liberated computers, home automation solutions and more. The goal is to build and sell hardware and put owners in control of their lives by enabling them to run free/libre software on more hardware than usually possible.
Mostly Harmless operates the LibreTech.Shop – India’s first store for hackable and ethical products that offer convenience.
Abhas is a member of the Free Software Foundation, India working group and has been a participant in the community in India for many years. He advises colleges, govt / defence organisations and start-ups on using, building and adopting free software as a “way of life”.
Divyanshu Verma
Divyanshu is the Co-Founder of Redinent Innovations and CEO of Redinent Innovations
Divyanshu is the Co-Founder of Redinent Innovations and CEO of Redinent Innovations, a cyber security Start up.
He is an alumnus of IIM-Bangalore, IIT-Delhi and BHU with more than 21 years of experience in Technology RnD, Business Strategy cyber–Security, Networking, IoT security Hardware and software security compliance and standards.
Previously he served at leadership and technical positions in Intel, Broadcom, Ericsson, Dell etc. Before starting as an Entrepreneur, Divyanshu was heading a significant Technology Function at Intel for Connected Home Division (CHD), which was a part of Client Computing Division( CCG).
Divyanshu is Co-inventor of 3 patents and has co-authored papers in IEEE. He previously worked in the United States and Europe and has managed multi-cultural teams in geo locations such as south East Asia, Israel, Europe and the United States.
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