Sanat Rao is a Whole-time Director at EdgeVerve. He is Chief Business Officer and Global Head of Finacle. Sanat has over 26 years of experience in international banking and technology led business transformations. His experience spans strategic partnerships with clients through their digital journey across multiple markets globally. In his present role, Sanat is responsible for growing the Finacle business and driving industry leadership with innovations in the banking space.

Having started his career at ANZ Bank, a global financial institution headquartered in Australia, Sanat has had stints with marquee global financial technology organizations. In his previous role as Vice President and Senior Partner at IBM, he was responsible for a portfolio of offerings including cloud consulting services, CIO Advisory, core banking, digital foundation and payments in the BFSI space. He was also deeply engaged with FinTech companies in identifying and nurturing new partnerships that could prove disruptive in the market.

Prior to that, for nearly 14 years till 2013, Sanat played a variety of global roles as part of the Infosys Finacle organization, helping build and scale the brand, with the last position as the Global Head of Client Services and Alliances. In this role, he was responsible driving global sales, client engagement, and strategic alliances for Finacle globally. Sanat’s expertise of the banking and financial technology industry is exemplary, having previously been responsible for Infosys’ global banking product strategy for the entire Finacle suite. Sanat is based in London but spends much of his time travelling globally to engage with clients.

Sateesh Seetharamiah is a Whole-time Director at EdgeVerve. He is the Chief Business Officer and Global Head, Edge Products. A leader with entrepreneurial, management consulting, operational and IT leadership experience spanning over 25 years. He is a strong believer in the immense potential AI and Automation have in transforming enterprises of the future. Sateesh is one of the founding members of EdgeVerve and comes with rich experience in the product and platforms domain. Being a passionate technologist, Sateesh has been instrumental in establishing many foundational technology capabilities that drive todays EdgeVerve strategy.

With deep roots in supply chain, he was one of the pioneers of Internet of Things (IoT) in its early days, went onto establish a lab at MIT focused on defining communication standards and use cases that eventually became household applications. A well-regarded thought leader in the intelligent automation space, Sateesh conceptualized and championed ‘Process Discovery’, a novel concept that uncovers efficiency opportunities for enterprises and humans alike.

Before joining Infosys, Sateesh held various senior management positions consulting for fortune 500 CPG, HealthCare, Retail, Automotive and Logistics companies in North America and Europe. Sateesh has also been active in the start-up community with a few of his own start-up stints in the software and RFID arena. As Director at Brambles limited, Sateesh led the intelligent asset tracking strategy aimed at providing end to end supply chain visibility. He was also part of the advisory councils for many supply chain product firms including SAP, i2 and Manugistics.

Sateesh holds a master’s degree in Biomedicine from New Jersey Institute of Technology, research credentials from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (New Jersey) and a bachelor in Instrumentation Technology from University of Mysore. Sateesh is a classical Violinist passionately working for the cause of fine arts and is also a marathoner.

Inderpreet is the Group General Counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer of Infosys. In this role she leads the legal and compliance function for the Company. She is a strategic business partner ensuring success for Infosys in legal and regulatory matters, while spearheading its compliance and ethics program.

Inderpreet is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience, including as General Counsel of a large IT services company, and as Managing Partner of a mid-sized law firm in Silicon Valley. She serves on the Board of Directors of NYSE listed Hillenbrand Inc. and is a member of the National Advisory Council of SABANA (South Asian Bar Association of North America).

She was an honoree at the 2017 Transformative Leadership Awards, recognizing General Counsel who demonstrate commitment to advancing women in law. She is also a recipient of the Thought Leadership Award at the 2018 Global Transformative Leadership Awards and was featured among the top 25 Women Leaders in IT Services of 2020, published by The IT Services Report.

She is a frequent speaker at global conferences.

Inderpreet has a BA (Hons.) and LL.B. degree from Delhi University and an LL.M. from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.

Martha King is the Chief Client Officer at Infosys, as well as the Executive Vice President and head of Infosys’ Retirement Services Center of Excellence. She is responsible for navigating the next client-centric technology frontier in the financial services industry in order to enable better outcomes for millions of retirement savers. At the Retirement Services Center of Excellence, the current focus is on revolutionizing the retirement plan experience by developing the industry’s first cloud-native recordkeeping system, delivering greater insights and unprecedented personalization to plan sponsors and retirement savers, and maintaining an unwavering commitment to world-class client service.

Core to the Retirement Services Center of Excellence is a strategic relationship between Infosys and Vanguard, where Ms. King most recently served as Managing Director of the firm’s Institutional Investor Group, which serves nearly five million participants and 1,500 sponsors – all of whom will benefit from this relationship. Prior to that, she served as Managing Director and founder of Vanguard’s Financial Advisor Services division, which now oversees more than $2 trillion in assets.

Ms. King joined Vanguard in 1985 and earned a B.S. from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. She has completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dennis is the Head of Financial Services for North America at Infosys, and part of the Global Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences Executive Leadership team.

Dennis’ area of expertise is in Digital Transformation, where he brings significant experience in driving innovation at the intersection of business and technology. He brings experience across many business competencies, including sales, strategy, consulting, marketing and local leadership. He is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion.

Dennis specializes in leveraging power of technology to address challenges facing the financial services industry in areas such as experience transformation, core modernization, product innovation, AI & automation and efficient operations. His personal network includes a wide ecosystem of experts, start-ups and established industry players and he collaborates with this community to bring cutting-edge technology to enterprises to drive new products, services, and experiences.

Dennis is a truly global citizen, having lived and worked in APAC, Europe and USA where he currently resides in Charlotte, NC. He has a natural interest in culture, change and collaboration and has played an active role in the local communities in which he has lived. Prior to joining Infosys, Dennis has worked at Accenture and PWC.

Arvind Rao is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Edge Platforms.

Arvind has significant experience leading globally distributed product teams through the entire software development lifecycle for various large-scale, mission-critical products.

Prior to joining EdgeVerve, he was the chief architect of e2open for over two decades. He began his journey with e2open during its early years in the US, followed by Zyme Solutions in India, and back at e2open after they acquired Zyme.

Arvind has also worked briefly for Telus Mobility (Toronto) as an Enterprise Architect leading their Enterprise Architecture initiatives. He started his professional journey with DSET Corporation, NJ, a start-up focused on Telecom Network Management tools and applications.

Arvind holds a BE (Comp Science) from Bangalore University and an MS (Computer Science) from the University of Kentucky.

Praveen Kombial Is the Global Head of Sales – Edge Platforms at EdgeVerve, an Infosys company. His mandate is to leverage Artificial Intelligence and Emerging technologies to build and launch products solving for specific business problems for industries globally.

At EdgeVerve, Praveen leads a highly talented team of Engineers and Product managers in building an ecosystem of Products addressing industries and functions such Financial Services, Insurance, Consumer Packaged Goods and Supply chains.

Prior to Infosys, Praveen spent many years at GE Capital and GE Money in India and did a gamut of functions and roles across retail finance, corporate leasing and risk management. Among other things, he managed a 500Mn$ Auto portfolio, was instrumental in setting up a fast funding channel in consumer lending and expanded a corporate leasing product. With his background across core Industry domains and the evolving cutting edge technology landscape, Praveen is on the forefront of driving change and brings a practitioner’s view to translate concepts to reality.

Shashidhar is an accomplished executive with over 24 years of experience in the software Industry. He is currently the Global Platform Head of AssistEdge. He is one of the founding members of EdgeVerve and comes with rich experience in the product and platforms domain. He was part of core team that conceptualized and setup EdgeVerve as product subsidiary of Infosys. He has played key roles across Technology, Client Engagement and Functional leadership at Infosys.

He is passionate about Strategy and Business Transformation. He has played stellar roles in architecting transformations in Engineering Business, subsequently during formative stages of Products & Platforms business at Infosys. More recently, as Head of Strategy and Operations for Edge Portfolio, he has been instrumental in transformation of EdgeVerve through continuous sharpening of EdgeVerve portfolio strategy.

He is a University Gold Medalist in Engineering and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Swaminathan is the Platform Head for XtractEdge. He is responsible for strategy and development of the Document AI portfolio of platform and products for EdgeVerve. A technologist and problem solver at heart, Swaminathan loves exploring how emerging technology can help clients to embrace change and continue to improve their business goals. Swaminathan is a BE in Computer Engineering and has over 24 years of professional experience. He comes with a strong product background and was involved in research, development and implementation of cutting edge products and solutions in AIOps, Big Data, Text Analytics and Data Masking.

Suresh is the Platform Head for TradeEdge. Suresh has vast professional experience in product management, strategy and business process consulting in the Retail-CPG industry. He has led successive technology startups to significant value by creating globally recognized products and platforms in the areas of warehouse management, logistics and sales execution. His emerging markets experience has been a key driver in delivering frugal innovation within the consumer goods value chain. A great motivator and mentor, Suresh is an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Manhattan Associates (NASD:MANH), a global leader in supply chain solutions.

Naveen Malhotra is the Senior Director and Head Marketing for the Edge product portfolio (AI & Automation).

Naveen is a passionate marketing leader, bringing with him over 3 decades of experience in sales, marketing, and product management functions in B2C and B2B. He has managed key portfolios at Eicher (Royal Enfield), Satyam, Foton, and Mahindra, where he was involved in transforming brands and developing market entry, distribution, & product strategies. He has managed P&L, involved in business transformation, managed large-scale process reengineering programs, and successfully handled organization-wide change management initiatives.

Naveen believes in the mantra – ‘Continuous learning is the only way to keep your mind young and the best way to learn is through Experimentation.’

Chanakya is an accomplished HR professional with about 25 years of experience in the IT Industry. He has been with the Infosys group since Jan 2012 and has played a pivotal role in the formation of EdgeVerve as a founding member. Currently he Heads the People function of Edge Products, prior to that he was the Global Head of Talent Acquisition. He was responsible for setting up the entire recruitment processes, assessments CoE and branding EV at multiple campuses across India.

As Head of the People function, he overseas the entire gamut of HR activities and has been instrumental in defining the culture tenets at Edge. Under his stewardship Edge has seen many transformations – like the adoption of digital learning, embracing the CARVE culture pillar and the “Becoming you”, our EVP with the employee at the core.

His prior experience spans across multiple functions in HR and IT Services delivery. He started his career in the area of IT Service delivery, has worked in multiple geographies and has a deep understanding of diverse cultures and work force needs.

Chanakya is currently based in Bangalore, India and has a B.E in Computer Sc Engineering.

Bhushan leads the Services, Support and the Academy functions of EdgeVerve. He has a rich and diverse set of experience across services, products and incubation line of businesses, across geographies.

This helps Bhushan to orchestrate a diverse and talented team to deliver on the desired business outcome of our esteemed and global clients and partners.

Prior to his role with EdgeVerve, Bhushan was Delivery Head in the Financial Services vertical of Infosys, responsible for development and maintenance programs being executed for USA based clients. He has won new logos for Infosys, across geographies, and was awarded the Infosys Awards for Excellence – Gold. He was also awarded the Best Delivery Manager award by the Financial Services unit.

Bhushan is based out of Pune and has a B.E. from Mumbai University. He has also passed all three levels of the CFA Program and may be awarded the charter upon completion of the required work experience.