Growth Enablement to Execution
TEAM
Sundar Iyer
Managing Director & CEO
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Experience: Founder, MD & CEO of Emertel. 25+ years commercialising emerging technology / data / cloud / AI / IoT solutions from Nokia, HPE and Telstra in Asia-Pacific with > $1B in value creation and 2 exits.
Education: B.E(EEE)(1st Hons) (Auck) MBA (Exec) (Dist) UNSW)
Languages: English, French, Tamil
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Jay Shah
Global Growth Operations
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Experience: 15+ years as an agile program/project manager/scrum-master across multiple verticals (Bupa, AusNet, Telstra) in the USA, India and Australia.
Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Gujarat University) MBA (MBS)
Languages: English, Gujarati, Hindi
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Chris Panopoulos
Energy, IoT, Business Development &
End to End (E2E) Product Development
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Experience: 15 years + experience in Industrial engineering, product development and business development in energy, manufacturing, IoT and B2B offerings for Energy Australia, Itron, Virta and Porsche.
Education: Masters degree from Central Saint Martin UAL London in Industrial Engineering
Languages: English & Greek
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Sang Soo Jeong
Telecommunications, Electronics Manufacturing, Edge Computing, NFV/SDN
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Experience: 25+ years leading teams in Communication, Entertainment Solutions, Sales Management, Telecommunication and Device Manufacture and Business Strategy at HPE.
Education: Masters Engineering (Computer Science)
HanYang University, Seoul
Languages: Korean, English
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Location: South Korea (Seoul)
Yoshio Matsunaga
IoT/M2M, AI, Digital Marketing, VR/AR, Wearables, Embedded, Digital Education
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Experience: Helped >10+ high-tech start-ups successfully enter the Japanese market.
Education: Double major in Entrepreneurship and Industrial Organizational Psychology, City University of New York
Languages: English & Japanese
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Kim Giliam
Biotechnology
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Experience: 20+ years commercialising biotechnology in major global markets
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Education: B.Sc (Hons) (Monash) MBA (Entrepreneurship and Leadership) (QUT)
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Languages: English
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Raj Ramanujam
Customer Experience Management
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Experience: 25+ years in customer experience management and contact center strategy to execution, team leadership
Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial)(Pune) MBA (Massey, NZ)
Languages: English, Hindi, Tamil & Marathi
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Kalyan Dasgupta
Senior Commercial Advisor
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Experience: 28 years’ experience in both financial and management accounting, with strong commercial acumen to drive business growth and strategic pursuit leadership. Total deal signings of >$2.5 billion in Australia/NZ region over the last 14 years.
Education: CA (Aus), FCCA, ACMA, CGMA, CPA, BBus(Acc) Com
Languages: English, Bengali
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Mark Netto
Clean Energy Business Development
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Experience: 23+ years in Sales, Business development and Entrepreneurship, with the last 15 years working in the Energy Sector across Europe, EMEA, Asia and Australia.
Education: B.E(Mech)(1st Hons), SCEM
Languages: English
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Location: Melbourne, Australia & Singapore
Sami Makelainen
Emerging Technologies
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Experience: 25+ years in emerging technologies and Horizon 2/3 trends from Finland, United States and Australia.
Education: MSc Computer Science (University of Helsinki)
Languages: English, Finnish
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Alvin Tan
Business and Partner Ecosystem Development
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Experience: 10+ years in business and partner ecosystem development for platform companies in the logistics, healthcare, privacy management and cloud domains.
Education: BBA (Marketing, Entrepreneurship)
(University of Missouri)
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Malay
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Location: KL, Malaysia
Indika (Indi) Liyanage
Oil & Gas and Energy Transitions
Business Development
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Experience: 23+ years in engineering, sales and business development in Oil & Gas / LNG, Petrochemical, Power and Energy Transitions in Australia, NZ, PNG and South East Asia.
Education: B.Eng (Electrical & Electronic) (Hons), B.Com (Operations Management)
Languages: English, Sinhalese
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Ilya Joel-Pitcher
Digital transformation leader and cloud technologist
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Experience: Experienced leader with 25+ years in technology industry, specializing in technology-enabled transformation. Demonstrable track record for delivering results across sales, product management, advisory and services delivery at Infosys, Wipro, DXC and HP.
Education: BSc (Physics)(Melb)
Languages: English
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Raji Aiyer
Innovator and Entrepreneur in Residence
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Experience: With a deep passion for technology and a strong entrepreneurial spirit, I am committed to driving innovation and transforming the way people interact with the world around them via digital experiences in COO, CFO and Co-Founder roles.
Education: Masters Mgmt (Monash) Entrepreneurship (Stanford)
Languages: English, Tamil
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Mohit Dutta
Solicitor and Legal Advisor​
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Experience: 4+ years as a Lawyer helping businesses with legal matters related to corporate, commercial, data, and technology operations.20+ years in IT as a Senior Architect and Technology Strategist leading the implementation of enterprise solutions for HPE, IBM, Telstra, Medtronic, NAB Bank, ANZ Bank, and the Australian government sector.
Education: Juris Doctor (UNE)(NSW)
Languages: English
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Location: Perth, WA, Australia
Jez Franklin
Delivery Executive
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Experience: A results-oriented Delivery GM with 25+ years delivering Business and Technology transformation outcomes across dynamic start-ups and established ASX 100 / Fortune 500 companies in the US, Europe and APAC.
Education: CPPD, SAFE SA, PMP, Prince 2, BEng (Hons) Warwick
Languages: English
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Dan McLean
Executive Sales & Business Unit Leader
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Experience: 25+ years of experience in technology leadership, specializing in strategy development, go-to-market execution, and scaling operations across diverse industries. A proven track record in leading transformative initiatives that drive market entry and rapid growth in the APJ region. Expertise in crafting and implementing robust strategies that align with cutting-edge technological advancements, ensuring substantial business outcomes and competitive advantage for leading global brands AWS & VMware.
Education: MBA, GradCertAppSc(IT)
Languages: English
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Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Kannan Hariharan
Global FinTech Leader
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Experience: Experienced global fintech leader with over 25 years in the industry, recognized for spearheading the establishment of a payment company from inception. This venture successfully secured growth capital from a leading private equity firm and has recently filed for IPO. Angel investor in 15 global start-ups, offering expertise to start-ups on funding, partnerships, and strategies for sustainable growth. Consultant for major fintech corporations, providing guidance on capital raising, cross-border expansion, and supporting M&A endeavors.
Education: BE Mech Engg & MBA NMIMS Mumbai
Languages: English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, & Kannada
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Location: Sydney, NSW Australia
David Gee
Cyber Practice Lead / Executive Advisor
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Experience: 20+ years experience as CIO and CISO. He joined Macquarie Group in early 2021 as Global Head Technology, Cyber and Data Risk. Formerly, he was CIO of MetLife Japan, Credit Union Australia and Lilly USA & Executive Advisor at KPMG and EY working across Melbourne, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kobe and the USA. He was CIO of the Year for Financial Services in 2014 and is the published author of “The Aspiring CIO and CISO.
Education: MBA (MGSM), Bachelor of Economics (Syd)
Languages: Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, English
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Ojas Mehta
Digital Health Practice Lead / Executive Advisor
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Experience: Dr. Ojas is an Australian trained Cardiologist (FRACP), sub-specialising in Cardiac Electrophysiology. He has had experience in management consulting (Boston Consulting Group) and has completed a Master of Science in Computational Analytics (Georgia Tech). With his strong interest in big data and machine learning, he works at the intersection of AI/ML and clinical medicine.
Education: MBBS (Melb & Oxford) FRACP, Specialist Cardiologist and General Physician, MS (Analytics)(Georgia Tech)
Languages: English
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Location: Melbourne, Australia