SDS Founding Members

Nitin Agrawal is a distinguished leader in the field of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), with a strong background in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). With extensive experience at Deloitte and other reputable organizations, Nitin has a deep passion for building and deploying AI applications to solve complex business problems and reengineer business processes. Nitin […]

An experienced investor, Nana Baffour was President and CEO of the Cimcorp Group and the Getronics Group and is the Founder of Bottega Sarl, an investment holding company focused on data center, IT services and infrastructure with operations in Europe, Latin America and the USA. Considered one of the biggest entrepreneurs in the technology sector […]

Sudeshna Banerjee serves as Managing Director and Head of AI at Wells Fargo. Known as a thought leader and innovator, Sudeshna excels in leveraging data, analytics, and technology to tackle complex challenges and develop new methodologies and tools. Before joining Wells Fargo, she was EVP and Head of Client Insights, Data Science & AI at […]

Naras Eechambadi is the Chief Global Data & Analytics Officer at Universal Music Group (Euronext: UMG), the leading global music company operating in 60+ countries and generating over $10 billion in revenues. He founded and scaled UMG’s global data and analytics team, driving a growing direct-to-customer (DTC) and e-commerce business.  The group leverages advanced AI […]

Biography: Tom is a strategic, mission-driven, collaborative leader spearheading business and engineering-centric Product and IT roadmaps for global enterprise growth strategies. Delivered sustained multi-million dollar operational results. He is best known for implementing state-of-the-art technology-based solutions in the Cloud, across the Internet, eCommerce, Software as a Service (SaaS), and other High Technology sectors. Tom possesses […]

Education: M.S. in System Design and Management, MIT; Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University Biography: As the former founding Executive Director of the School of Data Science, Doug established the School’s vision and managed its resources and programs while serving as the representative to the UNC Charlotte community and external industry partners. Dr. […]

Shikha is the co-founder and CEO of Syntelli Solutions, a leading provider of data and analytics services. Shikha comes from a technical background and has been responsible for clients’ enterprise architecture decisions, technology trends, and building an amazing technology delivery team. Shikha also leads Health Insights, a health analytics company that was launched in January […]

Amaresh Tripathy is the Managing Partner at AuxoAI and former Senior Vice President and Global Business Leader of analytics at Genpact. With a passion for leveraging data, AI, and smart software to improve decision-making, he has built and scaled analytics capabilities, driving growth for major consultancies. At Genpact, he led a team of 9,000 AI […]