In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Nelson Kulandairaj who is the Chief Digital Officer of CIEL HR company. He is based out of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

a) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industry.

b) In-detail mentions about his current job role.

c) Talks about the unconventional choices made by him throughout his career.

d) His take on the importance of Work-Life Balance in the IT industry.

e) According to him, mentions about the need of having an AI stack more than the need of funding.

f) For the department who are non-technical coming from the likes of Head - HR and Head Operations, suggests the ways they should identify, bring in, lead and adapt AI or technology interventions in their work.

g) His take on the importance of AI Agentic Systems adapted for small, medium and large enterprises.

h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Ikum Kandola who is the Co-Founder of TheAX.ai company. He is based out of London, United Kingdom

a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.

b) Talks about his roles and responsibilities of being the Co-Founder of TheAX.ai company.

c) Gives an insight into what his company TheAX.ai is all about to the listeners and, having said that shares an interesting back-story behind the inception of its creation.

d) Mentions about the key learnings that he has grabbed while working for an MNC like PwC in the past, that has totally shaped your career.

e) As a co-founder of TheAX.ai company, talks about the key industries/sectors and the regions/countries that he is currently focused on.

f) Mentions about the reasons on why he thinks AI is affecting business which sell time, e.g. "they are moving to outcome based pricing".

g) Sheds some spotlight into his company building the AI-Powered Platform for Productized Consulting and also talks about the types of AI it is currently focused on (Computer Vision or NLP or OCR or Speech Recognition or LLMs).

h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Beth Lloyd who is the Director - Organisational Development, talent and learning of Aston University, UK. She is based out of Birmingham, United Kingdom

a) Talks about the timeline of her journey in the Corporate industry and Higher Education Space.

b) Mentions about the key initiatives taken by her in building performance and organization effectiveness through leadership, management and people development across the public and private sectors.

c) Shares her experience of receiving a gold medal from the Staff Development Forum for the Women-Space Leadership Award and also a deep insight into the Women-Space Leadership Award

d) Talks about her roles and responsibilities of being the Director - Organizational Development, talent and learning at Aston University.

e) Gives a spotlight into her passion about generating sustainable effective transformation through people with integrity, creativity and positivity.

f) Gives an insight into her volunteering work pertaining to the likes of Fundraiser for Combat Stress: The Veterans'​ Mental Health Charity and Volunteer for National Trust.

g) Shares few of her interesting success stories and anecdotes that she has come across in her entire journey that she would like to share in this podcast session.

h) Her take on the importance of Women Leadership in the Corporate Industry and Higher Education space.

i) Her view on why the representation of women in executive leadership roles remain disproportionately low and also mentions about the strategic actions that the organizations should take to accelerate gender equity at the top.

j) As herself not being from a technical background, talks about the ways she leverages technology to enhance your role and drive impact and, conveys a piece of message/advice to the peers in her sector about embracing digital tools for organizational development.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Maurizio Cuna who is the Partner - Financial Services and Insurance of the Infosys Consulting company and the author of the book - "Beyond Slides". He is based out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

a) Gives a complete timeline of his journey in the IT space.

b) In-depth, talks about his current roles and responsibilities as the Partner - Financial Services & Insurance Practice lead of the Infosys Consulting company.

c) Sheds some spotlight into him being the Author of the Amazon's best-selling book "Beyond Slides" and having said that shares an interesting backstory associated with it.

d) Shares his experience of advising global firms on core banking transformations, platform modernizations, large-scale digital programs, AI integration across continents like Europe, Asia, America, and Australia for the past 20 years.

e) Mentions the key learnings that he has grabbed while being part of niche boutiques to global powerhouses and also partnering with some of the world's largest banks and insurers.

f) Having travelled multiple countries and working in the Fintech and banking industry, talks about the key observations with respect to the workflows and the overall process there.

g) Shares some of the interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his entire journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Marjolein Opsteegh who is the Senior Power BI consultant of the ilionx company, and she is based out of Papendrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands.

a) Elaborates about who she is beyond her job titles where curiosity for her has always acted as a complete constant.

b) Talks about her 35 years of journey in corporate and tech where she has experienced a huge growth by learning and getting hands-on with new technologies and skills.

c) Though having transitioned from corporate roles to that of now being a Power BI Consultant at ilionx, on a modest note she still claims to be a learner despite such a huge rise in her journey.

d) Mentions about why she perceives the Power BI dashboard to be a product rather than assuming it to be a UX and UI design in the first place.

e) Her take on staying close to the end-user and, learning from the people she is building for and have collaborated with.

f) Talks about working smarter with an AI like ChatGPT is not a shortcut but a learning pattern altogether

g) Her view on the notion of content creation in a fast-moving world.

h) Sheds some spotlight into her tenure of Speaking, hosting & community building at different Tech events.

I) Her take on the importance of Women in the IT industry.

j) Gives an insight into her becoming a Microsoft MVP of Netherlands and highlights it is a next recognition of learning but not the end goal on the whole.

k) Shares few of her interesting stories, lessons and conveys one clear message to the listeners across the world.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Vijay Poondy who is the Managing Director of the reputed MNC company Yexle Limited and he is based out of Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry.

b) Talks about his inception behind the creation of Yexle Limited and also shares an interesting backstory associated with it.

c) Provides an overview on the exponential business reach/growth in the recent times across the regions of US and Australia and across the globe alike and also talks about the key initiatives taken by him in achieving those ranks.

d) Shares a few points about the recent acquisition of Yexle Limited by IGT Solutions.

e) Post the acquisition by the MNC company "IGT solutions", mentions about Yexle's roadmap and, goals for the future and, ahead to further strengthen and, drive innovation and also deliver world-class customer experience and service.

f) Talks about Yexle's differentiators in the market on the lines of capability, competency and trust.

g) Going by Yexle's tagline “Innovation driven. Quality assured.”, mentions about his personal connect with it and the way he sees it come alive in Yexle’s work.

h) The Host - Akhil Navuluri shares experience being part of Yexle Limited a years ago, a company where he began his IT career.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Antonio Ganzerli, who is the Sustainability, Innovation and Digital Transformation Expert of Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Torino and author of the book "Sustainability is Digital" and he is based out of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

a) Gives an inception of his journey from research and engineering in IT space to management and governance in Corporate roles until lecturing for Business Schools.

b) Gives an overview in particular of his roles and responsibilities in Sustainability, Innovation and Digital Transformation based on his Corporate experiences.

c) Sheds a spotlight into him being the pioneer in Digital Sustainability field and also the father of the concept "Sustainability BY and IN Digital".

d) Provides an insight into his top-rated book "Sustainability is Digital" that is written in both Italian and, English and also shares an interesting backstory associated with its creation.

e) Mentions about that talent of his into balancing multiple roles in multiple organizations - Innovation Manager, Sustainability Builder, Sustainability Community Member and Corporate Sustainability Manager acting as an inspirational roadmap for the listeners across the world.

f) His take on the importance of Green Tech in the industry and also illustrates one of the real-life use case associated with it.

g) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey, that he would like to share in this podcast session.

In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Ritesh Arora, who is the FS DCX- Low code No code and, AI leader of The Big Four Companies and he is based out of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT space.

b) According to him, justifies why will love and empathy continue to be the biggest reason that some teams scale up and some teams don't

c) Mentions out the reasons of why he wishes everyone enough rain/struggle in life.

d) Gives an insight of working on the latest tech that will keep everyone in demand.

e) Talks about the importance of having a right manager/mentor to guide an individual in the IT industry.

f) Gives a spotlight into latest trend - "The Race with AI".

g) According to the famous saying "Eating the big fish", mentions out why challenger brands can beat the bigger competition.

h) Shares few of his interesting anecdotes and success stories that he has experienced in his IT journey, that he would like to share in this podcast session.

I) His take on the role of Autism Spectrum in the IT industry.

j) His view on the talent of the women workforce in the IT industry.