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Srini Vasan is a software entrepreneur with specialization in databases, ERP, Big Data, General Management, Social Media Analytics and Digital Marketing.

Aiming to derive valuable insights, he is currently involved in very large scale data analytics, data harvesting and open data projects like 800 million voter data in India, SEC database real-time data, US public school systems, Medicare/ Medicaid/ health insurance data and health systems data in 50 states.

As a SAP expert, he had implemented very large global SAP clients. He had sold his earlier publicly held IT companies to other public companies.Besides developing Big data start-ups, he is also advising other start-ups. He is a qualified Cost Accountant with Degrees in Math and Management degree from MIT Sloan School, Boston. He is a relentless networker and technologist with a keen eye on future. He sees limitless potential for positive change and runs a 501c3, Global Help for all Inc.

Prof. Stephen Bradley is a William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at the Harvard Business School.

One of the foremost strategists and a visonary, Prof Bradley teaches in flagship HBS programs like Owner President Management Program (OPM), Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage and Designing and Executing Strategy. He was a former editorial board member of Harvard Business Review.

He serves as a member of the board of directors of CIENA Corporation, Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, the Risk Management Foundation, Inc. and Zuma360 Software, Inc. as well as on several advisory boards of nonpublic companies. He had served in the past with companies like i2 Technologies, Inc., Roadmaster Industries, Inc.

Professor Bradley received his BE in Electrical Engineering from Yale University and his MS and PhD in Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley.

For the past 15 years, Aaron Goldberg has been a freelance consultant working in Business Development, Strategic Partnerships and Sales & Marketing for ‘boot-strap’ start-ups of $1mm budgets or less.

Currently based in Silicon Valley, Goldberg is involved in multiple high-budget Technology Development Initiatives, enterprise-scale Customized Software Sales and Commodities Procurement, Refining & Brokerage.

Mr. Howard J. Messer, CPA, is Chief Financial Officer at Zuma360 Software, Inc.and a Member at The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a Member at New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Messer was previously employed as Audit Manager by Arthur Andersen LLP, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President by Compuflex Systems, Inc.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia

Founding Associate Director, MIT Media Labs

Andrew Lippman has a more than 35-year history at MIT.He has spent his entire learning and teaching career at MIT.

Lippman received both his BS and MS in electrical engineering from MIT. In 1995 he completed his PhD studies at the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

His work at the Media Lab has ranged from wearable computers to global digital television. Currently, he heads the Media Lab's Viral Communications research group, which examines scalable, real-time networks whose capacity increases with the number of members. Lippman has directed research programs on digital pictures, personal computers, entertainment, and graphics, and he has served on advisory boards of technology start-ups. He has testified at Congressional Committees on communications.

A prolific writer and speaker, Andy had made presentations throughout the world on the future of information and its commercial and social impact.

Dean (Admin) & Prof. of Corporate Strategy and Policy at IIM, Bangalore

Dr. S Raghunath (Post Doctoral Fellow at Stanford University) is Dean (Admin) and Professor of Corporate Strategy and Policy at IIM Bangalore. Prof. Raghunath specializes in Strategic Alliances and Strategic Leadership and has taught in areas including Alliance Management, Strategic Networks and Corporate Strategy and leads IIMB executive programmes.

He was also a Visiting Professor at INSEAD, France; HEC Paris; EuroMed, Marseilles; University of Buckingham, UK; RMIT School of Business; Melbourne, Australia.

He was a strategy consultant for companies such as Cypress Semiconductors Inc., Harris Semiconductors, Intel, Motorola, MIPS, Amex, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Essar, HP, Metro Cash & Carry, Wipro,SAIL, TataSteel & Volvo. A registered Consultant with UNDP, New York, Prof. Raghunath has been extensively quoted in the media.

Prof.Janakiram, Department of Computer Science, IIT Madras where he heads and coordinates the research activities of the Distributed and Object Systems Lab, Yahoo! Grid Lab IIT Madras, involving Big Data and Cloud Computing.

Some of the cutting-edge technologies managed by Prof. Janakiram at the Yahoo Grid Labs include Cloud Bursting (for Xerox Corp), Generate MapReduce, Skew Handling in MapReduce, Improving Genetic Algorithms.

His current research focus is on building large scale software systems focusing on distributed systems especially cloud and grid computing systems and challenges in big data processing.

He is also the founding Chair of ACM Chennai Chapter. He was awarded the Boyscast Fellowship in 1997. He was awarded the IBM Faculty Award in 2007 and Yahoo Faculty Grant in 2009.

His book on Grid Computing has been brought out by Tata McGraw Hill Publishers. His book on building large scale software systems is published in 2013 by Tata McGraw Hill publishers.

Prof. Janakiram obtained his Phd from IIT, Delhi.

Joel has more than 2 decades of experience in General Management, marketing, public relations, education, film, green technologies and satellite-television distribution.

Joel currently specializes in building community platforms, social education, non-profits, global peace and internet based education technologies.