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Rahul Vavaldas
“I am Rahul Vavaldas, and I currently work for Science Interactive Group as a Supply Chain Manager. I spent quality time judging for 2022 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards. I would like to say that I have seen a tremendous effort put by every single entry in showcasing their nomination. I enjoyed learning great…
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Pavel Zinovkin
Chief Information Officer | VK | Moscow, Russia Pavel is a software engineer, CTO, engineering manager with over 17 years of professional experience. Over the years, he helped build products used by millions of users at startups and big technology companies.
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Poonam Garg
Vice President – Director Of Engineering | U.S. Bank | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Poonam Garg is a technologist seasoned leader, working as Director of Engineer – Vice President at U.S. Bank. Poonam has spearheaded cultural transformation around DevOps at U.S. Bank through an agile and collaborative approach to digital transformation and software development. Poonam…
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Prasanna Venkatesh
Co-founder & CEO | Metricsbird | San Francisco, California, United States In 2002, I was restless seeing how technology was changing the world around us. I started my first business in my hostel room back in 2002. If someone had to buy a branded computer, they had to pay the premium price. So me and…
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Stepanov Dmitrii
Software Architect | ABC Solutions | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Russia 10+ years of experience in full software development life cycle including architecture, design, prototyping, implementation, and maintenance. Mostly using Java and Python. Skilled in building of scalable systems and microservices. Have experience in data analysis and data science, R&D department management and project management.
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Menghan Ding
Senior Data Scientist | Abbott Laboratories | Lake Forest, Illinois, United States Menghan Ding has been a senior data scientist at Abbott since 2019, working in the Software R&D division under the Core Diagnostics business. Prior to Abbott, she worked as a data scientist at AIG and accumulated more than 5 years of experience in…
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Rajesh Chennattu Sasidharan Nair
Assistant General Manager | Amazon | Memphis, Tennessee, United States Rajesh Chennattu Sasidharan Nair is an Indian Navy veteran who led complex, dynamic, and challenging maritime operations and managed starting phase of construction of a warship leading to commissioning into Navy and commanding the ship for over two years to enhance maritime capabilities. He also…
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Siddharth Shah
VP, Software Engineering | Canoo | Buena Park, California, United States Currently the VP of Software Engineering at Canoo, I am responsible for all software development on the Canoo Vehicle, backend, frontend and mobile development. Prior to Canoo, I was the Senior Manager, Vehicle Software for Faraday Future and worked on Software Infrastructure and Body…
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Michael O Fadahunsi
General Manager, Development | ExxonMobil | Houston, Texas, United States I have been with ExxonMobil for over 19 years. I joined ExxonMobil in June 2003. I spent my early career years (~5 years) as a Reservoir Engineer based in Houston working deepwater oil and gas fields (early production stage). The following years were spent working…
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Brent Liang
Head of Special Projects | Goat Capital | Greater Sydney Area, Australia I was born in New Zealand and brought up in Shanghai (bi-lingual), where I attended one of China’s best international schools and achieved 44/45 on the world’s most renowned high school diploma program (IBDP), as well as winning International competitions. I was then…
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Akshat Sharma
Lead Product Manager | Google Inc. | New York, New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Akshat Sharma is the Lead Product Manager for Google Classroom, a product used by over 150 million teachers and students globally. Akshat has led various efforts at Google across several different products over the past 6 years. Akshat serves…
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Alexander Makeev
Software Engineer | Layermark | Tbilisi, Georgia 6+ years of experience in building enterprise web applications (mostly using Java and Angular). In my previous company, I launched the Athlete Readiness product from scratch and successfully integrated it into multiple Saint Petersburg sports schools. Currently, I’m a software engineer in the Arcadia team.
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Anatolii Kabanov
Software Engineer | Perforce | Prague Metropolitan Area, Czech Republic Well-organized, highly motivated task solver experienced in many frameworks, with comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of web development. Desperate to explore new features and ways in development to deliver products as what business needs.
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Kirill Gugaev
VP of ML & Research | Corrily | San Francisco, California, United States I’m leading a team to bump US Enterprise SaaS companies revenue from 10 to 40% using smart price optimization algorithms. Our company, Corrily Inc is YC backed fast-growing SaaS with such clients, as SkillShare & IFTTT. I’ve founded the WhatsApp bot platform,…
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Chingiz Nazar
Database Application Developer | Tengizchevroil | Atyrau, Kazakhstan Hands-on experience in various IT fields. Starting from the Internet of Things and Robotics and ending with Azure cloud technologies. Expert with deep knowledge of SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, JavaScript development; data Integration tools such as SSIS and Azure Data Factory and Modern Data Foundation tools…
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Roman Blinov
Software Engineer – Python Developer | DataArt | Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia I’m a Software Engineer with 11+ years of experience in software development including diving into an existing codebase and from scratch. Currently, I’m a Python Developer at DataArt.
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Fedor Yaremenko
Senior Java Software Engineer | Ultimeta | Moscow, Moscow City, Russia • 10+ years of experience in software development with Java, Kotlin, and Spring.• Development of Java enterprise applications for the past eight years.• Designed and built systems from scratch using monoliths and microservices architecture.• Strong understanding of business logic and workflows of trading sites…
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Dmitrii Matveichev
Computer Vision and Machine Learning, Software Engineer | National Taipei University | Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan With more than 5 years of experience in mobile app development, I worked on Android and iOS projects. Over the past years, I have helped many companies create mobile solutions using best practices and programming patterns.I went…
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Timofey Krestyanov
Senior Android Developer – Team lead | Sberbank | Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk, Russia With more than 5 years of experience in mobile app development, I worked on Android and iOS projects. Over the past years, I have helped many companies create mobile solutions using best practices and programming patterns.I went from programmer to head of mobile…
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Yaroslav Menshikov
Senior Full Stack .Net Developer | GisAuto LLC | Novosibirsk Region, Russian Federation I have a lot of experience in US hackathons like MLH and DevPost as a judge. I am also an expert and judge of many Russian hackathons.
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Saravanaraj Duraisamy
Product Manager | Google | Mountain View, California, United States I work as a Product Manager at Google. I’ve been with Google for 8+ years. I’ve worked on products including Android Messages, RCS (Rich Communication Services), Phone number based identity & security, Chrome OS and Payments. Prior to Google, I’ve worked on areas including Marketing…
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Selva Vinothe Mahimaidas
Chief Information Security Officer | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Boston, Massachusetts, United States A top performing and competent Information Security Leader with more than 20 years of experience in all phases of information security. Proven track record of handling strategic projects and global engagement management, with an ability to recognize business objectives, foresee the solutions,…
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Ilyoskhuja Ikromkhujaev
Frontend Developer | Akfa Group | Toshkent, Uzbekistan An experienced Frontend Developer.
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Viachaslau Matsukevich
Cloud Solutions Architect | CTDev | Minsk, Belarus I am a Solutions Architect with 8+ years of experience helping enterprise companies achieve their Cloud-Native goals, improve the Software Development process, and migrate to Public&Private cloud. I am certified as a Solutions Architect Expert and Kubernetes Administrator.
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Rishikesh Yardi
Senior Product Manager | Instacart | Mountain View, California, United States Rishi has experience leading Product Teams at multiple organizations including Instacart, Facebook and Expedia spanning Ads, Consumer Technology, Travel Technology. At Instacart and Facebook, Rishi enabled millions of businesses to advertise their products effectively, while growing revenues rapidly through ad tech product development. At…
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Harish Srigiriraju
Senior Technical Product Manager, Head of Product Analytics & Data Science | Verizon Cloud | New York, New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Harish Srigiriraju is a Principal Engineer at Verizon. He has expertise in leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning to improve software products. He has led several cross-functional projects to draw insights…
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Tanay Jaipuria
Product Manager | Instagram | San Francisco, California, United States Tanay Jaipuria is a Product lead at Instagram where he works on Creator Monetization. Prior to that, he built ad products at Facebook and was a consultant at McKinsey. He also writes a weekly newsletter on the business of technology and has written for publications…
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Poornima Badhan Subramanian
Sr Digital Accessibility SME | Holland America Group | Santa Clarita, California, United States A Digital Accessibility Subject Matter Expert and Program Manager with overall Information Technology experience from the past 14 years and contributing towards Digital Accessibility career for 12 years. Established my career roles as Digital Accessibility Compliance Advocate, Evangelist and Mentor for…
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Viacheslav Shago
Tech Lead | Sberbank | Bryansk, Russia My name is Viacheslav Shago. I’m a Senior Software Engineer/TechLead with more than 15 years experience. I have a lot of experience in development – from game development to fintech. I’m obsessed with programming and technology and am willing to share my knowledge. I also already have experience…
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Vitalii Honcharuk
Principal Lead Software Engineer | Cynet Security | Kharkiv, Ukraine Vitalii is a Principal Lead Software Engineer with .NET Full-Stack skills and extensive cross-industry experience within corporate software, business automation and startups development. He is experienced at applying microservice architecture for complicated distributed business systems utilising team talents efficiently. He is capable of being a…
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Vishal Kalia
Senior Vice President, USA | Indivior Inc. | Richmond, Virginia, United States Vishal Kalia is an SVP, US Commercial at Indivior Inc. A visionary business leader with demonstrated tactical skills that conceptualized and executed the strategy that transforms the company’s profile. Originated big and bold ideas using an entrepreneurial approach to turnaround stagnant brands, launch…
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Maksym Mostovyi
Software developer – Front end developer – Angular developer | Rain Financial | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates I am a software developer with over 5 years of experience. I have experience in such fields as e-commerce, cyber security, fintech. Also participated in several hackathons as a judge. Besides that, I contribute to the tech…
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Kirill Kazakov
Lead DevOps Automation Engineer | simplinic GmbH | St Petersburg, St Petersburg City, Russia Helps build effective relationships between development and system administration; advise developers, and come up with the best solutions and practices together. Currently working at Simplinic GmbH as Lead DevOps Engineer. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), teaches at Otus, writes courses for SkillFactory.…
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