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Speakers & Judges

Meet the industry leaders and visionaries from Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and other top global firms who will evaluate and guide participants at Digital MoonBattle 2026.

Keynote Speakers

Our Speakers

Visionary leaders sharing insights and inspiring the next generation of innovators

Day Veerlapati

President & CEO

S2Tech & Fortune Fund

A visionary entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded S2Tech, a global IT company. Committed to philanthropy, he supports academically bright students from economically disadvantaged families through the Fortune Fund.

Prem Jain

CEO & Co-Founder

Pensando Systems

An engineer with a Midas Touch and BITS Pilani alumnus. Former Cisco executive known as the 'heart, soul, and brains' of Cisco, responsible for every breakout product Cisco created in the past two decades.

Surbhi Kaul

VP Product Management

Juniper Networks

Harvard Business School alumna with over 20 years of experience leading product and engineering teams at Google, YouTube, Netflix, and Cisco. Key contributor to Google Home and Google Assistant advancements.

John 'JG' Chirapurath

Chief Marketing Officer

SAP

Passionate business leader with expertise in scaling technology firms. Co-founder of Sarvega, acquired by Intel and now featured as a case study at Harvard Business School.

Hemant Hebbar

VP Corporate Development

HPE

Seasoned executive who has closed over 50 transactions with aggregate value exceeding $30B. Holds an MBA from U.C. Berkeley and a CS degree from IIT Bombay.

Ken Burke

CEO

Microcasting & EntrepreneurNOW!

Serial tech entrepreneur for 25 years. Founded and sold MarketLive, an enterprise eCommerce platform that did over $2 Billion in annual sales. Author and mentor to thousands of entrepreneurs.

Srujana Kaddevarmuth

AI Leader

Walmart

Seasoned machine learning leader and expert evangelist. Advocate of AI for social good, serving on the board of United Nations Association SF chapter. Recognized as Laureate by American Insights Organization.

Mohan Iyer

VP & GM, Semiconductor

Thermo Fisher Scientific

IIT Roorkee graduate and Cornell alumni with nearly three decades of experience. Expert in bringing new products to market with proficiency in strategic planning and market research.

Ashish Bhatia

CTO & Angel Investor

Various Startups

IIT Kanpur graduate with 15+ years spanning Google, WhatsApp, and Palo Alto Networks, now advising startups and angel investing across fintech, AI, and decentralized platforms.

Arjun Malhotra

Chairman & Co-Founder

Magic Software Inc. | Evolko Inc.

Co-founder of HCL and former Chairman & CEO of Headstrong, with 50+ years shaping India's technology landscape and an active presence today across AI, cybersecurity, genomics, and philanthropy.

Ritesh Gupta

Chief Executive Officer

GreenSky

25+ years in financial services spanning ITC, Lehman Brothers, and Capital One, rising through GreenSky's ranks to CEO while leading its Goldman Sachs integration.

Sunil Ranka

Founder

Predikly

Venture Partner at Z Nation Lab and Forbes Technology Council member. Oracle ACE in BI and Big Data with expertise in Hadoop and data management technologies.

Expert Panel

Our Judges

Industry experts who will evaluate innovations and provide invaluable feedback

Vipin Jain

Founder & CEO

Blendid

Pioneer in technology with strong technical, business, and leadership skills. MS from BITS Pilani with expertise in solving real business and consumer issues.

Kaitki Agarwal

Founder & President

A5G Networks

Over 30 years of experience in cloud-native transformation of telecom infrastructure. IIT Roorkee and Babson MBA graduate. Forbes Technology Council member and CRN Women of the Channel honoree.

Amit Sharma

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Capital One

11+ years of hands-on experience in software development with strong knowledge of Salesforce and AWS architecture. Multiple Salesforce certifications including Certified Application Architect.

Padmini Murthy

Global Health Lead

American Medical Women's Association

NGO Representative to United Nations and Chair of International Health Section at American Public Health Association. Recipient of Elizabeth Blackwell Medal and Beta Van Hoosen Award.

Neha Bansal

VP - Staff Engineer

DeGolyer and MacNaughton

20 years of experience in the oil and gas sector. Texas A&M MS graduate with expertise in reservoir engineering and petroleum technology.

Vivek Pandit

Senior Partner

McKinsey & Company

Co-leads McKinsey's Private Equity & Principal Investors Practice globally. Stanford Masters graduate advising sovereign funds, PE funds, and technology firms on strategy and sustainability.

Kanad Das

Product Leader

Ex-Google, Microsoft

23 years of product leadership experience focused on AI & ML. IIT Bombay graduate who served as Group Product Manager for Search at Google and Principal PM Manager at Microsoft.

Akash Garg

Senior Software Engineer

Netflix

17+ years of engineering experience at Netflix, Roku, and Cisco. UT Austin Masters graduate with expertise in communication networking and signal processing.

Piyush Desai

CTO & Cofounder

Volektra

Illinois Institute of Technology graduate with 30+ years in electric motors and power electronics, cofounding Turntide Technologies and now leading next-generation magnet-free motor development at Volektra.

Ajay Patel

Founder & Chairman

PRI Global

28-year entrepreneur with roots at AT&T, now channeling decades of enterprise IT delivery into PR1SM, an AI platform for data, workflow, and operations transformation.

Nikhil Chauhan

Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer

Visionaize Inc.

2Chemical engineer turned strategist with 30+ years across Bechtel, Halliburton, and KBR, now driving innovation and go-to-market strategy for AI-powered solutions in global energy and industrial markets.

Satyen Harvé

Principal

Hexagen Corporation

30+ years in enterprise technology across Intel, EMC, HCL, Capgemini, and Globant, now advising startups in healthtech, edtech, and AI while championing STEM access for underserved communities across the Americas..

Ravindar Gujral

CTO & Managing Director

Submittable

Over 20 years of experience in software engineering, product leadership, and agile transformation across healthtech, adtech, and social impact organizations. Currently CTO at Submittable with prior leadership roles at Benefits Data Trust, Sidecar, GE, and Siemens Healthineers