THEMES

VIREN SHAH

Vice President & Chief Digital Officer | GE Appliances, a Haier company  |  US

Viren Shah is Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at GE Appliances, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.  Prior to becoming part of the Haier company, Viren was the CIO at Masco Cabinetry, and CIO Council Leader for their parent company, Masco Corporation.  Viren has 20+ years of global experience in creating business value using technology with a strong focus on customers for Fortune 10 organizations, such as Walmart.  He has contributed as a senior leader towards the success of startups, turnarounds, and global mergers & acquisitions.

AMIR SABIROVIĆ

CEO, Public Speaker, Podcaster, Mentor  | Certigon  |  NL

Amir is CEO at Certigon, transforming companies through Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence while staying human. He stands at the cradle of data science and organisational science. He aims to debunk the hypes surrounding Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0, Blockchain, and bring them back to the current reality of the businesses. His background in data-innovation projects and management consultancy enables him to transform companies into future proof digital organisations where analytical leadership is the core component. Amir helps companies with their digital transformation journey while developing the strategy and new business models based on data and artificial intelligence.

TONY STROWS

Head of Digital Strategy & Transformation  | Philips  |  NL

As Head of Digital Learning Strategy & Transformation at Philips, my remit is to innovate Learning & Talent Development, evolving this function into a scalable, agile, digital, business system. Prior to my role at Philips, I spent almost 20 years in consulting, affording me the opportunity to collaborate with a diversity of organisations and people.  For almost 15 years I travelled extensively, sharing my experience in technology, business, and people development, helping global organisations develop critical capabilities. Like many others over this past year, I continue to explore the Future of Work.  While I do not yet know exactly what this is, I do know that it is transforming employee expectations, and reshaping the employee experience.

KIAN ABOLFAZLIAN

Head of Data Transformation  |  Philips  |  NL

For the past 20 years, Kian has been a Principal Digital Strategist and Trusted Advisor to boards of directors, C-Suites and senior stakeholders in knowledge-intensive organization, across Europe, Americas and Asia. He has specialized in design and delivery of large scale E2E Customer-centric Digital Transformations for institutions within both Public and Private sectors, Design of National ICT and AI strategies. He has as well been an advisor on projects financed by World Bank, IADB and UNDP among others. He is passionate about designing People-literate technologies, as well as People-centric Digital-First solutions in the context of Smart Spaces for manufacturing, global logistics, buildings & shops, and homes

VEIJO HYTTI

CEO  |  Keto Software  |  FI

Veijo Hytti is a visionary leader with a long track record. He has experience in various marketing and management positions in renowned advertising agencies and also as an investor in several companies. Veijo has an exceptionally diverse understanding and expertise in brands, innovation and new development ideas.

    Veijo has been part of the Keto Software story since 2015, steering the company towards growth and internationalisation. Veijo is optimistic about the future. He is interested in innovation, digitalisation, human behavior, new business models and good food. Veijo feels lucky to have worked in great companies with really talented people. Working with others to find and implement feasible solutions is one of the most rewarding things about working life for him. 

Dr. TEEMU TUNKELO

CEO  | SSH Communications Security  |  FI

Technical minded executive with 20+ years of experience in directing organisations to success by establishing and delivering on strategic initiatives with tangible financial returns. Teemu is an international business leader who has served major companies, such as Voith, Siemens, ABB, Invensys, and Compaq in global management and technology leadership roles for 25 years in Zurich, London, München and Helsinki. His prior experience also includes being CEO of Enfo (prev. Tietosavo), a software company of 300 people and a board member at Nixu, the largest cybersecurity consulting company in Finland.  At Voith, he participated in creating Voith digital solutions, a 2000-person strong business that combines IT, automation, and digital solutions. Teemu holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the Helsinki University of Technology (currently Aalto University) in Finland and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

HARRI VUOLLE

Senior Director, Sales & Customers, Digital  |

Insta Group  |  FI

As the Head of Sales at Insta Digital, Harri is helping his customers and the intelligent machinery industry succeed in finding new and productive ways to utilize modern digital technology, and accelerating time to market of products and services. Harri has an extensive background in research and development of connected smart devices that require secure wireless connectivity, and he has also built and led engineering teams internationally. Harri is a member of the board at FIMA - Forum for Intelligent Machines.

MIKKO KETTUNEN

Head of Business Development | Lempäälän Lämpö  |  FI

Mikko is leading the business development unit to find a more sustainable and new ways to produce energy more efficiently and viable in the future. Demand response, ancillary markets, sector integration, data acquisition, validation and analysis for machine learning and optimising are the part of diverse energy production and consumption system. He has experience in energy communities and microgrids where energy is produced and consumed locally and supporting energy networks with excess energy.

AAMIR DOGAR

Ex-Director Global Data Management, Vision AI & Sales Fundamentals  |  Procter & Gamble  |  UAE

Aamir Dogar is a 20 years CPG professional. He was a global IT/AI Director at Procter & Gamble with focus on computer vision and data management. Aamir is DAMA certified data management professional and has led global leadership teams for acquisition, global data panels purchases worth millions of Dollars, Sales IT, 100s of distributors connectivity to manufacturer systems and trade marketing transformations. Aamir led P&G’s global cloud strategy before driving global virtual/augment reality solutions transformation. Aamir is now leading an AI startup and mentoring startups in Web3, edTech and Agritech sectors. On a personal side, Aamir loves Superbikes, stamp collection and traveling.