Vivek Mahanta

Product & Data Science

I am a data science executive with 15+ years of experience in the financial services industry. I am experienced at building machine learning and AI models for marketing and customer service applications. I am adept at leading global cross functional teams to drive continuous innovati

I have served as an Adjunct Faculty and Teaching Assistant at Drexel University teaching undergrad business students, and have taught courses in statistics, operations research and operations management. I am passionate about teaching, and have also taught Math and English to slum kids in India.

Prior to this, I founded an online startup called stockteller.com that forecasted the daily high and low stock prices of 5000+ companies with over 92% accuracy. I have a BS in Computer Engineering and a PhD in Operations Management. I currently reside in Chicago.

Marcus Marano

Finance & Business Development

I am a senior financial services and retail executive with a focus on driving sustainable growth for shareholders, whilst retaining a deep focus on customer experience and delivering value to the community. I bring a commercially valuable, well-rounded global perspective, derived from leading Fortune 500 organizations across Europe, Asia Pacific, and the US.

I have a strong record of leading finance, analytics and product management to deliver growth through product innovation and technology; financial stewardship and P&L Management; customer-led portfolio strategies; new business verticals; advanced analytics; people leadership; and partnering the C-Suite in the strategy and execution of business and financial goals.

I have earned a reputation as a values-based leader who develops high performing teams and relationships through authentic and passionate leadership. This is underpinned by a unique 360-degree business lens, mastery in harnessing commitment across stakeholders and generating advocacy through sharing the vision to deliver on organisational goals. I currently reside in Sydney, Australia with my wife and two kids.

Saurabh Ganeriwal

Technology

I am an engineering leader with 15+ years experience of scaling both distributed systems as well as an organization of highly productive teams. I have experience of working cross-functionally with leaders from product, design, operations, business development, growth, sales, and pedagogy. I have a breadth of technical experience ranging from cloud management to personalization and consumer loyalty from large-scale distributed systems to web/mobile product development. I have a diverse experience in managing product, hardware, mobile/web and infrastructure engineers as well as data scientists, IT and QA.

Prior to this I was the Head of Enginnering @ Altschool. I was the Founding Engineer that spearheaded the development of platform for delivering personalized, competency-based and learner-centric education. I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Rika Aizawa

Moderation & Japan

I am a bilingual (Japanese and English) business consultant. I have more than 15 years of hands-on international business experience which includes strategic planning, sales planning, marketing, logistics, client relations, negotiations and worldwide procurement. I worked as a project manager for a startup in Tokyo, Japan which was spun off and became an independent company called Hussmann Japan Ltd. In this capacity, I developed business unit activities, including sales/cost forecasting, annual budget, business development plan, product pricing, inventory control, and order management. Prior to this, I worked as a professional coordinator for School Corporation Tamagawa K-12 and University and led new projects, third party accreditation and membership of international schools in Tokyo, Japan.

I hold a bachelor's degree in Sociology from SUNY Buffalo, and MBA in International Business from University of Tsukuba, Japan. I currently live in Saitama prefecture, Japan.