Changeleaders Stories

Welcome to today's podcast featuring Shahnas S, a trailblazer in learning and capability development. With a proven track record spanning 17+ years across diverse industries, Shahnas excels in building future-ready workforces through innovative solutions at the intersection of digital learning and AI/ML. As a visionary leader, Shahnas has set new benchmarks for excellence, driving learning strategies, transitions, and organization-wide initiatives. With a diplomatic approach and a knack for conceptualizing transformative solutions, Shahnas invites listeners to embark on a journey of continuous learning and growth, offering insights into instructional design, digital learning, and project management. Tune in and discover the keys to success in today's dynamic corporate landscape.

h over 20 years of experience in the Banking and Financial Services Industry, Saumil is a visionary leader known for transforming organizational learning landscapes. His expertise lies in building L&D verticals, designing impactful learning journeys, and integrating technology for efficiency and profitability. Join us in this podcast episode as Saumil shares insights on fostering thriving environments and driving sustained success through learning. Tune in now!

In this episode, we sit down with Kultaran Singh Soni, a passionate learner and a veteran in Learning and Development. Hosted by Royal Sai, a filmmaker and intern at ChangeLeaders Consulting, this episode offers valuable insights into leadership and training. Tune in now!

A performance development manager by profession, and a storyteller by passion, Dr. Rishi Mahajan is an accomplished L&D leader. An MD in Ayurveda having 18+ years of experience in the wellness, hotel, and FMCG industry, Dr. Rishi has donned various hats which makes this episode thought-provoking.

Gaurav Kuraria - a seasoned L&D professional having years of experience shares his view on personalized learning and advanced LMS and highlights the importance of a guru. This episode is informative yet fun.

Riddhi - a seasoned Senior Vice President with two decades of experience in Learning and Development field. Adept in soft skills, service delivery, talent management, and business process improvement, her rich experience and expertise makes this episode interesting and informative.

Iqbal, a seasoned learning and development leader with 18+ years of experience, currently heads L&D at Cafe Coffee Day. Recognized as a Top 20 L&D influencer, he is known for designing impactful training programs and fostering growth through personalized learning. His rich experience and commitment to learning make him a valuable speaker for your podcast on L&D challenges and solutions.

With over 20 years of experience and 15+ in the Learning & Development industry, Purnia is passionate about People Development by bringing business results for the organization. As the Associate Director of Learning at one of the largest e-commerce in India, she oversees the learning strategy and execution with agility and impact. You can follow her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/purnia/

Buvana Iyer has Over 17 years of global experience in Machine Learning Modeling and Data-driven Consulting. She has worked in the Financial Services and Retail industries with companies like IBM, Credit-Suisse, and UBS bank. In her current role as AVP ML and applied AI at Course5 Intelligence, she leads a diverse technical team of Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Full Stack Developers to implement Ml applications and solutions.

He is a techno functional and versatile professional with more than 10 years of experience in Artificial Intelligence with healthcare and Pharma domain. He has developed various Data science solutions across varied departments of Life sciences including Healthcare, Pharma, Clinical trials and Marketing. And currently he is director of data science in reputed Pharma company.

Alam has 15 years of work experience in IT and served the industry like Automobiles, Oil and Gas, Ecommerce, Food and Beverage and Travel & Tourism. His core expertise are SaaS based Product Development, Data Monetization,  Product Pricing , MVP and Go to market Strategy.

Sekhar is an AI Leader with good technical and business acumen.  He is a recent graduate of "The Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence (MMAI)" from Queen's University, Canada. He has been with the industry for a period of over 15 years. He was last associated with Accenture where he successfully delivered multiple AI solutions.  He is also a good innovator; possesses two granted patents.  He is also one of the Co-Founders of an AI company in Canada.  His aspiration is to lead a unit delivering great solutions that help businesses in their digital transformation journey contributing to the bottom line.

Host- Praveen Parambath  Researcher & Big Data (Business Policy & Strategy)   He’s got 20 years of BFSI expertise, having worked with ICICI Bank and Barclays before transitioning to the IT enterprise side. His finance expertise was critical in supporting the technological platforms and business models developed by technologists   Speaker- Akash Mishra  AVP- Analytics (Amazon Store Card)- Synchrony   Seasoned BFSI professional offering 8 years of versatile experience across the business analytics domain. Currently heading offshore Analytics team at Synchrony Financial for Amazon Credit Card portfolio, proficient in undertaking analytics assignment supporting areas of sales, marketing, product & operations.

He’s currently working as Finance & Pricing Analytics as a Product Manager in Intel. He has worked across multiple business segments and large-scale implementation worldwide.

Host- Prerna Jain Senior Manager AI/ML- Talent500   She is a  passionate data enthusiast who comes with 13 years plus of experience in data analytics and data science.  Being a coder by heart and having a variety of experience across industries in MNCs as well as start Ups, she has enabled organizations to become data-driven. From writing Python codes, and creating Tableau visualizations to presenting data solutions to clients, She firmly believes that data science can add a significant value in increasing revenue and thus should always be aligned to the end business goals.   Speaker- Arockia Liborous Principal Consultant, Enterprize Analytics- Clariant   He is 12+ years experienced & a dynamic, result-oriented Data Artist with expertise in leading global cross-functional teams for IoT, sales & marketing analytics. He has experience in utilizing big data and data analytics to implement business strategy and unearth new opportunities for profitable business growth     In his current role, he works as Principal Enterprise Analytics Consultant with Clariant and has previously worked with eco labs and taken mind.

He looks for patterns in everyday life and loves to weave stories from data that can be used by businesses to better themselves. He is an expert in multiple Data Visualization and Data Analytics tools. He is also a co-author of a few Practitioner Guides to learn Alteryx on your own. He is also very active in tech volunteering as part of the Alteryx For Good Platform and other volunteer forums. Please welcome Subrat Das, currently serving as AVP Data Analytics at Standard Chartered Bank, Bangalore

He is a BI professional engaged primarily with Manufacturing domains. Over the last 5 years, he has been driving continuous improvement projects through data-driven insights and visualizations. He has been part of the Center of Excellence strategic verticals at Godrej Aerospace and more recently at Hindustan Platinum. Improving operations through Lean Management principles in conjunction with the latest tech trends of Industry 4.0 has been his major interest.

Host- Ritesh Upadhyaya Data Engineer- PayPal Currently working as Data Engineer in Paypal and pursuing MS in machine learning through upgrad. He has Been into the Data engineering domain for the past 5 years and he’s having overall 8.5 years of IT experience.  He has been associated with Legato, Deloitte, Unisys, and Syntel previously.      Speaker- Azhagarasan Annadorai Founder- OpenFarms.app  Azhagarasan Annadorai is the founder of Kaizentric Technologies, which is recognized among the 10 most promising data analytics firms - in 2022. He worked for Infosys, HCL & EY and is here to share his corporate and consulting experience.

He is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta and has more than 12years of experience in Sales, Business Strategy & Sales Strategy. Currently, he is working as Head of Sales Strategy with Lodha Group.

Harshendra is an  ETL, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Data Integration leader. He is an experienced leader in Finance, Digital Marketing, Credit Scoring, and Healthcare verticals across geographies and is well versed in leading large Technology and Business Transformation initiatives for several businesses over a career span of close to 17 years

He has 13.5 years of total working experience with US, UK, and CANADA clients & 4 years of working experience with Indian clients. Currently working as BI leader in Intech Systems Pvt Limited. In past, he has worked with WNS, RR Donnelly, and L&T.

Host- Udayan Guha Site Reliability Engineering Managerr- Rackspace Technology   Udayan has a proven track record in delivering digital analytics solutions to configure fundamentally sound frameworks. He can precisely isolate business needs and develop valuable solutions to drive accuracy and ROI efficiency. He is a result-oriented leader with almost 17 years of industry experience who thrives in a fast paced and competitive environment.   Speaker- Siddhant Mohapatra Data Scientist III- ZEE5  Siddhant is a part of one of the fastest growing start-up as a Data Science Lead which is based out of Bangalore.  As of now, he has got 7 years of Data Science experience in various domains such as sales, retail and Customer Experience firms, with expertise in Data Management,  Quantitative Modeling, Business Research and Data Analytics. He has worked in very diversified environments like growing start ups to MNCs like eBay and Flipkart .

He came from telecom domain with overall 17 years of industry experience. Where he has hands on experience in advanced Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Deep Learning/Natural Language Processing, project management, customer experience management, cost analytics and inventory management.

She comes with 15 years of experience. She heads AIDA which is in Enterprise-wide AI-ML platform at American Express. She got featured on 40 under 40 data scientists 2022 list by Analytics India Magazine. She was also a part of Top 11 Women in AI Leadership 2020.  She has several patents, offerings, and research papers in her name.

Deepak has over 18 years of experience in software engineering & development in various industries like hi-tech, retail, media and healthcare. He has performed different roles from design, development, architecture to project/program/portfolio management, delivery & account management in various geographies like India, USA and Europe.

Rajesh has around 20 years of  professional experience. He has worked in multiple domains including network security. He has a wide array of skills and worked on different aspects of Software including Design, Development and security. He has worked with many fortune 500 clients and has worked with many C-level executives in career

She is a  passionate Data enthusiast who comes with 13 years plus of experience into data analytics and data science. Being a coder by heart and having a variety of experience across industries in MNCs as well as start Ups, she has enabled organizations to become data driven. From writing Python codes, creating Tableau visualizations  to presenting data solutions to clients, She firmly believes that data science can add a significant value in increasing the revenue and thus should always be aligned to the end business goals.

Jay is a Product Leader with decade and a half experience of building and shipping enterprise B2B SaaS products for users across the globe. He is a traveler, speaker, student of photography and a marathon runner!

A Technology enthusiast with a solid inclination to bring technology and people together. He is a seasoned professional specialize in core business systems adoption to Industry and technologies a proven decade of experience and exposure in..to name a few. SDLC/ Data Science, Adopting Agile methodologies and many more…

He is having around 17 years of IT experience. He comes from electronics & engineering background, He has done his post graduation diploma at Great Lakes of University on Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and practicing for the past 5 years on different use cases at leading bank in US for financial crimes lines of business.

Akash is seasoned BFSI professional offering 8 years of versatile experience across business analytics domain. He is Currently heading offshore Analytics team at Synchrony Financial for Amazon Credit Card portfolio, proficient in undertaking analytics assignment supporting areas of sales, marketing, product & operations.

Vijendra comes with 12 plus years of experience in demonstrated extensive digital transformation capabilities in various business domains like- Financial Applications, Customer Relation Management and Supply Chain Management.

Prarthana comes with 14 yrs of experience in analytics. She has started her career in retail, travelled across Hitech, Telecom, and currently in HR. She is a keen learner of human behavior and currently supplementing my knowledge in HR analytics with a masters in organisational psychology. She's passionate about providing business with answers and recommendations to remove strategy blocks and provide data driven and scientific insights. She's also passionate about people, managing, mentoring and helping people grow.

Azhagarasan Annadorai is the founder of Kaizentric Technologies, which is recognized among the 10 most promising Data Analytics firms - in 2022. He worked for Infosys, HCL & EY and is here to share his corporate and consulting experience.

We have got industry expert professionals in our panel.   Host- Prashant Srivastava  He is a passionate and experienced Data Engineer, having rich experience of 6+ years in the Data Engineering domain and currently working as Data Engineer II in Uber. He has worked in various roles including Big Data, ETL, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Analysis in diverse industries including Pharmaceuticals, E-Commerce, and Logistics. In past, he have been associated with ZS Associates, PayTM, and CaaStle Technologies"   Speaker- Rakesh Roshan Acharya  He has 14 plus years rich experience in leading and successfully delivering big data and cloud data analytics multi million dollar programs. He is a senior cloud data architect working in Anthem Inc. creating data design solutions, implementing data platforms on premise and on cloud, managing stakeholders, providing technical mentorship and building teams.

Praveen has over 20 years of BFSI expertise, having worked with ICICI Bank and Barclays before transitioning to the IT enterprise side. His finance expertise was critical in supporting the technological platforms and business models developed by technologists. He had positions in Product Management, Solution Consulting, Pre-sales, and Strategic Account Management at Wipro , Intellect Design (core banking/digital banking product), and SunTec ( Pricing Solutions). He was recently an advisor for Cleareye.ai , a fintech start-up business that provides AI/ML solutions to the banking industry, and is currently a specialist for FLYTXT, a notable provider of AI-based Martech solutions for financial services. He is also a Research Scholar at Bennett University, where he conducts research on Machine Learning (ML), ML Product Development, AI-Marketing Automation, AI-based Ethical Code, and the use of AI and Big Data to transform business policies and strategies.

He is a Data Analytics & Business Intelligence professional. He has over 15 years of experience working as a Consultant with Fractal Analytics, EXL Inductis to provide support to Fortune 500 companies.

Dr. Ambika haspursued masters in digital communications and PhD in Artificial intelligence. Currently working at Zycus infotech as Principal AI Manager. Published number of articles at reputed and high impact factor journals and book chapters. Delivered talks on various platforms including technical conferences and industry sector talks. Received rewards for best PhD thesis presentation, best research work and outstanding performer. Have filed a patent for one of the contributions on document layout extraction.

Accomplished and goal driven executive with 12 years of experience in operations and quality management of live platforms across more than five hybrid environments. Offers expertise in cloud operations with AWS and GCP, DevOps and agile programs, supporting production environments and change management. Worked on multiple cloud migration projects, driving ~30% cost benefit across projects.

Udayan has a proven track record in delivering digital analytics solutions to configure fundamentally sound frameworks. He can precisely isolate business needs and develop valuable solutions to drive accuracy and ROI efficiency. He is a result-oriented leader with almost 17 years of industry experience who thrives in a fast paced and competitive environment.

Analytical, enthusiastic and innovative seasoned Technology Leader with 12+ years of experience in Data and AI with demonstrated track record driving growth, reducing costs, improving operations, and successfully creating analytical solutions for complex business problems through a blend of Cloud Computing, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics at both Fortune 500 and start-up organizations in domestic and global markets.

We have got industry expert professionals in our panel.   Host- Mr. Vivek Suresh   He has 15 plus years of experience in DWBI, Big Data, Data Science, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. He is currently a Vice president in A.I Ops with CitiBank   Speaker- Mr. Tushar Belapurkar He comes with 21 years of rich industry experience in domains of operation excellence and business transformation.

Venu is an IT Professional with 18+ years of experience in the Cloud , IT Infrastructure Architecture, Cloud domain Solutioning , Designing and leading the technical teams Over the years , he has gained experience across different OEM vendor platforms, Virtualization platforms like Linux , VMware etc.

Ritesh comes with 22 plus years of experience and has worked in the roles of software engineering, data engineering and senior data scientist. He is offen part of top 10% contributors in Kaggle competitions. He also writes white paper on data science topics.

A senior solutions architect with over 14 years of experience including 6 years in US and 1 year in Germany. His expertise is in areas of Cloud Computing, Data Engineering, Structured/Semi-Structured/Un Structured Data Processing, Distributed computing, Data Management and Microservices. Currently he works for Tech Mahindra & is also organizer / speaker in various technology forum.

Abhilash has spent over 22 years in Architecture and Design of Software Systems, across Industrial Automation, EdTech, and Supply Chain visibility as SaaS, has seen transformation towards the Cloud. As a person he is passionate about sharing knowledge and mentoring people to succeed in their careers.

He is a 12+ years experienced & a dynamic, result oriented Data Artist with expertise in leading global cross-functional teams for IoT, sales & marketing analytics. He has experience in utilizing big data and data analytics to implement business strategy and unearth new opportunities for profitable business growth In his current role he works as Principal Enterprise Analytics Consultant with Clariant and has previously worked with Ecolabs and Takenmind.

Prashant is a passionate and experienced Data Engineer, having rich experience of 6+ years in the Data Engineering domain and currently working as Data Engineer II in Uber. He has worked in various roles including Big Data, ETL, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Analysis in diverse industries including Pharmaceuticals, E-Commerce, and Logistics. In past, he have been associated with ZS Associates, PayTM, and CaaStle Technologies"

Ritesh is Currently working as Data Engineer in Paypal and pursuing MS in machine learning through upgrad. He has Been into the Data engineer domain since past five years and he’s having overall 8.5 years of IT experience. He has been associated with Legato, Deloitte, Unisys and Syntel previously.

Tushit is carrying over 11 years of experience in project management , Sales and proposal engineering and in data science. He is Currently associated with HCL as a data science consultant and handling a product ML Ops and NLP.