Parth Saxena is the Co-Founder and Partner at TommyJams, an intelligent platform that transforms live-entertainment through innovative technology and connects artists-venues-fans to book and attend shows like never before. Recognised as one of India's top 10 technology startups, TommyJams is a part of Microsoft Ventures. Prior to TommyJams, Parth worked at Texas Instruments, where he built software for automotive, industrial, video-surveillance and video-conferencing systems across the world. Parth has also worked at DFKI (Germany), AVIRES (Italy), AUVSI Foundation (USA) and The Raghu Dixit Project. He is an expert in business development, strategy, product management/development, UI design/development and algorithms. Parth was awarded an IEEE Gold Medal for extraordinary work experience, featured as one of India's Young Turks on CNBC and delivered a TEDx talk. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (University of Delhi) and is certified for Technology Entrepreneurship by Stanford University (USA). He is also a keen musician, a backpack traveler and a startup mentor. Parth is passionate about working on disruptive technological innovations that impact millions of lives for the better. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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Sharath Acharya is the co-founder and chief storyteller at Boutline, a gamified audience engagement platform for professional events. Prior to this he worked at Subex as a Corporate Strategist. Sharath has also worked at Hewlett Packard. He is also co-authoring a book on the Indian Startup Ecosystem. He holds an MBA degree in Finance and Strategy from Hult International School, Boston. He loves Bangalore and everything about it. Sharath is passionate about organizing anything that is disorganized. He is a 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program at Bangalore.

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