Koustubh is the founder of Periwinkle Technologies - a firm that provides a high tech solution through the Bhramar Connect Platform to multi-brand retails, multi-outlet businesses, and organizations. Se 1992, Koustubh has worked around the globe in India, UK and USA for various organizations like BT, SAP, etc. prior to co-founding startups that focussed on outsourced software product development for companies such as Cisco, AT&T, ICICI, and ACK Media. His love for Bhramar is as pronounced as his love for books, astronomy, movies, music, art, food, and travel. Koustubh holds an MDE from UCLA, Master of Science in Engineering from SJSU, California, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Amravati University. He is a 2014 fellow in the SLP program in Pune.

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Pankaj Agrawal is the Managing Director of ThinkingLane Technologies, a technology knowledge partner to adapt new edge technologies in changing times. Prior to ThinkingLane, he worked at Avaya, where he was a senior product manager and completed 16+years. Pankaj has also worked at Honeywell and Qwest Inc. He is an expert in Business, DevOps, Engineering, Operations, Product, Sales/Bus Dev, Social Media and Team Leadership. He holds a degree in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering and Instrumentation & Control. He is 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Vinay Nathan, Co-Founder and CEO of Altizon Technologies ,has 12+ years of varied experience across sales, marketing, engineering and product management. Prior to Altizon he was VP Sales at Persistent Systems. He led Persistent Systems sales activities in the U.S. North East for 4+ years and added 30+ new logos that contributed to 20M+ USD in revenues. He also set up the APAC sales team that went from nil to 7% of annual revenues within 2 years. Vinay began his career in engineering and rose up the engineering ladder to be a center head for a US based captive. He holds 2 US patents and has 5 patents pending globally on work related USB, wireless10 and code security. Vinay holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Southern California, LA and a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from University of Pune. Vinay’s interestslude travel, writing and playing tennis. He is a 2014 fellow of the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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