SPEAKER PROFILES

Praveen Sengar
Sr. Manager, Software & Services Research
IDC India

Praveen Sengar heads the Software and Services Research practice at IDC India. He is responsible for driving all market analysis and research assignments for the India domestic Software and Services market and identifying new research and consulting opportunities. Praveen personally handles the Packaged Software market tracker for IDC in India. He has also conceptualised and spearheads research into new, emerging technology markets such as Security Solutions, Software as a Service (SaaS) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). 

Praveen is also a regular speaker at IDC’s annual IT industry briefing session, Directions and at other major IDC conferences.

Praveen has worked with organizations like Lowe Lintas in brand management and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals in marketing.

Praveen graduated from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi with a Master’s degree in International Business (specializing in International Marketing).

Saurabh Verma
Manager, Software & Services Research
IDC India

Saurabh Verma is part of the Software and Services Research practice at IDC India. He is responsible for driving the standard market analysis and customized assignments for the Indian Software and Services market. Saurabh closely works with his team of analysts who drive the software and services market tracker for IDC in India.

In an experience of over 5+ years, he has worked with organizations like GE analytics and Symphony services on various market research and consumer insights assignments. He completed his MBA from ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad.

Dr.Srinivasa Vegi
General Manager India, Middle East & Asia Pacific | e Enabling & Data Warehousing, Wipro Limited

Dr.Srinivasa Vegi works as General Manager - India, Middle East & Asia Pacific for e Enabling & Data Warehousing at Wipro Limited.

As a part of professional activities his team provides consulting, development, implementation and support services for end to end data warehouses and business intelligence solutions. Few of the current engagements include Asia’s largest Insurance Active Data Warehouse, Performance Management solution for a Telecom service provider, Data Consolidation & ETL tool standardization for a large Banking customer. Define & implementation of Key Performance Indicators for a leading Healthcare Organization, Support & Enhancement services etc.,

Srinavasa is a Ph D in Computer Science with over 18+ years of IT experience.

Girish Shivani
Business Consultant, Teradata India

Girish Shivani has more than 15 years of experience in strategy, revenue enhancement, marketing, finance and legal operations. His background has been focused in the areas of finance and overall general management exposure within large organizations. Shivani also has driven and executed long-term vision, strategy and pricing. He specialises in strategy formulation, planning and execution across verticals with a specific focus on financial planning, revenue enhancement and segmentation. Shivani frequently speaks at regional seminars on Teradata’s Enterprise Data Warehouse. He holds a Bachelor of Science with a specialization in computer science.

Sanjay Deshmukh
Country Manager - India/SAARC Region 
Business Objects, an SAP company 

Sanjay Deshmukh is the Country manager for the Indian arm of Business Objects, an SAP company. Presently, based out of Mumbai, Sanjay is responsible for the growth strategy and operations in India and SAARC region. 

Sanjay has been with Business Objects, an SAP company, for the past 8 years. Under his leadership, Sanjay has led Business Objects, an SAP company to create the largest market share for Business Intelligence in India. He has been instrumental in establishing Business Objects, an SAP company as the one of the fastest growing geographies in the Asia Pacific Japan region. Sanjay is now focused on creating new mid market segment of users, expanding into smaller towns, cities and building neighboring markets.

With a career spanning 14 years, Sanjay has held key positions in some of the renowned database software and business intelligence firms, in the industry prior to joining Business Objects, an SAP company. In his initial years, Sanjay was associated with Informix which was later acquired by IBM and Tata Unisys. 

As a key member of the global Business Objects network, Sanjay has made significant contributions in establishing a strong and rigorous corporate governance process, operational excellence and culture in the organization

Sanjay’s education constitutes of combined degrees across Engineering and marketing. He is also a trained “Tabla vadhak”, a sports enthusiast and reads widely.