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In this role within DataRobot, Mark helps clients across all vertical markets in the Great Lakes Region of the USA and Eastern Canada to optimize and leverage their data assets with automated predictive analytics and machine learning.

Mark brings twenty five years of technology sales and management experience to DataRobot.

Before joining DataRobot, Mark played a similar role for IBM Corporation, as part of the Big Data & Analytics team, upon IBM’s acquisition of Netezza in late 2010.  Previously, Mark served in various sales and management roles with Salion, Microstrategy, SAS and ADP.

Mark earned his BBA from The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

“What is AI, why all the hype, and why you should care?”
Mark will provide a high-level overview of Artificial intelligence and why it is so important to leverage. He’ll run through a number of the various components involved and what it encompasses. Through an illustrated discussion, he’ll explain the momentum behind the AI ‘hype’ some practical applications of automated Machine Learning, and how to get started more easily.

Rajiv Anand is the founder and CEO of Quartic.ai, a company focused on providing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence solutions for Industrial applications, Industrial IoT and Smart Industry.

He is an instrumentation and control engineer with 30 years of experience implementing process control and asset health solutions using Emerson platforms for power, mining, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Rajiv held key engineering, management and leadership positions with Emerson local business partner, Lakeside Process Controls in Mississauga and prior to starting Quartic.ai Rajiv spent a year researching Industrial IoT and Machine Learning, and advising technology companies and customers on digital manufacturing strategies.

Rajiv is a technology evangelist, thought leader, educator, writer and speaker. Rajiv holds a BS in Control Engineering from Thapar University and studied business strategy from the Darden School of Business.

Rajiv is based in Waterloo, Ontario

“AI and the Digital Economy: Opportunity or Threat?”
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are changing the very basic nature of how we work, regardless of the field, we are in. As a result, engineers and technologists are often asking themselves one of two questions:  the first is in the form of a threat – when machines and algorithms start performing more cognitive tasks, will my skills and experience become less relevant? The second is in exploring opportunities in the digital economy – What new skills should I acquire to excel and succeed in the age of AI? Rajiv Anand, who having transitioned from a long-term traditional engineering career to an AI-focused career and considers himself a “digital immigrant” will share how best to leverage your existing education and skills to thrive in the digital economy.

As SVP Technology at Wysdom.AI, Karthik heads R&D, Innovation, Product Strategy & Product Management.
Karthik has over a decade of hands-on, proven global expertise in helping enterprises successfully adopt emerging technologies and held senior positions with Amdocs, across India, Cyprus, the US and Canada.

Karthik is an accomplished futurist, having led captivated audiences on the journey technology takes from early hype to everyday use, along with sneak peaks at speculated innovations in the world of machine intelligence. He holds a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering and recently wrapped up his masters in Data Analytics from Carnegie Mellon University.

“Natural Language Understanding: The magic that powers Alexa and Google Assistant”
Karthik’s discussion will provide the audience with insight on what happens ‘behind-the-scenes’ with bot technology. He’ll explore how natural language processing and machine learning drive the functionality of  these digital assistants.

Mike Branch is the Vice President of Business Intelligence at Geotab and leads the charge for developing solutions that enable insight from the over 2 billion telematics records that Geotab processes on a daily basis. Mike joined the Geotab team in 2016, and prior to that was the CEO of Inovex Inc. — a software development company he founded in 2003 with expertise in the healthcare and energy sectors. In 2013, Inovex spun off a brand new entity and its first SaaS product (Maps BI) — a platform for stunning dashboards and data visualization with a focus on geo-spatial data. Maps BI earned two Silver Stevie® Awards in the 2013 International Business Awards for Best New Software Product and Best Software Design, and the 2014 Geo Award at the Cloud Innovation World Cup in London, UK. Maps BI was integrated within Geotab’s telematics platform as a key Marketplace partner and was later acquired by Geotab in 2016.

Branch also served as president of the University of Toronto Engineering Alumni Association, currently serves on the board of Hillfield Strathallan College, and is past chair of the board for Streetwise Actors – a local charity that allows young people to participate in creative drama and showcase their talents by performing in retirement homes and long-term care facilities. Branchhas been honoured with the University of Toronto Arbor Award and Early Career Award, Professional Engineers of Ontario Engineering Medal, Engineers Canada Young Engineer Award, and has been inducted into Hillfield Strathallan College’s Hall of Excellence.

“Open Data, Machine Learning, and the Connected Car”
Mike will talk about Geotab’s big data infrastructure processing over 2 billion records a day and how Geotab is leveraging Machine Learning to develop solutions to enable its customers and smart cities.

Pritesh Patel is the Director of AI and Security at BioConnect, where he has led the technical buildout as well as the technical vision and roadmap of the company since Day 0. He is currently focused on the company’s strategic technical initiatives involving AI, machine learning and cybersecurity. His education background includes a post-graduate from MIT in AI and data analytics and he’s a lover of anything and everything tech – also, he’s a hard-core Windows guy… sorry, Apple-lovers.

“Artificial Intelligence as a measure of Identity”
Artificial intelligence is used today in so many different ways to improve the lives of individuals, increase efficiency and make our lives easier – from playing music from our phones without even clicking a button, to helping us improve our spending habits. What about when it comes to identity? With a background in biometrics and identity, Director of AI and Security @ BioConnect, Pritesh Patel is obsessed with understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on identity. The biggest struggle with identity measures today is that they are based on 0 and 1 decision-making protocols – do you have the right card or the right password? 0-wrong, 1-right; However, identity isn’t static, it’s context-based. As human beings, we can identify each other leveraging prior history because with that history comes learnings, knowledge and data. Join Pritesh as he shares his insights on how artificial intelligence is being used as an identity measure, in a way that makes our digital lives safer and more efficient.