Nilesh Londhe
Nilesh plays a leading role at Microsoft, driving platform adoption, strategic product integration and business programs with key software and hardware players in server, storage and networking domain, leading multi-disciplinary efforts across development, marketing, hardware OEM/IHV/ISV account management functions. Nilesh drives strategic wins/joint successes with software and hardware partners in the industry in order to grow the multi-billion dollar business. Nilesh has also driven/contributed toward strategic acquisitions, partnerships & IP deals at Microsoft. Prior to Microsoft, Nilesh worked for EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA focusing on the Data Center Storage and Networking business for the enterprise.
Nilesh also held a high profile Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer position with the Indian Government, including his last role as the Deputy Secretary of Energy in Mumbai where Nilesh negotiated the terms of 2.9 billion dollar 2450 MW power purchase agreement with Enron/Dabhol Power Company. Nilesh holds an MBA from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and a Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Nilesh tweets as @lvnilesh
Hart Singh
Hart Singh is an MIT-educated software entrepreneur. His passion is to spot large, “under-your-nose” opportunities and solve the end-to-end problem. He earlier co-founded Enforsys, an end-to-end police department Information System (ERP) solution now used by more than 150 New Jersey Police Departments, 500 Police Departments in 14 states and as a platform for Homeland Security.
His company OpCenter LLC has a team of developers in Chennai and makes products for US mid-market customers. OpCenter has 27 cloud-based cross platform and cross device products, and the products are distributed by Apple, Facebook and the Sage VAR Channel. OpCenter’s webBooks product: “QuickBooks inside your iPhone” was rated by InfoWorld magazine as a top 5 business app on App Store, in the company of Oracle and Salesforce.
As Adjunct faculty, he has taught entrepreneurship to 22 classes of MBA students at Rutgers University, Brooklyn Polytechnic and Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a member of the Intuit Speakers Bureau. He teaches the course for Certified Cloud MASTERS and Cloud GURUs at NJIT, under the auspices of National Cloud Technologists Association, of which he is founding member.
Richard Schatzberg
Richard is the Chief Commercial Officer of NeST Technologies, Inc., a global software services and business/knowledge process outsourcing (BPO/KPO) firm. In his capacity as CCO, Richard leads North American operations and provides sales and business development leadership in other global markets, including Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Richard is a technology entrepreneur, having founded various businesses that leverage technology to create positive social, economic and business impact, including a business dedicated to leveraging technology to provide increased access to education, employment and community involvement for people with disabilities. Richard serves on various Boards, including as Treasurer of the Abilities Fund, a non-profit organization providing seed capital to entrepreneurs with disabilities, the Board of Abilities, Inc., a part of the Henry Viscardi Center, and as a member of the Board of Visitors of the Interdisciplinary Design Studio (IDS) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Albert Dorman’s Honors College.
Philip Failla
Philip Failla is an experienced corporate executive and has been an equity partner in a variety of businesses, including information technology, healthcare, office products and ecommerce. His background includes investment banking, corporate finance and ecommerce development and operation. He has been both an active manager as well as a passive investor in a number of successful companies.
Phil is currently an advisor to a rapidly growing business application and consulting company and a founding member of the National Cloud Technologists Association; an educational resources association for technology professionals to become Certified CloudMASTERS. He is presently the CEO of Landis Revin, LLC, a consumer products company that markets and distributes worldwide.