Company/Organization & Team Awards Judging Committee 

Chair: 
Uday Anand, Chief Technology Officer
Longtail Technologies, Los Altos, California, United States

Uday Anand is a visionary technology leader with experience shaping the future of digital platforms and products at some of the world’s most influential technology companies. Currently serving as Chief Technology Officer at Longtail Technologies, Uday leads the development of cutting-edge, real-time airline pricing platforms, transforming how travelers and carriers interact through dynamic, data-driven solutions. His career spans leadership roles at major industry players, including Meta, Robinhood, Netflix, Microsoft, and Expedia. Throughout these experiences, Uday has consistently been at the forefront of innovation—architecting scalable systems, optimizing platform performance, and driving user-centric product development.

In addition to his corporate achievements, Uday is a member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, reflecting his passion for innovation, mentorship, and entrepreneurial growth. He is an active mentor and advisor in the tech community and remains deeply engaged with emerging trends in artificial intelligence, fintech, and real-time data systems. Uday holds a deep belief in building inclusive, high-performing teams and fostering cultures of experimentation and learning. His leadership style blends strategic vision with hands-on technical depth, empowering teams to build products that matter.

Outside of work, Uday enjoys exploring the outdoors with his family and supporting educational initiatives in technology.

Committee:
 

Naveen Budda, Cofounder/CTO
Onionlife Pvt Ltd (Karmalife.ai), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Naveen is a fintech entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in technology innovation and digital transformation. The co-founder of KarmaLife.ai, he led the development and implementation of AI-driven credit solutions that empower underserved segments in India through alternative data and embedded finance. His career spans roles in advanced AI applications and strategic leadership.
 

Jones Jaick, Associate Principal
ZS Associates, Ivyland, Pennsylvania, United States
Jones is a leader in digital customer experience and the medical engagement transformation space at ZS Associates. His expertise spans customer engagement and omnichannel strategy, technology and analytics—with a deep understanding of medical affairs, commercial, and patient life sciences domains. He has partnered with clients across a range of customer engagement topics.
 

Bhavya Jain, Information Security Leader
Self Employed, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Bhavya Jain has 15 years of experience in Fintech, banking, consulting, law firms, and the services industry. He has held management and technical lead roles, with responsibility for executing security strategy, threat detection and response, compliance, and risk mitigation.


 

Jatin Joshi, Vice President (Engineering)
U.S. Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
With over two decades of engineering leadership and cross-industry technology experience, Jatin Joshi serves as Vice President of Engineering at U.S. Bank, where he leads a large, diverse organization focused on the Digital Money Movement. His portfolio includes high-impact platforms such as Bill Payments and Emerging Payments (Real Time/Instant Payments).
 

Arif Mujawar, Executive Director Of Operations
Atmus Filtration Technologies, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Arif Mujawar is Executive Director of Global Operations at Atmus Filtration Technologies, overseeing manufacturing and distribution across multiple regions. With 17+ years of experience in industrial manufacturing, he inspires transformation by applying lean thinking, advancing supply chain strategy, empowering teams, and leveraging technology to enhance agility and sustainable operational performance.    
  

Bhavdeep Sethi, Founding Engineer
Frec Markets, Inc, San Francisco, California, United States
Currently a founding engineer at Frec Markets, Bhavdeep spearheaded the development of the company's flagship direct indexing product. Prior to that, he led the Ads Marketplace team at Twitter/X, responsible for $4.5B+ in annual ad revenue. He has a Masters in Computer Science (Machine Learning) from Columbia University, New York.
 

Achal Singi, Vice President
WestBridge Capital, San Francisco, California, United States
Achal is an extraordinary technology investor, currently with WestBridge Capital ($8B+ fund backed companies like Innovaccer, Turing, Nightfall among others). His sharp instincts on backing visionary companies and valuable support on helping them succeed make him an exceptional member of the technology and AI ecosystem.
 

Lau Skovgaard, Senior Director, Head of Product Marketing
Cognite, New York City, New York, United States
Lau Skovgaard is a Senior Director for Cognite, the leading AI company for Energy and Industrial companies. Lau leads a global team of product marketers to drive growth and strategic initiatives across Sales, Marketing and Product.

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