Dhar, Avijit
Avijit Dhar is a senior consultant at IBM India. He has more than 15 years of experience with leading the design and implementation of large-scale implementations, especially in the SAP manufacturing domain, and with growing IBM’s SAP Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning practice. He is a subject matter expert in user experience, IoT, machine learning, and other emerging technologies, and he has been involved in designing cutting-edge industry assets and solutions. Avijit has written two books with SAP PRESS: SAP Cloud Platform: Cloud-Native Development and Machine Learning with SAP. He has also written two E-Bites with SAP PRESS: Introducing Predictive Maintenance with SAP Predictive Asset Insights and Hands On with SAP AppGyver.
Acharya, Gairik
Gairik Acharya is a senior technical architect and associate partner at IBM with more than 22 years of IT experience. He is a recognized expert in ABAP, SAP HANA, OData, SAP Gateway, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, SAPUI5, and SAP Business Technology Platform. In his role as senior architect at the IBM SAP S/4HANA Center of Excellence group in North America, he has architected solutions for several global implementations for IBM's top-tier clients. He's a certified and recognized expert in SAP application consulting and is responsible for building new capabilities within the group. He's a frequent speaker at SAP TechEd, covering a variety of new technical areas.
Ghosh, Anup
Dr. Anup Ghosh is an SAP chief technology officer at the IBM Services Europe and director of enterprise application for the IBM Cloud Solution Center. With more than 23 years of experience in helping several Fortune 500 clients globally with IT transformations, Anup is an IBM distinguished engineer. He's an active researcher with a number of patents and is a regular speaker at SAP TechEd and SAPPHIRE. Anup can be found on Twitter @itsAKG and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/anupkghosh.
Bajaj, Govind
Govind Bajaj is an SAP business intelligence solution architect with more than 15 years of IT experience in managing and delivering complex business intelligence solutions. He has worked extensively with the design and development of analytical solutions on the SAP HANA platform, both on-premise and in the cloud. His areas of interest include machine learning, integration of SAP solutions with open source technologies, and big data. Govind can be found on Twitter @probajajand on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/govind-bajaj-a5a7589.
Lahiri, Asidhara
Asidhara Lahiri is a managing director at Accenture’s ATCI SAP practice, where she leads innovation and the enterprise architecture practice in SAP. She has worked as an enterprise architect at SAP India, creating roadmaps for customers’ transformation journeys to achieve intelligent and modern SAP landscapes. At her previous organization, she helped build cognitive enterprises for SAP-centric landscapes using intelligent workflows and architected complex SAP implementations for global clients in industries such as industrial products, consumer products, oil and gas, airlines, and utilities. She has more than 26 years of experience, out of which 23 are with SAP solutions, including expertise in several areas like SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework, generative AI, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, data and analytics, data governance, integration, DevOps, and so on. In her roles as design authority, lead architect, practice lead, and CTO, she has been responsible for solution review/design, strategy creation, practice building, and innovation. Asidhara has coauthored two patents and also coauthored Application Development with SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP PRESS 2023). Asidhara can be connected with via www.linkedin.com/in/asidharalahiri.
