Special Guest and Keynote Address

Sunil Rao, Country Head- Google Outreach Programs.

Sunil at Google is responsible for designing programs to grow the local internet ecosystem by supporting businesses, IT professionals, educational organisations, startups and developers to understand their opportunities on the internet and getting them to start using internet as part of their lives.
Sunil has worked in various leadership roles before joining Google. His earlier stints were as Head of Developer ecosystem at Nokia and Symbian . He has lead sales and marketing efforts at various Fortune 500 companies. He has lived and worked in North America, Europe and Asian Markets.

 Speakers for Business Sessions

Session: Understanding Google Search, Webmaster Tools and SEO

Syed Malik, Sr. Strategist for Search Quality and Webmaster Outreach Specialist at Google

Syed Malik is responsible for building & executing strategy to drive high-quality content in India, improve webmaster transparency & outreach coverage.  He was an Analyst in the Google search Quality team before he took to the Outreach Specialist role and has been associated with this team ever since he joined Google in 2006. Before, he was a freelance web developer and has over a decade of experience in the online industry overall.

He’s a Google certified trainer and an active evangelist of Google Webmaster Resources and loves interacting with webmasters on various platforms.

Session: Google+ for Business

Pooja Srinivas, Manager, Product Quality Operations & Co-Lead for Women on the Web India at Google

Pooja Srinivas has been with Google for over eight years and is a keen evangelist of Google products. She has provided support and trained users on a variety of products including Google Analytics, AdWords, and Apps. She’s a tech enthusiast and loves testing new products.

Pooja holds a Master’s degree in Marketing specializing in online consumer behavior. Prior to Google, she freelanced as an e-learning expert and tech writer. Pooja is also an artist and a lover of free expression, which puts her in unique position of appreciating technology and using it for her passion, Art.

Session – The Future of Digital Advertising

Your host for the Business Sessions at GDayX, Sreeraman Thiagarajan, Chapter Manager, GBG Mumbai

Sreeraman is a passionate marketer by education & profession; he specializes in creating conversations between brands and consumers by leveraging technology.

He holds a master degree in marketing & management from IUP, USA. Was an entrepreneur once, now an intraprenuer at Media2win

Session – Starting your App Business with Android

Aakrit Vaish is a technology entrepreneur and investor, and was most recently Director of India operations at Flurry, the global leader in mobile application analytics and advertising solutions. Aakrit was among the first 20 employees at Flurry in San Francisco, and was instrumental in taking the company from a start-up to a multi-million dollar business. During his time there, he worked closely with management on all aspects of the business, including revenue operations, advertising operations, corporate strategy and customer support.

He moved on from Flurry in July this year to start a new company in mobile, details about which will be announced soon. He also Co-Founded and is Chairman of the Board at Flat.to, a Mumbai based real estate platform specifically for college students and relevant brokers.

Outside of this, Aakrit actively invests in technology startups in India in the areas of consumer internet, mobile and enterprise software. Prior to Flurry, Aakrit was at Deloitte Consulting, working on large scale technology implementation projects in the public sector. He got a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Panelist

Paul Ravindranath, Program Manager, Emerging Markets – Google

Session – Google Apps for Business

Dinesh Varma, Co-Founder & Director of Consularis

Leading Google Apps Enterprise and Education Partner drives the strategy and manages sales and finance. He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration and more than 14 years of experience in providing technology solutions and business consulting. His unique ability to understand customer’s business process and provide solutions through IT to make them more agile and competent has received lot of appreciation and recognition. Before founding Consularis, he was one of the core members in establishing and running technology operations for one of the first Internet Service Provider in South India. Dinesh is a sports enthusiast and fitness freak.

Speakers for Developer Sessions

Jatin Malhotra, Your host for the Developer Sessions at GDayX.

Jatin is the manager for GDG Mumbai

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