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 * Khalid Al Kaf
   
   Yahsat, Chief Operations Officer


   KHALID AL KAF
   
   
   CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
   
   Khalid Al Kaf is Yahsat’s chief operations officer, addressing the strategic
   operational issues that influence business performance and efficiencies of
   cost. Committed to effecting major changes in Yahsat’s performance and
   efficiency, he is responsible for operations spanning government and
   commercial services and end-to-end systems for Yahsat and Thuraya. Khalid
   also heads the IT units of Yahsat and Thuraya. His contributions are geared
   toward realizing innovations to achieve greater efficiency and performance
   within the group. Khalid holds a BSc in computer engineering from Khalifa
   University (formerly Etisalat College of Engineering) and also has an
   Executive MBA from INSEAD Business School, France.
   
   View all Khalid Al Kaf’s sessions

 * Said Al-Mandhari
   
   ITHCA Group, Group CEO


   SAID AL-MANDHARI
   
   
   GROUP CEO
   
   Said Al-Mandhari is CEO of Oman ICT Group. His more than 20 years in the ICT
   sector includes experience as CEO of Oman Broadband Company—managing more
   than 180 IT and telecommunications professionals. He has also worked with
   multiple public- and private-sector entities and in multiple national
   e-government projects. Currently, Said is involved in multiple groups related
   to ICT strategies, national capacity building, SMEs, and the digital economy,
   and he is on multiple companies’ boards of directors as well as industry
   advisory boards. Said has a master’s degree in computer engineering and a
   computer systems engineering degree from Kent University. He is also a
   graduate of the Berkeley University Executive Management Program.
   
   View all Said Al-Mandhari’s sessions

 * Sayed Al-Sayed
   
   Savola Foods Company, Business Applications Director


   SAYED AL-SAYED
   
   
   BUSINESS APPLICATIONS DIRECTOR
   
   Sayed Al-Sayed is director of business applications for Savola Foods Company.
   He is a passionate IT professional and digital transformation leader with
   more than 16 years of experience in the IT industry.
   
   View all Sayed Al-Sayed’s sessions

 * Abdulrazaq Almarzooqi
   
   Abu Dhabi Media, Director, Information Technology


   ABDULRAZAQ ALMARZOOQI
   
   
   DIRECTOR, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
   
   Abdulrazaq Almarzooqi is director of IT for Abu Dhabi Media, and has over 22
   years of experience in IT. He has a proven track record of success in
   managing large teams of more than 40 employees and implementing best
   practices to drive operational efficiency. Abdulrazaq is skilled in leading
   digital transformation strategy and cloud services for Oracle and
   infrastructure, and is expert in managing IT budget CapEx and OpEx and
   developing strategies to use AI technology. He is adept at developing and
   executing strategic plans to drive business growth and profitability.
   
   View all Abdulrazaq Almarzooqi’s sessions

 * Sandeep Chouhan
   
   Network International, Group Chief Business Transformation and Technology
   Officer


   SANDEEP CHOUHAN
   
   
   GROUP CHIEF BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
   
   As group chief business transformation and technology officer at Network
   International, Sandeep Chouhan has a track record of performance
   acceleration, business turnaround, digitization, and cost efficiency. Over
   his more than 34 years’ experience at blue-chip banks across mature and
   emerging markets, he has held C-suite roles at Barclays, Citibank, Morgan
   Stanley, Commercial Bank, Mashreq Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, and
   Tata—managing businesses in 33 countries across the United States, Europe,
   Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Sandeep has a master’s in management and
   systems from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and bachelor’s of
   technology in mechanical engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of
   Technology, India.
   
   View all Sandeep Chouhan’s sessions

 * Awad Ahmed Ali El-Sidiq
   
   Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution, Head of AI and Analytics


   AWAD AHMED ALI EL-SIDIQ
   
   
   HEAD OF AI AND ANALYTICS
   
   Awad Ahmed Ali El-Sidiq is an enterprise technology, AI, and analytics team
   leader at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution who, in 2013 was
   given the Oracle Worldwide Database Administration (DBA) Excellence Award for
   EMEA Region. He is also a member of the Oracle Global Datawarehouse and Big
   Data Leader program. A pioneer for Oracle Exadata Private Database Cloud and
   Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Solutions in the oil-and-gas industry in the
   Middle East and Africa, he has been a key speaker at many technology events
   and conferences. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from
   Sunderland University in the UK and a master’s degree in computer systems
   management from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
   
   View all Awad Ahmed Ali El-Sidiq’s sessions

 * Nancy Estell Zoder
   
   Oracle, Vice President, Product Strategy


   NANCY ESTELL ZODER
   
   
   VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT STRATEGY
   
   Nancy Estell Zoder, vice president of product strategy for Oracle Cloud Human
   Capital Management (HCM), is responsible for the strategic positioning
   direction of Oracle Cloud offerings. A thought leader in HCM, Planning, and
   Experience, Nancy has been implementing, designing, developing, and defining
   product for the global market with demonstrated success in new product and
   market launches for over 25 years. Nancy spent more than 10 years
   implementing enterprise solutions in North America, Europe, and Asia in a
   variety of industries before moving into product development for Oracle
   PeopleSoft and Oracle Cloud. Nancy is a regular presenter on the intersection
   of technology and the future of work globally at industry and technology
   events.
   
   View all Nancy Estell Zoder’s sessions

 * David Hadley
   
   NMC Healthcare, CEO


   DAVID HADLEY
   
   
   CEO
   
   David Hadley is CEO of NMC Healthcare, the largest integrated private
   healthcare platform in the UAE. Prior to joining NMC Healthcare, he worked
   for 30 years at Mediclinic International, including the past 13 years as CEO
   of Mediclinic Middle East and, since 2011, as a member of Mediclinic’s
   Executive Committee. A recognized regional healthcare leader, David also
   serves as a non-executive director at Magrabi Hospitals Group and as a
   non-executive director on the UAE Advisory Board. David completed his
   undergraduate commerce education in South Africa and he holds an MBA with
   distinction from the University of Liverpool. David also attended the
   prestigious Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme in June 2022.
   
   View all David Hadley’s sessions

 * Christian Horner
   
   Oracle Red Bull Racing, Team Principal and CEO


   CHRISTIAN HORNER
   
   
   TEAM PRINCIPAL AND CEO
   
   Christian Horner OBE is the CEO and team principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing.
   His path to the top of Formula One (F1) management began behind the wheel, as
   a talented young racer. After rising through the ranks to Formula 3000,
   Christian founded the Arden International Race Team at the age of 25 and
   quickly built the squad into a formidable winning machine. When Red Bull
   Racing was formed in 2005, the late Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz
   asked Christian to become the team principal, making him the youngest person
   to head an F1 team. In 2022, Christian led the team through substantial
   racing regulation changes and the introduction of an all-new car, the RB18,
   which—in the hands of drivers Max Verstappen and Checo Pérez—won the
   Constructor and Driver championships. In 2023, the RB-19 delivered the most
   successful season in the team’s and F1 history with a record of 21 races won
   out of 22. As he enters his twentieth season at the helm of Oracle Red Bull
   Racing, Christian is the most experienced team principal on the grid with a
   proven ability to compete for—and win—championships. During his tenure, the
   team has established its place at the top of the F1 pecking order, having
   accumulated more than 100 victories and 260 podium finishes.
   
   View all Christian Horner’s sessions

 * Ravi Jasti
   
   Orbit Analytics/AirQuery, CTO


   RAVI JASTI
   
   
   CTO
   
   Ravi Jasti is the chief technology officer at Orbit Analytics. He is
   passionate about empowering business users to harness the full potential of
   their data assets and make informed decisions that lead to business growth
   and success.
   
   View all Ravi Jasti’s sessions

 * Amit Kanda
   
   Oracle, Vice President, Product Management


   AMIT KANDA
   
   
   VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
   
   Amit Kanda is vice president of product management for mission-critical
   technologies, overseeing a wide range of cutting-edge solutions, including
   Cloud@Customer, all database services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and
   Oracle Engineered Systems. With deep expertise in the global data management
   market, Amit has helped clients worldwide make strategic decisions for
   cloud/on-premises environments. He leverages a mix of cloud/on-premises
   products to guide customers toward optimal cloud migration, enhanced
   operational efficiency, and reduced TCO using Oracle’s unique offerings. Amit
   holds an engineering degree and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
   
   View all Amit Kanda’s sessions

 * Tirthankar Lahiri
   
   Oracle, Senior Vice President, Data and In-Memory Technologies


   TIRTHANKAR LAHIRI
   
   
   SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DATA AND IN-MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES
   
   Tirthankar is senior vice president of data and in-memory technologies at
   Oracle, and has 26 years of database industry experience. He leads the
   relational database management system (RDBMS) Engine Group, including
   generative AI and approximate search, next-gen app dev, database in-memory,
   data and indexing, space management, transactions, and the database file
   system. He is also responsible for the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database and
   Oracle NoSQL Database development teams. Tirthankar has a bachelor’s degree
   in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a
   master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford.
   
   View all Tirthankar Lahiri’s sessions

 * Clay Magouyrk
   
   Oracle, Executive Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Development


   CLAY MAGOUYRK
   
   
   EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, ORACLE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
   
   Clay Magouyrk is executive vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
   (OCI) development, responsible for OCI’s product strategy, engineering,
   technical operations, and customer success. He helps deliver a growing
   portfolio of cloud services that includes big data, containers, functions,
   AI, and machine learning, as well as core offerings in security, compute,
   storage, and networking. Clay’s experience has been focused on secure,
   reliable, performance-based cloud systems at Oracle, Amazon Web Services, and
   Hilton Hotels.
   
   View all Clay Magouyrk’s sessions

 * Vinod Mamtani
   
   Oracle, Vice President, AI Platform and Generative AI Services


   VINOD MAMTANI
   
   
   VICE PRESIDENT, AI PLATFORM AND GENERATIVE AI SERVICES
   
   Vinod Mamtani is Vice President and General Manager at Oracle, heading the AI
   platform and Generative AI services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
   Vinod has 25 years of industry experience at Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft, and
   several startups in AI, machine learning, cloud services, advertising,
   retail, gaming, virtualization, and operating systems. An avid reader and
   technologist at heart, Vinod holds 15 patents and has over 25 pending patent
   applications. Vinod is passionate about developing cutting-edge technology
   and making a positive difference in people’s lives.
   
   View all Vinod Mamtani’s sessions

 * Rahul Misra
   
   Oracle, Vice President, Applications Sales, Gulf, and South Africa


   RAHUL MISRA
   
   
   VICE PRESIDENT, APPLICATIONS SALES, GULF, AND SOUTH AFRICA
   
   Rahul Misra is vice president of applications sales for Oracle in the Gulf
   and South Africa. He is responsible for Oracle’s Business Applications
   growth, revenue, helping customers transform their business on Oracle Cloud,
   and building customer advocacy. Rahul has been at Oracle since 2006 and is a
   member of Oracle’s executive management in eastern Europe, central Europe,
   the Middle East, and Africa (ECEMEA). He engages with a number of Oracle’s
   customers across industries, focusing his organization on the primary goal of
   continually delivering value to customers to help them achieve their goals
   for business success. Rahul also provides executive sponsorship to key
   customers in the region. He holds a degree in engineering and holds an MBA.
   
   View all Rahul Misra’s sessions

 * Yahyah Pandor
   
   Fine Hygienic Holding, Chief Information Officer


   YAHYAH PANDOR
   
   
   CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
   
   Yahyah Pandor is chief information officer at Fine Hygienic Holding,
   overseeing the company’s business transformation and company-wide cloud
   migration of systems and architecture. Yahyah’s extensive experience,
   dynamism, versatility, as well as endless energy empower him to lead the
   company’s change program. He has 20 years of experience in leadership roles,
   including Oracle and consultancy.
   
   View all Yahyah Pandor’s sessions

 * Krishnan Rajan
   
   Oracle, Group Vice President, Cloud Applications Development


   KRISHNAN RAJAN
   
   
   GROUP VICE PRESIDENT, CLOUD APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
   
   Krishnan Rajan is a group vice president of cloud applications development at
   Oracle, responsible for outbound product management for Oracle Cloud
   applications across ERP, CRM, supply chain management, and human capital
   management. He was previously vice president for Oracle industry CRM
   products. Krishnan has more than 30 years’ experience in product development,
   product strategy, product management, marketing, and sales across the
   information technology and pharmaceutical industries. Krishnan holds an MBA
   from the IMD business school in Switzerland, a post-graduate diploma in
   international trade from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and a B-Pharm
   with honors from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India.
   
   View all Krishnan Rajan’s sessions

 * Nick Redshaw
   
   Oracle, Senior Vice President of Technology Cloud, MEA and UAE Country Leader


   NICK REDSHAW
   
   
   SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY CLOUD, MEA AND UAE COUNTRY LEADER
   
   Nick Redshaw is Oracle’s senior vice president of technology cloud for the
   Middle East and Africa, and is also the company’s UAE country leader. He
   leads Oracle’s rapidly growing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure business in the
   MEA and works closely with Oracle’s customers to help accelerate their
   digital transformation journeys. Nick joined Oracle from IBM, and he has over
   35 years’ experience in the IT industry, having worked in sales and executive
   roles across the world with IBM since 1985, with extensive experience in
   emerging markets and opening and growing businesses in complex markets. Nick
   has a degree in biochemistry and genetics from Exeter University and studied
   at the Retail Management Institutes at Oxford and Sterling Universities.
   
   View all Nick Redshaw’s sessions

 * Sebastian Samuel
   
   AW Rostamani Group, Chief Information Officer


   SEBASTIAN SAMUEL
   
   
   CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
   
   Sebastian Samuel is chief information officer at AW Rostamani Group, leading
   a team responsible for technical oversight, including research, development,
   technology, and product design activities across the company portfolio.
   Sebastian provides leadership for the development of an innovative, robust,
   and secure digital environment throughout the group. His initiatives include
   improving service delivery through embracing effective and efficient use of
   technology; creating business models for delivering new services; and leading
   strategic initiatives to transform the business through effective and
   efficient use of technology to be flexible, adaptable, and responsive to
   customer needs. He holds a master’s degree in computer applications.
   
   View all Sebastian Samuel’s sessions

 * Mohammed Sater
   
   Bapco Energies, Vice President Information Technology


   MOHAMMED SATER
   
   
   VICE PRESIDENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
   
   Mohammed Sater is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 in years of
   experience in the IT field. He has a strong background managing digital
   transformations and leading large-scale projects across diverse industries,
   such as finance, investment, and energy. He is adept at negotiating
   enterprise-level agreements, automating business processes, managing vendor
   relationships, and setting up strategies and infrastructure for greenfield
   subsidiaries. Mohammed holds a Master of Science degree in Analysis, Design,
   and Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics and
   Political Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from
   Brunel University. He is passionate about finding innovative and
   cost-effective solutions that enhance the performance and value of the
   organizations he works with. He is currently the Vice President of
   Information Technology at Bapco Energies. a leading energy company in
   Bahrain, where he leads an ICT task force to create a long-term strategic
   goal for technology within the group and find opportunities to synergize
   solutions whenever possible.
   
   View all Mohammed Sater’s sessions

 * Mike Sicilia
   
   Oracle, Executive Vice President, Industries


   MIKE SICILIA
   
   
   EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, INDUSTRIES
   
   As executive vice president of industries at Oracle, Mike Sicilia is
   responsible for the team that develops and sets strategies for Oracle’s
   vertical businesses globally. His teams work with customers to deliver
   world-class, cloud-based vertical operating solutions such as clinical trials
   management, energy efficiency, and 5G network modules to profoundly improve
   people’s lives. Mike is passionate about using cloud technology to help
   Oracle’s customers better serve customers, and he is a frequently requested
   speaker at industry events. He also leads the team that manages philanthropic
   partnerships with governments worldwide in the fight against COVID-19 by
   leveraging Oracle-developed and donated clinical and citizen-facing
   applications.
   
   View all Mike Sicilia’s sessions

 * Yogendra Singh
   
   Oracle, Vice President, Financial Services Solution Consulting


   YOGENDRA SINGH
   
   
   VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES SOLUTION CONSULTING
   
   Yogendra Singh is vice president of financial services solution consulting at
   Oracle. A global thought leader in helping banks and insurance companies
   envision the future of autonomous finance, Yogendra helps them address their
   complex finance, risk, and accounting challenges.
   
   View all Yogendra Singh’s sessions

 * Rob Tarkoff
   
   Oracle, Executive Vice President, Customer Experience Applications


   ROB TARKOFF
   
   
   EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE APPLICATIONS
   
   Rob Tarkoff is an executive vice president at Oracle, leading the customer
   experience (CX) business. He is responsible for the front-office application
   suite, including sales, service, marketing, content, and industry cloud
   offerings. His goal is to help companies succeed in providing their customers
   with the best experience across the front office. Rob has spent the past 15
   years focused on CX—developing products and businesses for both large and
   early-stage companies. Rob holds a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College
   magna cum laude and a JD from Harvard Law School.
   
   View all Rob Tarkoff’s sessions

 * Behramshah Zack
   
   FAB, VP Transformation Management


   BEHRAMSHAH ZACK
   
   
   VP TRANSFORMATION MANAGEMENT
   
   Behramshah Zack is a dynamic and self-driven HR professional with a passion
   for people and a proven track record in leading transformative initiatives.
   With a keen eye on holistic organizational enhancement, he has spearheaded
   initiatives encompassing HR systems, cost efficiencies, productivity,
   processes and policies, aligning them to corporate strategy and regulatory
   standards. Notably, as part of his role, he has successfully implemented the
   HR target operating model across diverse regions, spanning the Middle East,
   Europe, Africa, America, and Asia. Recognized for his strategic prowess, he
   has played a pivotal role in integrating and aligning two major banks with a
   fresh strategy, emphasizing cost containment and elevating customer
   experience. His achievements also extend to establishing the Oracle Fusion
   Position Management driven HCM cloud system, seamlessly connecting 19
   countries. Behramshah brings a wealth of experience and a proven ability to
   drive positive change across global landscapes. We look forward to gaining
   insights from his transformative journey at the Oracle Cloud World.
   
   View all Behramshah Zack’s sessions

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