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Ravi manages IBM Server solutions for India & South Asia (ISA). He is responsible for IBM Z Systems & LinuxONE and IBM Cognitive Systems (a.k.a. IBM Power Systems). In this role, he drives IT infrastructure solutions that are driving Digital Transformation (Hybrid Cloud and AI).

After joining IBM as a campus recruit (June 2002), he worked at various locations and held positions in Sales, Product Management, Sales Management and Business Management. Having led teams to deliver a variety of hardware architectures that support core applications, modern data platforms, modern analytics, hybrid cloud deployments and artificial intelligence, he developed understanding of multiple industries.

In the current role, he kickstarted the pivot to industry standard Linux and Open Source platforms. He continues to work on the IBM Systems AI Community initiative to achieve superior business outcomes for AI applications and to bridge the gap between AI developers and enterprises. He collaborates with RedHat to drive hybrid cloud architecture for organizations.

He has also worked at Infosys Technologies Limited as a Software Developer for Open Systems (Chennai, 1999-2000).

Ravi holds a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (1999) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (2002). He was awarded the Gold Medal for Best All Round Performance at IIM Bangalore.

He loves to travel to less known places in India and has a few states on his list which are yet to be explored.

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Viswanath Ramaswamy (Vishy) is currently the Vice President – Technology Business (India/South Asia) since Jan 2020.

Prior to this appointment, he has successfully led the Systems business for IBM India/South Asia and held various leadership appointments in the Systems and Technology business in the India South Asia until 2011. The last assignment was Vice President – Cloud & Cognitive Systems (India/South Asia)

Under his leadership, Systems has seen unprecedented growth, gaining market share across every platform of the business. His ability to balance transactional business, build deep client relationship, strategically embed new technologies like Cloud & AI offering integrated business solutions for our clients and orchestrating ONE IBM collaborative deals has helped IBM win in the marketplace.

Vishy began his career with IBM (Team Blue Batch) in 1999 as Sales Specialist for the Netfinity Business solutions unit. In his 12 years with IBM, he has undertaken many senior roles in ASEAN and ISA, including that of a Project Executive of STG, Country Business Executive of System x & Intellistations. He also had a brief stint at EMC India as Director, Partners & Strategic Alliances, wherein he was the Business owner for the entire Channels in EMC India/SAARC across their complete product lines.

Vishy is an MBA (Gold Medallist) from Symbiosis Center for Management & HRD (SCMHRD), Pune and Bachelors in Engineering from one of the premier institutes, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS, Pilani). He is an avid quizzer and an audiophile too. He gains his strength from his family (Shobha-Wife, Siddharth-Son & Vidhya-Daughter), friends & IBMers.

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Ashwin Srinivas, is the technical lead for IBM’s Cognitive Systems offerings across the India-South Asia region. In this role, he is responsible for providing technical leadership in the AI/ML client engagements across the region. The role also encompasses building an ecosystem of internal and external partners that can leverage the Cognitive systems’ platforms for building AI/ML solutions.

In his prior roles, he has been part of the Systems Technical Strategy group providing strategic guidance to product and research groups on technology strategy and part of the Semiconductor Research and Development Center, where he worked on device modeling of radio frequency semiconductors.

Ashwin has a Master's in Microelectronics from NTU, Singapore and holds 5 patents plus 4 publications.