Judges
Get to know the experts behind the spotlight.Meet Our Judges
Emer Mugisha
CEO, Cyberminds
Arun Vishwanathan
Software Development Engineer In Test, Apple
Naomh McElhatton
Irish Ambassador, Women in AI
Sanchay Gumber
Technical Product Leader, HCLTech
Riddhi Bhasker
Product Manager, Kyra
Sridhar Rangu
Senior Program Manager, XSell Resources
Lydwin Chinnappan
Engineering Manager, Meta
Harish Apuri
AI Platform and DevOps Engineer, ITinduct
Rohit Shinde
Senior Process Engineer, APC
Shyam Kumar Gajula
Endpoint & Identity Security Consultant, HCL tech
Graham Baitson
COO-CTO & Co-Founder, AerPrice
Barry James
Director of Data & AI, Nucleo
Pierangelo Rosati
Professor in Management, DCU Business School
Ayush Raj Jha
Senior Software Engineer, Oracle
Rajya Laxmi Yellajosyula
Senior AI Product Manager, Microsoft
Daithí Ó Murchú
International Consultant & Expert Advisor in Education, AI, Sustainability, Disruptive Technologies, Honorary Consul To Ireland
Pedro Cosa
Founder and Managing Director, Data Minds
Svitlana Samko
Senior Technical Project Manager, Verizon Connect
Ankita Jhawar
Tech lead, Google
Animesh Goyal
Senior Data Scientist, Apple
Tazeen Siddiqui
Managing Director,Mansha
Varun Misra
Director Technical Architect, Salesforce
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