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Power of Active Intelligence: Transcending collaboration beyond the last mile

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“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” – Peter Sondergaard,

Companies looking to breach the veil of uncertainty and weaving resilience into their DNA for future shocks are focusing on gathering more data to unlock new revenue options.

This data has enormous potential for helping a firm thrive and for assisting executives in making real-time decisions. However, this can only happen if this data is used to its full potential in order to generate useful insights.

And business intelligence can prove to be more useful in these tumultuous times if it is relayed in a real-time manner. Active intelligence seems to be the answer. It provides analytics-ready data along with the most updated information in real-time. With an amalgamation of the data at rest and data in motion, it represents the pulse of the data, providing business insights and creating an intelligent data-to-analytics pipeline.

Prepare your business for unexpected situations in future by using Active Intelligence, as it can help you anticipate the upcoming trends. It provides more detailed insights, thanks to AI-powered analytics. Active Intelligence also represents the business moment by adding business logic to analytics-ready data, transforming it into business-ready data and enabling collaboration among all data personas.

About The Economic Times virtual round table

As we are in the midst of the epidemic, companies must cling to the most cutting-edge technology in order to prosper in these trying times. The Economic Times Power of Active Intelligence: Transcending collaboration beyond the last mile will unleash the power of using Active Intelligence in today’s data-driven demands. With real-time agility becoming the need of the hour, it is critical for businesses to adapt to demands as quickly as possible. Active Intelligence enables them to not only outperform the competition, but also to adapt and respond quickly to changing situations.


Speakers

Azain Ghany
Group CIO
Emjay International (Pvt) Ltd & Penguin Sportswear (Pvt) Ltd

Azain Ghany, Group CIO, Emjay- Penguin

Experience
Emjay – Penguin Group Chief Information Officer January 2019 – Present (2 years 9 months)
Magenta-LLC Chief Information Officer August 2018 – January 2019 (6 months) United Arab Emirates
Emjay – Penguin Chief Information Officer October 2017 – September 2018 (1 year) Sri Lanka
Emjay – Penguin 9 years Head of Information & Communication Technology 2013 – 2017 (4 years)
Manager Business Process 2011 – 2013 (2 years)
Project Manager ERP 2010 – 2011 (1 year)
Assistant Manager Business Process and Internal Controls 2008 – 2010 (2 years)
Brandix Assistant Accountant 2007 – 2008 (1 year)
Education Royal College Colombo
· (1996)
Australian Institute of Business Master of Business Administration – MBA
EXIN your ICT competence partner
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Dr. Ajantha Ratnayake
Assistant General Manager – ICT
Regional Development Bank

Ajantha Ratnayake, AGM - IT, RDB

Technology leader with over 30 years of experience and a solid reputation for meeting institutional technology growth objectives by providing direction, a strategic vision and strong leadership. Increases organizational efficiencies and improves sustainable technology innovation while reducing overall costs. Is a proven operations strategist with a track record in leading complex improvement initiatives by applying solid technical, research and analytical skills.

Core Competencies
• Technology Management
• Process Automation
• ICT Budgeting and Forecasting
• IoT & innovations
• Technical writing
• System Design
• Data Migration
• Corporate Governance
• Electronic Marketing
• Vendor Management
• IT Strategic Planning
• Data Science

EDUCATION

  • DOCTORAL OF PHYLOSOPHY (PhD.) – Aldersgate Collage, (Philippines), – 2020 (PhD research on the Digital Banking Adoption)
  • Master in Business Administration – Leeds Metropolitan University, (United Kingdom) – 2004
  • in management information systems – Dublin University (Ireland) – 2001
  • DIPLOMA IN SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT – NIBM (Sri Lanka) – 1989

WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

  • ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER (ICT) – REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK
  • HEAD OF IT AND HR – LANKAPUTHRA DEVELOPMENT BANK
  • EMIS MANAGER – WORLD BANK FUNDED HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (IRQUE / HETC)
  • CONSULTANT BPR (PART TIME) – OWENS CORNING PLC, LEEDS UK.
  • HEAD OF IT – UNION APPARALS (PVT) LTD
  • SYSTEM INTEGRATION CONSULTANT – NATIONAL PANASONIC (SINGAPORE)
  • ASSISTANT MANAGER IT – CEYBANK UNIT TRUST –
  • ANALYST PROGRAMMER – INSTITUTE OF BANKERS OF SRI LANKA
  • PROGRAMMER – TEAMS CONSUTANTS (PVT) LTD

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Gaurav Jasoria
Group Director
Vallibel One PLC

Gaurav Jasoria, Group Director, Vallibel One

Seasoned C-level executive with a proven record of improving the top and bottom line by developing innovative businesses, optimizing processes and introducing digital technologies

Adviser to the Business Tycoon (Mr. Dhammika Perera) of Sri Lanka who controls both Hayleys and Vallibel One Conglomerates (Annual Turnover $ 1.6 Bn). A Go-To person for C Suite for providing cost-effective and practical solutions to complex situations by bridging the gap between people, process and technology. Developing successful business and philanthropic alliances/ partnerships with world-leading companies and foundations. Incubating start-up ecosystem by collaborating with successful Venture Builders to bring successful business models in Sri Lanka. Experienced business strategist and digital disruption pioneer across diversified industries, brands and teams from US, Canada, UK, Europe, ME, India & Sri Lanka

Areas of Expertise

  • Business Strategy & Execution
  • Digital Disruption
  • Deal Maker
  • New Business Development
  • JVs & Partnerships
  • Management & IT Consulting
  • Business Analytics & AI
  • Project/ Vendor Management

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Nidesh Fernando
Manager- Digital Banking
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC

Nidesh Fernando, Manager- Digital Banking, CBC

More than 18 years’ experience in Management
5 Years’ experience in Digital Banking
Education Qualification – MBA in Business Administration from University of Colombo
Batchelors Degree in Business Administration from University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Final stage in CIMA – UK
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Charlie Farah
Director Solutions & Value Acceleration
Qlik
Moderator

Charlie Farah, Director Solutions & Value Acceleration, Qlik

Charlie Farah is a Senior Strategic Client Advisor (or you can call me ‘Director Solutions & Value Acceleration’ depending on what you feel suits best) for Qlik assisting organizations on their data and analytics transformation journeys providing support, solutions, and industry expertise for all their data, BI and analytics needs. Prior to this role, Charlie was Director, Industry Solutions for Qlik Asia Pacific covering private corporations as well as all Government agencies. Charlie draws on 14 years of experience working within the New South Wales public health system where he led the development of new business intelligence solutions to address challenges facing the industry and identify opportunities with data to innovate and redesign practices to deliver higher value.
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Agenda

4:00 – 4:05

Opening by ET Edge

4:05 – 4:55

Round Table Discussion: Active Intelligence: Accelerating informed decisions

Active Intelligence has raised the bar for technology, giving traditional methods a run for their money. With real-time and analytics-ready data, it has sped up business processes and is assisting them in making rapid and informed decisions. In this session we will discuss how this technology is rapidly evolving and will touch upon the following topics:

  • The status of adoption of Active Intelligence
  • How to tackle business problems using Active Intelligence
  • How data pipelines enable quick decisions
  • How can businesses begin to incorporate Active Intelligence
  • Business outcomes that Active Intelligence may help you accomplish
  • Helps in prompting immediate actions

4:55 – 5:00

Closing Remarks by ET Edge

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