Perspectives 22 - Unleashed

Raunaq Rajani is a stand-up comedian and writer hailing from Mumbai. He is known for his clever and humorous observations on daily life and current events. With a background in writing for the comedy group East India Comedy, Raunaq has honed his comedic skills and developed a unique voice that keeps audiences entertained and laughing. He has appeared on several television shows, including NDTV’s Rising Stars of Comedy and Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Showcase.

Thirumala has successful experience in building and managing large portfolios, Account relationship, amplifying human capital and execution in all aspects of IT management (client relationship, Digital, Cloud based Application Development, Delivery, Service Management and innovative pricing models). 

Working on technology, process and people management at various levels of organisation and building high performing teams is his core strength. Perpetual learning is a concept he lives his life by and a firm believer that learning and innovation are complementary forces, where innovation empowers better learning and learning powers greater innovations. Today, as the Head of Education, Training & Assessment (ETA) at Infosys he drives innovation to empower platform-driven learning interventions to enable a future-ready workforce.

Dr. C. Jayakumar is a highly accomplished HR professional with over 35 years of experience and has a proven track record of leading strategic HR initiatives and driving organizational transformation, including digital transformation. He has been the Head of HR for various businesses, independent companies, and JVs within L&T Group, including leadership roles in the Middle East & Africa Region. 

An alumnus of London Business School, Dr. Jayakumar is a recognized thought leader and speaker with extensive academic qualifications, including a doctorate in leadership. He holds various national and international certifications and actively contributes to professional bodies. Under his leadership, L&T has achieved numerous recognitions, including Great Place to Work certification, Ambition Box Employee Choice Awards, Company with Great Managers, Gold Award by Stevie, Best Advance in Learning Strategy by Brandon Hall and many others. Dr. Jayakumar himself has been honoured with several prestigious awards for his achievements in HR

Neel Heads the Group Learning and the Aditya Birla Group Global Center for Leadership Learning. Before this he was Head of Leadership Development at Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and worked closely with the RIL Leadership to create and implement Leadership Development framework and strategies to support this Fortune 100 organization further move to next level. Earlier, Neel Headed the Learning and Talent Development for India and South Asia at the Standard Chartered Bank. Before SCB he was with Microsoft India, where he was leading People and Organization Capability (POC). Before Microsoft, Neel was with ICICI Bank as the Group Head of Leaning and managed Training and Leadership Development for the whole Bank.

Matthew Glitzer is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at Skillsoft. He most recently served as Vice President, Security Sales, IBM Americas where he was responsible for all Security related products and services. Previously, Matt served as Vice President, IBM’s Integrated Security Business Unit - Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for Security Software sales and Services and was a member of IBM’s regional Senior Leadership Team. In Matt’s prior roles in Greater China for IBM, he was a member of the Global Technology Services leadership team holding the positions of General Manager, Global Technology Services, Hong Kong and Head of Client Management and Offerings. In these roles he had country and regional P&L responsibility for all managed service clients, as well as technology solutioning, consulting and go-to-market offerings. Before joining IBM in 2005, he was vice president of Field Alliances for SAP America.