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Lakmini Wijesundera has over 20 years of experience ranging from guiding the company's strategic direction to global growth and innovations. As the Chief Executive Officer of Ironone Technologies (Pvt) Ltd., she oversees all aspects of Iron One's business and is the driving force behind Ironone's global success. 01:35- About Lakmini Wijesundera and her journey. • Lakmini Wijesundera has over 18 years of experience in technology management and global distribution. •  As the Chief Executive Officer of BoardPAC, she oversees all aspects of BoardPAC business and is the driving force behind BoardPAC's successful global expansion. • Lakmini has a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering from the University College London, University of London and has an M.Sc. from Imperial College, University of London, United Kingdom. • Lakmini also holds the Chief Executive Officer role in Ironone Technologies, a leading Software and solutions company with offices in the USA, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. • The Woman Entrepreneur Awards ceremony in Colombo came with the idea of identifying women trailblazers from a diverse and vibrant range of fields and businesses.

We live in a highly volatile world where people and countries are getting into conflicts and wars based on ideologies, religions, and national security propaganda. With the recent Russia-Ukraine War and the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, we cannot even start to imagine the horrors that the victims of the war experience. A war reporter’s role becomes extremely critical to bring forward the many untold stories. In today’s episode, we talk to an investigative war journalist, who shares what goes behind responsible reporting. [00:33] - About Hollie McKay Hollie is an author of a book titled, “Only Cry For The Living.” She is an investigative, international affairs, and war journalist with over 14 years of specialized focus on warfare, terrorism, and crimes against humanity.

The video features Sameer Nagarajan, the Global Chief People Officer of Erba Mannheim, who has previously worked with Unilever, Dabur, and Cadilla. Sameer talks about his journey and how he spent a lot of time in factories, which is his first love. He has either created or reinvented the function throughout his career. The discussion then shifts to the evolution of the human resources function, which Sameer describes as dramatic. Sameer also talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the function, leading to responses that empathize with employees and focus on higher productivity and engagement. He also acknowledges the challenges of measuring productivity in white-collar jobs and the job losses that have occurred during the pandemic. 00:34- About Sameer Nagarajan Sameer is the Global Chief People Officer of Erba Mannheim. He was earlier with Unilever, Dabur, and Cadillac.

Jaya Bhateja aims to empower as many professionals as possible to lead a fulfilled career. With all her experiences, she is here to empower those passionate about making leadership a positive experience. Let's learn more about her genuinely inspiring journey, background, and advice for our growing community! About Jaya Bhateja and her journey. Jaya Bhateja is a Result Oriented Systemic Coach. Jaya has over 16 years of experience in providing customized Coaching and Mentoring support to Leaders and teams through a systemic perspective Jaya is an accomplished Leader, Entrepreneur, Executive & Leadership Coach, Mentor, Speaker and Change Enabler. She is the Founder of Abhyudaya Consulting Services. Her extensive experience in Emotional and Social Intelligence, Stakeholder Centric and Systemic Coaching has tremendously supported clients to create self-awareness to resolve and evolve from the present state of business and leadership. Jaya has been an ICF member for around eight years now. Jaya was a board director for ICF Coach Education in 2020-2021 and contributed to ICF in different capacities.

David Leighton, Co-Founder, President and Chairman of WITI (Women in Technology International) whose wakeup call was being inspired and informed by his mother, Carolyn Leighton, the other Co-Founder of WITI, about how the talent of women was being underutilised and their potential unrealised and wanting to create a community to change that.   00:35- About David Leighton and his journey. David Leighton is Co-Founder and President of WITI - Women in Technology International - a global organisation founded in 1989. He is a creative, highly motivated relationship builder. He has launched and led several start-up companies.

In the interview, Arnab talks about his background, his journey to becoming an entrepreneur, and the mission and vision behind DocLens.ai. He discusses the rising litigation environment in the insurance industry and the challenge of extracting information from documents and explains how DocLens.ai aims to solve this problem by leveraging artificial intelligence and data analytics. Arnab also talks about his team, which includes experts in business, law, technology, and natural language processing 00:32 - About Arnab Dey Arnab Dey is the Co-Founder & CEO of DocLens.ai, A SaaS Legal Risk Technology platform.

Jamie Weeks is the executive chairman of Legacy Franchise Concepts and also retains his position as president and CEO of Honors Holdings. In this episode, Weeks talked about culture in organizations, franchisees, and franchisors. About Jamie Weeks and his journey. Jamie is the Executive Chairman and Founder of Honors Holdings, the largest franchisee for Orangetheory Fitness studios across the globe. He is also Executive Chairman and Founder of Legacy Franchise Concepts, a Dogtopia Franchisee and Franchisor for SweatHouz Infrared Sauna Studios. Before moving into the franchise world, Jamie was a Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley's South-eastern Wealth Management Group, and before that, he was an Executive Director at UBS Global Asset Management. Jamie received his B.A. in Classical Rhetoric from Huntingdon College and an MBA from the University of Georgia.

Anna Hawryluk is the CEO and co-founder of Professionals Group, a consulting and advisory firm specializing in technology talent recruitment. They support organizations that are growing their businesses in Poland and globally. They help companies achieve their business goals related to hiring professionals in the areas of IT, but not limited to IT. They also support other roles such as business development managers, finance directors, and accountants. They offer recruitment services for programmers, tech leads, infrastructure specialists, project or program managers, and product managers. They understand the needs and goals of both their clients and candidates and act as a partner in the end-to-end recruitment process. They provide consulting services in the field of HR processes to support businesses in their growth. 00:33 - About Anna Hawryluk Anna Hawryluk is the CEO & Co-founder of Professionals Group which is a consulting and advisory firm specializing in Technology talent recruitment.

Wisam Costandi has been in Qatar for about 15 years. He moved out to Qatar from San Francisco in 2008 after his family friend reached out to him to start something in technology and IT in Qatar. Before moving to Qatar, he worked at Deloitte Consulting and went into entrepreneurship in the high-tech space. He studied biomedical engineering at university, worked for an internet service provider, and later got his MBA. He is the founder and managing director of IQ Informatica Qatar, which specializes in Extra Low Voltage (ELV) integration for large construction projects with a focus on technology, security, network infrastructure, building management systems, and fire alarms.. 00:35- About Wisam Costandi Wisam is the founder and managing director of IQ (Informatica Qatar). He is also a member of YPO.

Dr Ajai Chaowdhry, one of the founding fathers of HCL, shares what it went like Building the tech giant company. He is making India a powerful electronics product nation and is the best at getting the best out of ordinary people. In this episode, we learn about the fantastic journey of HCL. About Dr Ajai Chowdhry and his journey. Dr Ajai Chowdhry is one of the six founder members of HCL. In 1995, He took over the reins of HCL Infosystems & created a 12,000 crore (US $1.6 Bn) organization over the next 15 years. In 2009, Dr Chowdhry headed a Task Force created by MEITY, which made path-breaking recommendations where the task force warned that the electronics import bill would exceed the oil import bill. Ajai has been involved in investing in, nurturing and mentoring startups & is on the Board of the Indian Angel Network and has personally invested in more than 50 startups He has set up a Charitable Trust called Swayam, where he contributes to many areas, including education, women empowerment & providing relief during Covid to Delhi & Goa citizens.