Oracle AI Applications Forum Bengaluru

Madhukar Uniyal

Head – Solution Engineering, Oracle Applications

Madhukar Uniyal heads the Oracle Solution Engineering team for Cloud Applications business at Oracle. His team consists of AI and solution engineering experts in the field of ERP, EPM, supply chain, HCM, Analytics, CRM, digital marketing, CDP. Madhukar and his team work as a trusted technology advisor and evangelist for leading customers in varied industry segments across India and Asia pacific regions. Madhukar has more than twenty years of technology consulting experience as a consultant, implementation expert and in leadership roles.

Shailesh Singla

Vice President, Cloud Applications, Oracle India

Shailesh is part of a core leadership team at Oracle, heading Applications business. He joined Oracle India in 2011 and has played a key role in launching Oracle Cloud Applications in India. Oracle Cloud Applications business now is one of the fastest growing businesses in the country. He works with the C-Suite and helps them drive digital transformation goals leveraging the best of technology solutions and a strong partner ecosystem.

He collaborates with industry veterans, independent consultants, and the big 4 consulting firms in the country to shape transformational strategies and engages with finance, supply chain, HR, and marketing driven industry bodies of repute like NHRD, SHRM and more, influencing key decision-makers in the country. With over 25 years of experience, he has held leadership positions at IBM India, PwC India, HCL Tech, and TCS. Shailesh specializes in business growth, scaling operations, and market expansion.

An engineering graduate with a PGDM degree, he is also a PMP-certified professional and certified life coach. His insights are widely featured in industry forums and publications.

Muthu Ranganathan

Senior Director- EPM Product Management, Oracle

Muthu covers EPM Strategy with specific focus on Connected Planning and AI in EPM. He is also responsible for GTM for broader EPM in JPAC Region.

Muthu has 30+ years’ experience across enterprise software working for companies such as Ramco, Hyperion, SAP and now at Oracle, and prior to that worked in Office of Corporate finance/ FP &A and Treasury at Pepsi, Ford & Arvind. His experience spans across product management, strategy, business development and delivery roles.

Additionally, he is a Mentor, Blogger and Volunteer in Product Management and Startup Communities.

He is a Chartered Accountant and Management Accountant by educational qualification.

Adnan Rashid

Director, Solution Engineering, Oracle India

Adnan Rashid is a Director of Solution Engineering for Oracle HCM Applications and leads the India HCM Solution Engineering function. In this role, he partners closely with HR and IT leaders across large enterprises to leverage cutting-edge technologies—including agentic and AI-driven applications—to enhance employee experience and drive workforce productivity.

With over 24 years of experience in HR and digital transformation, Adnan has played a pivotal role in helping organizations modernize end-to-end HR operations, establish HR shared services, and navigate complex mergers and acquisitions—maximizing business value through Oracle HCM solutions.

Prior to joining Oracle, he held key roles at Convergys and Genpact. Adnan brings deep HR domain expertise and strong functional knowledge of Oracle HCM, and collaborates with Oracle teams and customers to unlock new value through Generative AI.

Vijay P. Motwani

Senior Vice President Fusion Applications, Asia Pacific, Oracle Corporation

Vijay P. Motwani is the Senior Vice President of Fusion Application, for Asia Pacific region at Oracle Corporation and is a direct report to Executive Vice President of Oracle Corporation Japan & Asia Pacific. In this role, Vijay delivers 3 key outcomes:

• Overall strategy and P&L for the Fusion Applications Line of Business,
• Managing the sale of Fusion Applications suite to Oracle customers leading to successful outcomes, adoption, and references
• Helping customers innovate with the embedded AI capability within Fusion Application stack.

Vijay has more than 35 years of experience in the Information Technology industry. He has held many senior executive leadership roles across Asia Pacific and Japan, delivering value to customers in their transformation journey.

Vijay is a result driven veteran with expertise in strategic sales, innovation thought leadership, and profit and loss management and is passionate about customer focus and people centricity.

In his various roles, including the Asia Pacific consulting head role for 6 years at Oracle, his focus spanned across the sales and delivery of large, multi-million-dollar program implementations across Oil and Gas, Mining, Automotive, Consumer Products, Telecommunications, Financial services, Professional services, and Public Services sectors including Defense. He has been a top performer in significantly contributing to the achievement of revenue and profitability targets. In addition, he is also responsible for driving innovation services such as AI/ML, IOT, block chain, big data and Analytics.

Vijay holds an Executive MBA from Rutgers Business School, Certificate in Corporate Governance from INSEAD, Post graduate certificate in Software Technology from the National Center of Software Technology and a Production Engineering degree from the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, India.

Rachna Sampayo

Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Oracle

Rachna Sampayo is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Oracle Corp, APAC and JAPAN based in Singapore.

An established HR Leader, Rachna’s forte is in enabling businesses achieve real outcomes through innovative human capital strategies. Rachna has over 30 years of experience across industries and geographies ranging from Middle East & Africa to Australia, Japan and Asia-Pacific. A thought leader, Rachna has led transformation initiatives for businesses including leadership transformation, redefining recruiting and talent retention strategies as well as creating diversity & inclusion frameworks. She believes that authentic leadership, brand credibility, agility and diversity are the forces that will shape the new workplace. Organizations that leverage these factors to build a collaborative work-culture will be irresistible for talent.

Rachna has been with Oracle for over 15 years, she has also worked with other technology MNC’s including Microsoft, Nokia and HP.

Rachna has a degree in Sciences. A life-long learner, she is married, with two lovely children. Rachna is based in Singapore.

Rajesh Goel

Solution Consulting Director, Oracle ERPM, India

Rajesh Goel, a seasoned professional, is Oracle's Solution Consulting Director, leading the ERP & EPM business in India. With over 33+ years of expertise, he has been instrumental in driving innovative solutions and strategic consulting in the ever-evolving world of Oracle ERP Cloud. His deep industry experience shapes Oracle’s ERP Cloud vision, ensuring effective problem-solving and client success.

With extensive expertise in Oracle Fusion and EBS, Rajesh has a proven track record in ERP Cloud Solution Engineering. He has played a pivotal role in strategic ERP and EPM transformations across industries such as BFSI, Professional Services, Manufacturing and Hospitals, etc helping enterprises streamline financial operations and drive efficiency.

His leadership continues to drive customer-focused innovation and best practices, shaping the success of Oracle’s ERPM business in India.

Pavan Goyal

Senior Vice President & Global Chief Information Officer, Mphasis

Pavan Goyal is the Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer at Mphasis Ltd., with 30+ years of experience across technology and business leadership roles at Mphasis and Wipro Technologies.

His team is currently driving enterprise transformation with Agentic AI—building GenAI solutions that accelerate select business processes, elevate employee experience, and deliver data insights that result in measurable business benefit. This is in addition to other major programs underway, including an Oracle ERP migration to Fusion Cloud and an Oracle Fusion payroll transformation.

Earlier, as the head of Infrastructure and Cloud Services at Mphasis, his platform-based service delivery strategy resulted in the launch of InfraGenie™, an award-winning IT service management and automation platform that helped industrialize IT automation and service management for multiple global clients.

Atonu Biswas

Partner, Deloitte India

Atonu Biswas is a Partner at Deloitte India and a preeminent leader on digital evolution with over 23 years of experience. A former Oracle Consulting veteran and one of the founding member of their cloud delivery methodology, he has overseen 250+ successful cloud go-lives worldwide.

Today, he leads Deloitte’s South Asia Oracle CX, Retail, and Primavera portfolios, Oracle ERP for domestic South, while serving as the Strategic Corridor Leader for Oracle practice between India and Europe. A PMP-certified leader with dual MBA’s from top-tier European and Asian institutions, Atonu is a Fellow of IML (Institute of Managers & Leaders) Australia. He advocates for a shift in customer experience from traditional CRM to a "connected suite" of applications that use AI/ ML and data-driven personalization to create meaningful, value-driven interactions that enables transition from transactional relationships to a "Customer for Life" philosophy.

Shri. Salee S Nair

MD & CEO, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

Shri. Salee S Nair, a distinguished banker with over three decades of extensive experience in the financial services sector, assumed charge as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd. on 29th August 2024.

He holds a Post Graduate degree in Applied Electronics and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). His academic and professional credentials are complemented by his deep understanding of the Indian banking landscape, acquired through a rich and varied career at the State Bank of India (SBI).

Joining SBI in 1987 as a Probationary Officer, Shri. Nair steadily rose through the ranks to hold several key leadership roles. Prior to his appointment at Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd., he served as Deputy Managing Director, Chief Credit Officer, and Chief Sustainability Officer at SBI. In these roles, he played a pivotal role in steering the bank’s credit and sustainability agendas, while also contributing significantly to strategic decision-making at the highest levels.

Shri. Nair specializes in the domain of Credit, particularly Commercial Credit. His in-depth knowledge and operational expertise span across multiple critical verticals including stressed credit portfolio management, agriculture finance, SME and NBFC business, financial inclusion, and retail banking growth. As the Chief Credit Officer of SBI, he was instrumental in driving credit quality and portfolio performance across diverse sectors.

Chintan Shah

Executive Director, Deloitte India

Chintan Shah is a seasoned professional with 23 years of experience in managing large scale HR transformation in Oracle HCM technology and has global experience in managing enterprise-wide technology transformation, specializing in HR Technology Strategy, Roadmap, Digital Transformation, Change Management, HR Operating Model and Shared Services.

Chintan combines strong HR domain knowledge with a technology-driven mindset to help organizations build future-ready, digital-first HR ecosystems.

Gautam Srivastava

Group CHRO, The Phoenix Mills Ltd

Gautam is a seasoned HR leader and accredited coach with over 25 years of experience across hospitality, banking, insurance, and real estate. He currently serves as Group Chief Human Resources Officer at The Phoenix Mills, where he leads people strategy, policies, and transformation initiatives that support business growth and a strong customer-centric culture.

His core strengths include talent attraction and development, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, HR analytics, performance management, and enterprise change. He has led large-scale HR digital transformations, mergers and acquisitions, employer branding, and talent pipelining initiatives, combining data-driven insights with empathy to deliver sustainable business outcomes and enhanced employee experience.

A Certified Talent Economist and ICF Associate Certified Coach, he brings a consultative and future-focused approach to leadership and problem-solving. Passionate about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, he is committed to building inclusive, high-trust workplaces where individuals feel valued and empowered to perform at their best.

Beyond HR, he is an avid music enthusiast and analogue record collector, drawing inspiration from music to fuel creativity and authentic leadership.

Aashish Muttreja

Solution Engineering Head, Oracle CX Apps

Solution Engineering leader who is responsible for driving enterprise CX transformations across CRM, CDP, and MarTech platforms. Proven track record of leading high-performing solution teams, shaping complex deals, and partnering with CxOs to deliver scalable, AI-driven customer engagement solutions. Ashish combines deep technical expertise with business acumen to influence strategy, accelerate cloud adoption, and deliver measurable revenue impact.

Vineeta Cherian

Global Head – Talent, Leadership and HR Transformation, Mphasis

Vineeta is a Human Resource Leader with deep experience in the technology industry, currently at the helm of Leadership Development, Talent Management and HR Tech Transformation at Mphasis globally.

Prior to this, have played diverse roles both in Corporate and Consulting, including Business Partnering, Rewards and Talent Management COE in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Aon and Wipro Limited. Her areas of expertise include Performance Management, Coaching, Leadership Talent Review and Succession Planning, 360-degree feedback, Executive and Sales Compensation.

Vineeta is passionate about aligning people frameworks to business outcomes, building leaders, and nurturing a performance culture in the organization.

Dnyanesh Nadkarni

Sales Director, Oracle India

DN is an industry veteran with 3 decades of experience having worked at companies like Oracle, SAP, and Ingram Micro.

DN has worked with both Enterprise as well as MidMarket / Digital Native companies helping them decide their best path to technology transformation across IT, Finance, HR and Supply Chain.

He has won multiple company awards including “Employee of the Year” at Oracle.

Sidharth G V

Head HR, foundit

Sidharth brings over 25 years of HR experience across technology and financial services, specialising in talent management, people strategy, and HR analytics. He has held key roles at HCL Technologies, Vestas, and Polaris Financial Technology, and spent nearly 12 years at Atos as Human Resources Director. He holds postgraduate qualifications from MSSW, IIM Calcutta, and Texas McCombs School of Business. At foundit, Sidharth leads the HR function across APAC and the Middle East, driving people strategy and a high-performance culture.

Ramya Suresh

Principal Solution Engineer, Oracle India

Principal Solution consultant at Oracle with 20 years of experience in Oracle EPM suit

Sanjiv Kumar Shrivastava

Senior Vice President – Enterprise applications, Architecture, Data, Persistent Systems

Sanjiv Kumar Shrivastava heads Enterprise Applications and Data at Persistent Systems, leading a 250+ member global team delivering AI‑first, enterprise‑scale solutions across industries. With over 25 years of IT experience, his expertise spans large‑scale Finance and HR transformations, M&A system integration, cloud migrations, GenAI and low‑code COEs, and end‑to‑end enterprise IT delivery. He is also an avid book reader.

Sthita Nayak

Director, Solution Engineering Applications, Oracle India

Sthita is the Director of Solution Engineering – Applications, with nearly two decades of experience delivering Oracle ERP solutions across diverse industries, including banking, e-commerce, healthcare, IT/ITeS, and educational institution, with deep exposure to the Indian market and extensive experience across global geographies.

Ravi Anantharamiah

VP & Group Controller, Wipro Enterprises

Ravi Anantharamiah is a finance professional with over 30 years of experience in various facets of finance function. He is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.

He is presently leading Controllership function at Wipro Enterprises as its Vice President & Group Controller. Wipro Enterprises is an Indian MNC having presence in multiple countries in Consumer Care and Infrastructure businesses. He is responsible for financial reporting, internal controls and shared services of Wipro Enterprises. He also leads the digital transformation related with finance function.

Prior to this, Ravi led Internal Audit function at GE India and was the CFO of GE Xray, part of Global Supply Chain organization. Ravi had stints in Tyco International at it India CFO where he led mergers and acquisitions and setting up of security monitoring business of ADT in India.

Ravi is also a frequent speaker at forums such as CFO India, Institute of Internal Auditors and other professional bodies. Ravi has extensive interest in student and educational activities.

Nishit Mehta

Head of Finance Transformation, Flipkart

Nishit Mehta is the Head of Finance Transformation and Shared Services at Flipkart Group, one of India’s largest e-commerce platforms. A Chartered Accountant by profession, Nishit brings over two decades of experience in finance, Growth, Profitability, operations, and strategic transformation. At Flipkart, he has been instrumental in driving large-scale initiatives across revenue assurance, shared services, and digital finance transformation. His leadership has significantly contributed to enhancing financial efficiency and supporting the company’s rapid growth in a competitive market.

Before joining Flipkart, Nishit held key finance leadership positions at prominent organizations, where he led various initiatives in financial planning, revenue management, Profitability and operational excellence at organizations like Wipro, Cognizant, AB Mauri and InMobi.

Nishit is recognized for his forward-thinking approach to finance, emphasizing agility and continuous improvement to support the dynamic needs of the e-commerce sector.

Mansee Kedar

Master Principal Solution Engineer (HCM), Oracle India

Mansee is a seasoned HR technology leader with 22+ years of extensive experience spanning various industries. Her career is distinguished by her expertise in presales, implementation, and consulting roles, where she has consistently demonstrated a strategic vision and a customer-centric approach. She is adept at leveraging technology to optimize processes and drive tangible business outcomes.

As an HCM subject matter expert (SME), Mansee excels in understanding customer requirements deeply and translating these insights into tailored solutions that effectively address specific business challenges.

Currently serving as Director - HCM Solution Engineering at Oracle, Mansee is passionately dedicated to helping organizations innovate and digitalize their HR operations. Her focus lies in empowering customers utilize technology to elevate employee experience and engagement, streamlining operations and facilitate the development of a skilled and motivated workforce.

Srikanth Mantena

Chief Information Officer, Trianz

Srikanth Mantena is the Chief Information Officer at Trianz, where he leads the company's global technology organization and oversees information technology and data engineering operations enterprise-wide. With over 22 years of experience in the IT industry, he drives cloud infrastructure, enterprise integrations, data platforms, and digital strategies that help organizations modernize operations and unlock business value at scale.

Srikanth brings deep domain expertise across Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), combined with a strong track record in enterprise-wide technology transformation. Known for his integrity and executive leadership, he serves as a trusted architect of technology strategy for both internal operations and client-facing initiatives at Trianz.

He holds an M.Tech from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU).