Mr. Rao Remala
Advisor and Investor retired from Microsoft Corporation in 2003 after 23 years in senior engineering management roles. Rao joined Microsoft in 1981 and was amongst the first 50 hires. First Indian and the first one to write first line of code of windows (Then called Interface Manager). He architected, developed, and managed such Microsoft flagship products as Basic, Cobol Compiler, Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, OLE 1.0, OLE 2.0, Office 95, and Office 97. He also held a range of positions — from individual contributor to group manager to product unit manager to director of research and development to GM. Rao also holds various patents at Microsoft. Rao graduated with highest honors from REC Warangal College, India in 1972. He also earned a master’s degree in computer science from IIT Kanpur, India and was a PhD candidate at the University of Washington.

Mr. Manish Sinha
Managing Director, Microsoft Support Asia Pacific and India is currently responsible for Customer Service and Support Operations of Microsoft covering Korea, Southeast Asia, Singapore, India, Australia and New Zealand. With over 17 years of extensive experience in the IT industry Manish has been involved in the complete life cycle of IT products and services i.e. Product Development, Product Testing, Technical Sales, Sales and Marketing, Consulting Services, Line Of Business Application Development, Customer Service and Technical Support. Prior to his current role Manish has been with Microsoft Consulting Services in US for 13 years and was with Oracle Consulting Services prior to that.

Mr. J.A. Chowdary
Managing Director, nVIDIA India Ltd is currently responsible for all operations of Portal Player in India, a NASDAQ traded company. He is also the president of Hyderabad chapter of TiE, Chairman of American Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman of AMCHAM National Board and Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC). Prior to that he was the Development Commissioner & Chairman of the Board of STPI, Hyderabad and Chennai. He is often considered one of the chief architects of the IT industry in India.