Snowflake GCC Forum

With more than 3 decades of high technology experience, Mr. Shah has been serving as a Managing Director and Country Leader since 2010. Prior to joining Snowflake, he served as a
CIO, Managing Director and Technology Advisor for MSC Software, part of Symphony Technology Group. He has also worked with Symantec Corporation as a site leader and Vice
President of Information Technology.
In his current role, Mr. Shah is responsible for building Snowflake’s centers of excellence in India.He partners with global teams to champion “Data Architecture” through Data Engineering, DataScience & Analytics. He leads building of customer zero use cases through Snow@Snow program, strengthening Information Security posture by reducing risks and conforming to regulatory expectations.

Mr. Shah also enables building technology centers of excellence (CRM, ERP, Infrastructure), go-to-market strategies for product, sales and support teams and setting up economies of scale through highly effective back-office operations. Mr. Shah holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Master’s in Organization Management from University of Mumbai and University of Phoenix respectively.

“Vijay Ramachandran is a business storyteller, content specialist, event facilitator and an award-winning journalist with over three decades of experience.
He has worked with a variety of media platforms, from newspapers and magazines to online and video to engagements both physical and virtual.
Of particular interest to Vijay is how organizations and individuals handle change and how strategy evolves into responses.
He is especially good at deconstructing complex business situations to focus on the value that can be derived.
In 2001, he won India’s highest honour for technology journalists, the Polestar Award, for his investigation into Pakistan-based hacker groups.
Since 2015, he runs a consulting practice of storytelling for business change.”

Saurabh Limaye is the Managing Director of Jet2 Travel Technologies and the CEO of Dataction, bringing over 18 years of experience in the IT industry, including a decade focused on managing entrepreneurial ventures. Saurabh is a recognized expert in setting up scalable Global Capability Centers (GCCs) and has been a trusted consultant to several multinational organizations on offshoring strategy and execution.

Throughout his career, Saurabh has successfully established four GCCs, including a 350-person center for the UK-based airline and tour operator Jet2 PLC. Under his leadership, this center has built high-performance digital, data, and AI teams that drive innovation and efficiency.

In addition to his executive roles, Saurabh serves on the boards of several startups and academic institutions, leveraging industry-academia collaboration to foster innovation. His extensive experience and strategic insights make him a valuable contributor to discussions on harnessing the power of data to drive business value.

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Jaidev is a Partner with Data & Analytics Consulting in Deloitte. As a data and analytics practitioner with over 23 years of experience, he has executed multiple large scale transformation programs with focus on Enterprise Data Strategy, Business IT Alignment, Business Value Assessment/Roadmaps, Data Integration, Analytics, Big Data/Data Lake & Intelligent Automation.