Vice President: Head of Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) at BMO
Stephen Cheung
VP Data Analytics at Empower
Daniela Busse
Vice President - Technology & Product Strategy, Portfolio Management, Operations, and Incubation at GEICO
Vino Pyata
Vice President of Engineering at New American Funding
Migen Shehu
VP, US Head of Integrated Digital, Data and Insights at Gilead Sciences
Alan Manuel
GVP Product Management, Platform and AI at Planview
Oz Nakash
Senior Vice President, Head of Platform Services at Teladoc Health
Malcolm Jack
Chief Technology Officer at Granite Construction
Will Barrett
Fractional CTO at Barett Ventures
Jing Huang
VP of Engineering at Quizlet
Kevin Haas
Chief Technology Officer, Myriad Genetics
Yulia Groza
VP Engineering, Commerce Solutions at Blackhawk Network
Stephen M. Dick
VP - Infrastructure, Cloud & Platform Engineering at Paylocity
Joshua (JP) Onffroy
Vice President, R&D, Surgical Robotics and AI/ML Data Platforms at Johnson & Johnson
Venu Venugopal
Chief Technology Officer at Udemy
Dmytro Savchenko
VP of Application Engineering, AdTech at Kinesso
Kit Barron
Chief Technology Officer Farmer's at Business Network
Ning Qu
VP of Engineering, Global Head of Software Platform (SkyOS) at NIO
Liang H
Head of Product - Data Infrastructure | Platform Engineering Block
Siva Darivemula
VP, Technology Innovation Huntington National Bank
Gilles Drieu
Chief Technology Officer at ADT
Ramin Mobasseri
Head : AI and Analytics Services, Support and Enablement, Wells Fargo
Ram Natarajan
Vice President of Software Engineering at Signify Health
Nitin Shingate
CTO at GoodRx
Ayesha Mahmood
Vice President of Software Engineering at Zscaler
Ravi Mohan
Chief Technology Officer Credit Acceptance
Nitin Kumar
VP and Global Head of Data Products & Agentic AI, Data Eng., Gen AI Apps and BI Visa
Ram Bulusu
VP of AI Strategy & Technology Innovation Elara Caring
Vinoj Kumar
Vice President of Engineering at Upwork
Smita Agarwal
VP of Engineering at QAD
Harish Pratapani
Vice President of Engineering, AI Infrastructure and Platform at Zendesk
Sunzay Passari
Director & Global Head - Architecture of Tomorrow (AI & Innovation) at UPS
Vishal Anand
Vice President - Data Science & AI at Mastercard
Aravind Peddiboyina
AI Innovation, GenAI COE Global Analytics Engineering Leader at Kimberly-Clark
Samir Lad
Vice President - Enterprise AI & AI Platform Engineering at RTX
Ankur Uttam
VP II, Data Science and Analytics at Poshmark
Hari Gutlapalli
Executive Director - Data, AI, Platforms at Kaiser Permanente
Gary Patel
Sr Director, BI & Analytics at Albertsons Companies
Datta Junnarkar
Chief Information Officer Maritime at Boeing
Gopal Renganathan
Senior Director, Data & Analytics at Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Adhar Walia
Product Management Lead, Agentic AI Platforms at Oracle
Geeta Pyne
Senior Managing Director and Chief Architect at TIAA
Startups
that pitched Llama Battleground 2025.
Llama Battleground Benefits
Compete on a global stage designed to accelerate early-stage AI startups. From
exposure to funding opportunities, the Battleground gives founders the edge to grow faster and smarter.
Investor Access
Pitch directly to top venture capitalists and industry leaders.
Global Visibility
Showcase your innovation to a curated audience of startups, enterprises, and media.
Strategic Growth
Gain expert feedback, connections, and opportunities to scale your startup.
The Llama AI Innovation Awards honor the standout pitches from Llama Battleground.
They spotlight the most promising AI startups driving innovation and real-world impact.
Awards ceremony at the end of conference day.
Llama Battleground is open to early-stage, pre-Series A AI startups building breakthrough products and solutions.
Founders get the chance to pitch, gain visibility, and connect with top investors and industry leaders.
Special thanks to our
amazing partners for
their support!
Happy Llama offers many ways for partners to engage directly with our attendees before, during, and after the event. Get in touch with us to learn more.
