Dr. Uli Chettipally, Founder, Sirca Therapeutics Dr. Chettipally is a renowned emergency physician recognized for his contributions to clinical decision support and healthcare innovation. While at Kaiser Permanente, he co-founded the CREST Network, which earned the prestigious Morris F. Collen Research Award from The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. He now serves as the founder and president of InnovatorMD, the world’s largest physician innovation network, where he continues to drive advancements in medical technology and support a vibrant community of entrepreneurial physicians. In addition, Dr. Chettipally is the founder of Sirica Therapeutics, a company pioneering a therapeutic device for autism that integrates robotics, virtual reality, video gaming, and AI. Sunny Menon, Founder TechBeat Conference Member, Cyber Defence Consortium Sunny Menon, Founder, TechBeat Conference | Vice President, Professional Services | Member, Cyberdefence Consortium Sunny Menon is a catalyst for innovation, mentoring emerging entrepreneurs and shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Harnessing the power of AI, he merges technology with philosophical depth and a keen understanding of global dynamics. His work bridges the startup ecosystem and influential organizations, delivering strategies that inspire progress, resilience, and impactful change. His work spans startups, industry networks, and consultancy for government organizations, delivering strategies that inspire progress, resilience, and impactful change. Irina Berkon is the Chief Financial Officer of Metallicus, a San Francisco-based leader in digital asset technology. Under her leadership, Metallicus has made remarkable progress in bridging the gap between cryptocurrency and traditional finance, building the infrastructure needed for regulated, real-time payments and digital asset innovation. With a mastery of financial governance and regulatory frameworks, she ensures Metallicus operates at the highest standards, fully aligned with BSA, AML, GDPR, and ISO 20022. Her precision in compliance and institutional trust makes Metallicus the strongest bridge between blockchain and banking at scale. In addition to her responsibilities at Metallicus, Irina is also a Managing Director at Golden Seeds, an angel investor network dedicated to funding women-led companies and creating opportunities for women disrupting their industries Satish Ramakrishnan, Satish Ramakrishnan, Starting with being a part of creating the nascent computer industry in India, through being an Internet pioneer, and now helping with leading the charge for safe and responsible AI, Satish Ramakrishnan has always been at the forefront of technology and industry. He has held leadership positions in startups like PointCast, Reltio MinIO, Holistic AI, etc. as well as large organizations like Comcast where he founded Comcast Labs in the Silicon Valley and taken ideas from a piece of paper all the way into production Sridhar Verose, Vice Mayor, San Ramon, CA, Founding member of TheAIFoundry. Sridhar Verose, currently serving as Vice Mayor of the City of San Ramon, is also the Chief of Database Services at Fiscal. He thrives on problem solving in both technology and public policy, and enjoys playing cricket in his spare time.
