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Topic

Tech Trends: Winning the Digital Disruption Game

Abstract

Technology is accelerating at a rapid, unprecedented, exponential rate. Barriers to continuous experimentation are coming down, and competitive landscape is constantly shuffling. Human workforce habits and preferences are changing amid talks of AI-powered robots taking over the world and an imminent digital disruption. In such a chaotic, fast-paced environment, what can we do to future-proof ourselves? How can we prepare today to deal with the uncertainties of tomorrow? While no one can predict the future, how can enterprises and individuals increase their odds to survive, thrive and come out as winners in the Digital Disruption Game?

Profile

Biren Gandhi is a Distinguished Strategist in Cisco’s Corporate Strategy Office, focused on identifying key technology trends and accelerating their adoption through acquisitions, development or partnering. He has built a successful track record of bringing innovation to life through strategic collaborations with startups, venture capital firms, universities and partner ecosystems. Currently, Biren spearheads strategy for highly disruptive technologies, such as the Internet of Things, fog computing, drones/UAVs, block chain, deep learning, robotics and artificial intelligence. He combines his business and technology expertise to drive the co-creation of breakthrough business models through Cisco’s Global Innovation Centers as well as other catalysts for external and internal innovation. Biren has nearly 20 years of leadership, strategic and tactical technology experience in diverse verticals like social networking, cloud, big data, mobile, telecom, social gaming and enterprise collaboration. Prior to joining Cisco in 2011, Biren was divisional CTO of a few gaming studios at Zynga and before that a Sr. Architect at Facebook. He also co- founded AdMunity, a startup providing a collaborative social platform for the advertising community. Biren actively participates as a keynote speaker, panel judge, mentor, investor or advisor to venture capital firms, startups, accelerators, and incubators, focusing on disruptive new frontier technologies. He regularly supports a number of global and local non-profit organizations. His passions, interests, and insights are expressed on these blog platforms: http://thoughts.birengandhi.com/ or http://cs.co/biren.