Converged Edge Architectures for Connected Intelligence

Dr. Tom Bradicich, Chairman of the IoT Community Board of Advisors, is currently Chief Product Officer and CTO at Arete, where he leads teams in the US and India, heading AI and software development for forensics, response, and ransomware management products. Tom is creating another new product category in cyber risk, ransomware negotiation and compliance workflow platforms. He incepted and leads Arete’s Business Case Process, IP Program, and corporate AI adoption. Tom is on the Board of Directors of Sify Technologies (SIFY) and Sify Infinite Spaces, public NW and AI cloud service providers, and served on the Board of Aspen Technology (AZPN), a public industrial AI software company. And, served on the Advisory Boards of Avathon (formerly SparkCognition), an AI SW company start-up, and NetZen, a NW silicon start-up. Tom began his career at IBM, where he was an IBM Fellow, VP, Distinguish Engineer, and Server CTO. At National Instruments, an operational technologies (OT) and controls company, he served as an NI Fellow, pioneering Big Analog Data™ solutions. While at HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Tom held various roles including VP, HPE Fellow, Global Head of Edge & IoT Software Labs, and General Manager. As GM, he led the global business unit, Servers and Edge Systems and Software, with P&L, worldwide sales, R&D, and customer experience ownership. Opening three global HPE Innovation Labs (Texas, Singapore, and Geneva), and exceeding sales quotes by achieving revenue growth of over $250M. Tom’s business unit was the fastest growing and highest quality in HPE. Tom and his team developed and launched dozens of systems and software products, such as first-of-a-kind as-a-Service (aaS) software for cloud managed remote infrastructure, edge-as-a-service, and converged IT/Operational Technologies (OT). He led teams in the creation of several new product categories such as notebook computers, smartphones (IBM Simon™), Hyperconverged Infrastructure, HCI (IBM BladeCenter™), Converged Edge Systems & Sofware (HPE Edgeline™), and OT and edge management software and platforms (HPE OTLink). Tom’s teams designed and launched the first 64 bit enterprise ARM server, the first x86 server with on-chip graphics, and IBM’s first prototype laptop computer. He incepted and directed the HPE Channel-to-Edge Institute partner program, and led company-wide strategies, venture/M&A assessments, and led HPE’s first corporate IoT & edge strategy. Tom holds several US patents, writing the book “The 1st Mover”, and founded the charity, sockrelief.com, serving the homeless and children in need. See full bio/CV at Linkedin/in/TomBradicichPhD.

Vijay Bellam is the Chief Technology Officer at Sify Technologies which is one of India’s leading integrated ICT solutions and digital infrastructure providers, delivering services across Network, Data Center, Cloud, and Digital transformation domains. The company operates a nationwide fiber network, hyperscale and edge data centers, managed cloud platforms, and comprehensive digital services supporting enterprises across Verticals. Sify enables organizations to accelerate their digital and AI transformation journeys through secure connectivity, AI ready hosting, scalable infrastructure, cybersecurity, managed services, and next-generation AI-ready platforms. Before joining Sify Technologies Vijay held key Product and Solutions Engineering development and leadership roles at Hewlett Packard where he was part Tandem Non Stop Kernel, Neoview a Data Warehouse SQL Engine development, He was instrumental in defining strategy/roadmap and driving Solution development in technology areas such as Big Data, Media/Telco, Mobile workspace, ARM64, Web and Cloud Solutions leveraging hyper dense server technology such as HP Moonshot servers, HP Converged Infrastructure, pan HP IP like Vertica, Autonomy and ISV partnerships where there were gaps. He is highly experienced in working with partner and ISV eco system in driving innovative solutions.

Prasad Adem is a Vice President in HPE Global Sales, leading the Sales and Solutions Engineering (SSE) function within HPE’s Customer Success and Solutions (CSS) organization. He brings deep, hands-on experience across solutions engineering, technical and sales leadership, and global delivery, partnering closely with customers and executives to translate business objectives into scalable, outcome-driven solutions across hybrid cloud, AI, and services. Known for his customer-first mindset and a strong “Yes, we can” culture, Prasad specializes in helping organizations address complex, first-of-a-kind transformation initiatives. He works directly with customers to design innovative solutions and scale them into production-ready, repeatable offerings that deliver practical and sustained business value. A strong advocate for collaboration, Prasad has built and led global teams that work seamlessly with HPE Business Units, Services, Geo Sales, and partners. He has played a key role in advancing HPE’s Composable Solutions, AI Factory at Scale, and Sovereign AI solutions, enabling customers to modernize infrastructure, accelerate AI adoption, and meet regulatory and data-sovereignty requirements. Recognized as a trusted advisor, he bridges strategy and execution across complex transformation programs and is a key driver of HPE’s solutions-selling approach. Prasad holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science, a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, and is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.

Rao is a co-founder of Aizen and leads enterprise customer engagements, bringing 30+ years of experience as a technologist and entrepreneur designing mission-critical AI, BI, and transaction systems for global enterprises. He previously co-founded Esgyn, an enterprise big data platform, where he led product architecture and strategy as a key executive helping scale the company while serving Fortune 100 customers. Earlier, Rao was a Senior Data Management Architect at Hewlett-Packard, leading workload management architecture for a Massively Parallel Enterprise Data Warehouse platform. His engineering career also includes foundational roles at Compaq and Tandem Computers, pioneers in fault-tolerant and parallel computing. Rao holds an M.S. in Computer Science.