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Entrepreneur Conference 2021 6th Session IACS Corporate Leaders Network 5th Session 4th Session 3rd Session

  • Nov 13, 2021

    Register Now 11/13/2021 10:00 AM 11/13/2021 10:00 AM UTC Entrepreneur Conference 2021 Entrepreneur Conference 2021 IACS

    Entrepreneur Conference 2021

    Chicago, , USA

  • Robin Kelly
    Congress woman

    Robin Kelly

    Congress woman

    Congresswoman Robin Kelly was elected to represent Illinois’ 2nd District on April 9, 2013. As a former State Representative, Kelly brings extensive legislative experience to the 2nd District. She successfully sponsored bills to protect consumers from fraud, support economic development and increase the minimum wage. She also led the fight for landmark legislation to protect victims of domestic violence and improve public safety. During her tenure in the Illinois Legislature, Kelly mentored progressiv

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    Elected to represent Illinois’ 2nd District

  • Raj Surti
    VP Services

    Raj Surti

    VP Services

    Raj Surti is currently working as Vice President of Global Customer Delivery at Alcatel-Lucent - America’s Network Engineering and Field Force, where he is responsible for the planning and deployment of wireless, wireline, optical and core data network integration services for the region. Mr. Surti is a results driven executive with over 25 years experience in the telecommunications industry - focused on increasing customer satisfaction, outstanding product execution and delivery, and generating revenue

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    Alcatel-Lucent

  • Pranav Doctor
    VP of Sales and Services Technology

    Pranav Doctor

    VP of Sales and Services Technology

    The group owns applications development and support activities for all channels for Allstate Insurance Company. Internet, mobile, social, call center and agency force. Prior to working at Allstate Mr Doctor also worked at Wells Fargo in various roles. He was SVP and Chief Architect for Consumer Lending Group. Responsible for the architecture and road map for 1300+ applications across 6 different business units like Mortgage, home equity, auto finance, student loans, credit card and consumer loans.

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    Allstate

  • GP Singh
    SVP - Commercial Development

    GP Singh

    SVP - Commercial Development

    Currently working as of Senior Vice President of Commercial Development at National Express. Mr Singh oversees the commercial development team which is responsible for new business, client retention, marketing and overall business strategies Mr. Singh served in leadership roles in multiple transportation organizations. Mr. Singh also worked as Vice President - IT Application Development and Support at First Group America.

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    National Express

  • Anupy Singla
    Journalist and Television personality

    Anupy Singla

    Journalist and Television personality

    Anupy Singla is an award-winning journalist turned foodie turned author. Anupy began her reporting career as a business reporter for Bloomberg News in Princeton and then moved to cover commodities in Chicago. From there, she quickly transitioned from print to television, providing up-to-the-second market updates several times a day for Chicago’s WGN-TV and Bloomberg Television. After several years reporting live from the Chicago Board of Trade and Mercantile Exchange, Anupy transitioned to local news covera

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    ASapplepie

  • Manu Bhardwaj
    Senior advisor Technology and Internet Policy

    Manu Bhardwaj

    Senior advisor Technology and Internet Policy

    Manu has served as the primary adviser to three U.S. Ambassadors at the U.S. State Department. In this role, Manu has helped develop U.S. positions on international privacy and technology laws relating to electronic surveillance, cloud computing, location privacy, and data protection. Manu also represents U.S. positions on telecommunications and internet governance matters before international authorities, including the United Nation's General Assembly, the International Telecommunications Union, the OECD, the European Commission, and the Internet Governance Forum, among others. 

    At the State Department, Manu also served as the Chief of Staff to a U.S. Ambassador for a treaty conference, called the "World Conference on International Telecommunications," in Dubai, UAE. For that conference, Manu developed U.S. positions or priorities; coordinated strategic outreach to approximately 144 participating nations; managed the U.S. delegation of 110 government and private sector representatives; assessed critical alliances needed; and identified key speaking events and global thought-leaders. All recommendations relating to outreach and U.S. positions were accepted.

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    US State Department

This summer, I had the opportunity to intern for a congressional office in the U.S. House of Representatives. From July to August, I worked for the office of Congressman Bill Foster, a representative from the Eleventh District of Illinois....

Sruthi Rao

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The opportunity to work in Washington D.C. has always been a goal of mine since taking a U.S. government class in high school. I am fortunate to have realized this goal this past summer through the IACS Summer Leadership Intern program. Be...

Vikram Ramesh

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I have been learning about the United States government since grade school, and it has always fascinated me. I remember learning about the three branches of government in school and how there are so many processes in place to protect the r...

Keerthana Nunna

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