Piyush has been the founding President of ASEI Silicon Valley chapter. Professionally he is an entrepreneurial thought leader in emerging information technologies. Currently he serves as Chief Digital Officer & CTO at a Private Equity Backed Cloud and Digital Innovation services startup Veridic Solutions. Prior to that he was the SVP at a Google Partner silicon valley based startup SpringML. He specializes in digital transformation and drives thought leadership and devises strategies and solutions for applying data science, AI/ML, Cloud, IoT and advanced analytics to improve business outcomes. Previously, Piyush led IBM’s Worldwide Big Data & Analytics Center of Excellence for the Digital consulting business focusing on data- driven business transformation.He also built the Global Information Integrity practice for PwC and has served Fortune 500 clients in 4 continents over the past 3 decades as a management and technology executive. He earned an engineering degree in electronics and communications from Delhi University and a masters in management of technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has been active in industry consortia as well as non-profits for over 25 years.