About us

A senior management executive working for more than 20 years in digital information technology consulting, product, and service industry, Brian has demonstrated success in scaling some of the best IT companies in the business. Delivering value and productivity potential to numerous start-ups and Fortune 500 companies throughout the globe.
Prior to joining Capgemini Engineering/Lohika, Brian worked with Leveragehub as Managing Director and EVP of Sales where he led the sales acquisition and channel partnership role for many clients, partners, and alliances. He also worked as an EVP of Global Sales and Operations for leading information technology companies like Symbio, Cognizant, Ciklum and Pomeroy a leading global VAR, as Chief Operating Officer and SVP of Sales, where he managed an annual P&L of $1B revenue, 2,100 employees, 450 sales, solutions and marketing executives. He has extensive global experience working and living in North America, South America, EMEA, and APAC throughout his career. Also, strong M&A background with over 20 acquisitions and vertical experience in Financials/FinTech/Payments, Life sciences/Pharma, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Automotive, Telcom, Retail, and others.

Jiani Zhang is EVP and Chief Software Officer of Capgemini Engineering, the Engineering and R&D Services powerhouse of Capgemini. As the CSO, Jiani is responsible for the leadership and growth of the entire software business including software product engineering, software lifecycle services, and software transformation for industries. Prior to this role, Jiani was President of the Alliance and Industrial Solution Unit at Persistent Systems where she was responsible for the P&L of this unit. Jiani has a track record for driving business growth, from nascent businesses to large organizations, and has extensive experience in offering management, product development, go-to-market strategy, and sales execution. She also holds experience in strategy consulting, marketing, and business development. Prior to Persistent, Jiani was the Director of Offering Management and Strategy for IBM where she pioneered the creation of the Industrial Analytics/AI IoT solutions.

Jiani holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson with an emphasis in Technology Management.

Sudatta has 30 years of Engineering R&D delivery experience with 22 years at Altran/Capgemini. She has delivery experience across diversified sectors like Digital & Cloud, Data & AI, Consumer Products, Life Sciences, Industrial, and Energy & Communications. She has played a key role in winning large deals, as well as the successful development and deployment of products from concepts to launch in the areas of IoT, Industrial Automation, Smart Solutions and Software as a Service. She has led large global engineering delivery programs with a special focus on digital technologies, agile practices, and transformation for efficiency, across multi-location and multi-cultural teams and customers.

She has written and published extensively in international journals and conferences on topics like IoT ecosystems, communications infrastructure for smart cities, and professionals’ learning behavior towards emerging digital technologies. She is a Physics graduate with a Master’s in Computer Applications from NIT Rourkela and an MBA from IIT Delhi.

Vladyslav Shymov has worked in the software engineering industry for more than 17 years, starting from software development, then shifting to delivery management of offshore software development services, process optimization and transformation.

Vladyslav has managed multi-site offshore software engineering delivery teams of 1,000+ engineers, with a focus on technical execution, predictable staffing and adapting to change. Vladyslav received his Master’s degree in applied mathematics and mechanics from Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University.