About This Virtual Event

A 25+ year industry veteran, Samta Bansal is Global Consulting Strategy and Marketing leader for Hitachi Vantara. She is responsible for developing and implementing go-to-market strategies for the company’s services and consulting portfolio. Samta has deep global expertise in digital transformations, cloud, artificial intelligence, big data and IoT. Her experience spans portfolio & solutions marketing, strategy, sales enablement, business development, software products, and industrial domains. Samta is a published author, speaker and holds an MBA from Santa Clara University in marketing and leadership, a BE in Electrical and Electronics, and a master’s in physics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India.

Craig McLellan, Founder and CEO of ThinkOn, has been at the forefront of technology innovation and data security in Canada and the U.S. for the past twenty-five years. Under Craig’s leadership, ThinkOn continues to grow, both organically and through strategic acquisition, and is ranked on both the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ and The Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. A pioneer in cloud services, ThinkOn was one of the first companies in the world to receive VMware Cloud Verified certification and was recently recognized as a VMware Sovereign Cloud Partner for Canada. Craig currently sits on advisory boards for several industry-leading organizations including Veeam, Hitachi, and VMware, where he helps to guide strategy.

Carlos is a cross-disciplinary technology & innovation leader. His passion lies with the application of technology and design to help people and society at large. His expertise intersects across technology, strategy, and design. His past roles include Technology Strategy & Innovation Consulting at frog design, IoT Consulting & Advisory at Cognizant, and various roles across software engineering and business development.

Drawing upon his background in IoT, Carlos has partnered with organizations to realize sustainability initiatives that enhance operational capabilities, cost savings, and achieve environmental goals. At Vantara he leads Sustainability GTM Strategy and Solution activities with a focus on digital energy, decarbonization, and Commercial EV.

Dave Sterlace is a global account director with the Hitachi Energy data center team. Hitachi Energy brings data center clients products, systems and services for a sustainable energy future. Hitachi Energy uses pioneering digital technologies, to enable a stronger, smarter and greener grid. Previously Dave held a global leadership roles for data centers at ABB. Dave brings 25+ years of data center and critical power experience