Sikka AI-API Summit 2023

Vijay Sikka is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sikka Software Corporation. Under his leadership, Sikka Software has grown from a start-up to have over 35,000 practice installations and 120m patients on its platform for healthcare on the demand side and over 50 companies which have built applications on the supply side. Prior to Sikka Software, Vijay has worked in Artificial Intelligence and decision systems for more than 25 years of experience with large scale projects at Intel Corporation, National Institutes of Health, Glaxo Smith Kline, Roche and UCSF affiliates. In 1996, Vijay founded IBrain Software, Inc. that used to compete with Informatica, Hyperion and Cognos and served as its CEO until its acquisition in 1998 by Entigen Corporation, a healthcare information company that later became part of Roche. After that Vijay co-founded Bodha.com that was acquired by Peregrine Systems/Remedy that later became part of BMC Software. Vijay holds an M.S. degree in EE and AI from Syracuse University, New York, pursued doctoral studies in neurosciences at Stanford University (incomplete Ph.D), and is a Registered Continuing Education Provider in California. He is a frequent speaker at big data, AI, healthcare, technology and quality meetings. Vijay’s book on Maximizing ROI on Software Development was published by Taylor and Francis International and earns him a proud royalty check every few months.

Vijay was invited keynote speaker at the Digital Health World Conferences in 2019 and 2020, AI Global Forum 2020 and Biohacking Congress in London in 2020. He has published and presented in many artificial intelligence and neural network meetings and conferences including International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, SPIE, IEEE, AAAI and CHMT and the precursor of NeurIPS.

Jennifer Scarberry has enjoyed an expansive career in the Animal Health market for over 25 years. She started in sales at the age of 20, and has progressed in her roles and responsibilities to include CEO & Founder, Director of Sales, National Sales Trainer and Regional Manager. She founded AAAExecutives, which assists organizations entering the Animal Health market while developing and executing go-to-market (GTM) strategies. Jennifer’s experience in Animal Health has a span that reaches across Pet Food, Pharma, Distribution, Diagnostics, Home Delivery, Flea/Tick, Private Label, OTC, E-Commerce, Data/SaaS, and so much more. Her expertise is highly prized and she has worked with a large number of organizations to help them successfully launch their North American business. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys playing golf with her partner Todd, as well as tending her garden, trying out a new recipe, watching college basketball, and she loves to travel to explore new places.

Dave Monahan is the CEO of Kleer, who’s advanced, cloud-based platform empowers dentists to reclaim control of the dental marketplace from insurance companies by offering membership plans directly to patients and employers. With Kleer, dentists can grow their practices and expand access to high-quality dental care. Patients and employers get better, more affordable coverage and care without all the hassles and costs of traditional dental insurance. Please visit kleer.com for more information.

Greg Rossi currently serves as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Oakpoint - a Dental Support Organization providing non-clinical support services under business service agreements. At Oakpoint, Greg leads the effort to create, streamline and consolidate all business reporting by and between the various management divisions of Oakpoint and its affiliated practices. Prior to joining Oakpoint, Greg spent four years as CFO of Royal Oak Dental group, which is now also affiliated with Oakpoint. Greg has over 25 years of Accounting and Financial management experience, serving as a member of the leadership team for several companies in various industries including Lighting and Electronics, Healthcare Technology, and Publishing.

Sanjay Rajak is the Lead API Engineer at sikka.ai. He is responsible for establishing new technologies and architectural design patterns for Sikka API & consumption. He delivers the overall technical solution for Sikka API partners with related platforms and areas.

30+ years experience in the Dental Industry. Before joining Sikka Amyn worked for Henry Schein in Sales and Marketing. Current role at Sikka is to help Partners Onboard onto the Sikka Platform.

Mini Suri, a brilliant contributor to the tech industry, is an innovative trailblazer in AI/ML/NLP Automation and an advocate for the betterment of others. Mini’s deep experience and creative inspiration have led VELMENI to the forefront of AI healthcare through predictive and analytical artificial intelligence in dentistry. VELMENI’s platform is evolving as the standard-bearer for dental practices.

Mini has acted as Chief Customer Officer at KORE.ai, head of IA for Uber, and Senior Vice President at Citi. With an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School, she provides VELMENI with deep-tech strategy, financial skills, and hands-on operational management. A doer and problem-solver, Mini leads product development, raises capital, fosters a high-performance culture, and is building the most talented team in the industry.

As a Board Member at TiE Silicon Valley and throughout her career, Mini has brought big-picture thinking to foster technology entrepreneurship, youth engagement, and women’s leadership initiatives—including The Hunger Project to eradicate world hunger and establish women as a force for change-making. This includes establishing the first robotics and STEM education for girls.

Mini holds membership at CHIEF and advisory role at Women in DSO.

Elisa Thompson has over 25 years of hands-on marketing experience. She was the sole marketing manager for multiple animal health companies, managing the companion animal lines worth over $400M annually. Elisa also brings marketing insight from a human health perspective as she has a wealth of experience in both diagnostics and the home healthcare market. She also has extensive marketing research and data that supports her strategies to improve profits and foster client loyalty. Elisa also toured the US, partaking in CE seminars teaching vet owners how to better market their business. She prides herself in the training she received while working for the #1 marketer in the world, Coca-Cola North America. There she leveraged, developed, and implemented effective promotions to broaden brand image and to build relationships with customers and consumers. Currently, Elisa is a Juris Doctor candidate. Elisa also serves on multiple Boards, including one focused on domestic violence and the other on fighting homelessness.