Mr. Brian Bordley

• Partner, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
• Start up Operator Expert & Venture Capitalist
• Founder, 3D Printing Company, Eucl3D

Dr. Kris Panijpan

Managing Partner, 9Basil Group

Dr. Chinawut Chinaprayoon

Executive Vice President, Digital Ecosystem Promotion Unit (DEPA)

Mr. Nathan Trueblood

Nathan Trueblood is a software and technology entrepreneur and founder with over 30+ years of product development experience.

Early in his career he pioneered software-as-a-service applications by creating the first online energy analytics & billing service for large enterprises and electric utilities. He later helped businesses unlock insight from massive amounts of data by co-founding a cloud computing software company and leading product management at Yahoo for big data. He later served as an executive at Box.com, guiding the platform engineering strategy for file storage, cloud infrastructure, analytics and content management.

Nathan is a leader in scaling both technology and teams and has served in executive roles at EMC, Yahoo, Western Digital, Mirantis and most recently at Box.com. Nathan is also a beekeeper - taking inspiration from nature's sweetest distributed system: the beehive.

Ms. Riddhi Khanna

Riddhi is the director of Bliss Aerospace Components, her company manufactures fasteners and component parts for the aerospace industry in India and Globally. She did her undergrad in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Durham University and her masters at Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. She began her career in public policy. Here, she saw a huge gap that existed between politics and reality and moved to the private sector where she has worked in the aerospace industry and in early stage venture capital in India. She then moved on to investing at Berkeley SkyDeck before moving back to India. She is passionate about technologies that challenge the status quo in legacy industries. Riddhi loves cooking and exploring different cuisines, she is a passionate scuba diver and an avid traveller.

Mr. Sorakrit Phruthanontachai

Sorakrit Phruthanontachai is a highly accomplished technology leader and corporate entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience spearheading digital innovation within the banking sector. He seamlessly blends a systematic, data-driven methodology with a passion for cutting-edge technologies, encompassing AI, Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, APIs, and more. This combination enables him to effectively guide impactful solutions through their entire lifecycle, from initial ideation to successful implementation.

As Senior Vice President, Technology Division at Bangkok Bank PCL, Sorakrit leads cross-functional teams tasked with the development and deployment of state-of-the-art digital banking solutions. His responsibilities extend to overseeing the bank’s IT strategic planning, delivery, and operations. Throughout his tenure, Sorakrit has consistently exhibited an exceptional aptitude for managing large-scale projects and adeptly navigating intricate technological terrains. He is a proponent for agile methodologies and design thinking principles, actively cultivating a culture that thrives on innovation and embraces experimentation.

Ms. Pattrarat Tangnisaitrong

Pattrarat is an expert in impact startup development, winning multiple national startup competitions. She is the founder of a local entrepreneur incubation program and a judge for MassChallenge Switzerland, mentoring startups on sustainable growth.