Speakers

Avijit is the senior vice president for strategy and global business development at Wind River, responsible for shaping the company’s strategic direction and long-term vision. Previously, he served as president of Wind River, overseeing the company’s global business. Before that, he was the chief product officer, where he led product strategy, product management, commercial partnerships and industry solutions. He joined Wind River from Microsoft, where he most recently served as general manager for Azure Mobility, enabling the digital transformation of automotive OEMs toward building connected and autonomous driving vehicles. Prior to that, he was senior director of corporate business development for IoT and intelligent edge. His team was responsible for strategy, partnerships, investments and acquisitions in intelligent edge, IoT, automotive, manufacturing, energy, smart buildings and cities, and autonomous systems (vehicles, robotics and drones). Over his 20+ year Microsoft career, he served in a range of leadership roles responsible for product development in Azure, Office, Windows and Microsoft Research across personal, mobile and cloud computing. He holds several patents for productivity and platform software. He has a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, a master's in mechanical engineering from Clemson University and an MBA from Seattle University.