Chandana Gopal is Research Director for IDC Business Analytics Solutions market research and advisory practice. Ms. Gopal's core research coverage includes demand and supply trends in business intelligence advanced and predictive analytics, and enterprise performance management markets. Based on her background in integration and analytics, Ms. Gopal's research includes a particular emphasis on how analytics is being embedded into software applications, how artificial intelligence is being embedded into business analytics software, and how end users requirements are driving technology design.
Madhu Kochar is the Vice President of Product Management in IBM's Data and AI business unit. She leads the large portfolio of Watson AI application and Data platform. Over the last few years, Madhu distinguished herself by successfully establishing a world-class engineering and service delivery that transformed IBM analytics business on the IBM public and private cloud. She has extensive experience in software development, devOps, DataOps, Hybrid cloud, Machine Learning and AI. In 2012, Madhu was named one of the outstanding executive women from Silicon Valley and a recipient of the prestigious Tribute to Women (TWIN) award, a recognition of her role as a women executive and an inspiration for other women in technology fields. Madhu has also represented IBM in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) summit panels and is on the IBM corporate Asian Council. She also leads the local IBM Women Charter whose goal is to grow the next generation of leaders. Madhu is based in San Jose, California.