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A Forbes Top 50 Global CMO, Alex has served as Chief Marketing Officer across four high-growth technology companies, bringing 25+ years of experience driving transformational growth across SaaS, AI, and IoT, from ambitious startups to Fortune 500 corporations. He has held senior marketing leadership roles at Samsara, Motorola Solutions, Avigilon, Axon, Hikvision, and HERE Technologies, among others, consistently delivering pipeline growth and scaling revenue at every stage. Alex’s expertise spans strategic Go-to-Market, demand generation, brand stewardship, and category creation, enabling companies to build high-performing marketing organizations and expand into global markets. He holds an MBA from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a Bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University.

Since 2019, George Thangadurai has served as a founding partner at Avataar Venture Partners, a growth-stage venture capital firm with over $1B AUM. He is an angel investor and advises early-stage startup companies. George also currently serves on the boards of Chef Robotics, Inc., an AI-powered robotics company, Chalo Mobility Ltd., an international transportation technology company, and Sonim Technologies Ltd., a publicly listed IoT solutions company. From September 2020 to October 2023, George served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Heal Software, Inc., an AIOps company. From November 2014 to December 2020, Mr. Thangadurai was EVP and Head of Global Business at Borqs Technologies, Inc., an E2E IoT solutions company, where he played a key role in its listing on Nasdaq. Earlier in his career, Mr. Thangadurai held various executive, board director and advisor roles, including roles at Mobiliya Technologies (acquired by Quest Global), BR.Droid (Brazil), VitalTech, and spent over two decades at Intel Corporation in multiple senior leadership positions, including GM of PC Services, GM of Strategy & Product Management for the Mobile PC Group and member of the Intel Capital Investments Board. He has 6 USA patents and 2 IEEE publications. George holds a MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, RI, USA.

Prathamesh Adhikari is the Chief Marketing Officer at Intangles. He brings over 16 years of experience across strategic marketing, business strategy, digital transformation, sales, and key account management, having worked with organizations such as Michelin, Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Metso Minerals, and Atlas Copco across India, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. At Intangles, he leads the marketing function with a focus on strengthening market positioning, shaping go-to-market strategy, and accelerating growth across global mobility and fleet intelligence markets.