Ravigopal Vennelakanti

Ravigopal Vennelakanti serves as the VP and Chief Innovation Strategist of the Big Data and Analytics Solutions Lab at Hitachi America, Ltd., a position held since April 2018. With extensive experience in the field, Vennelakanti has held several leadership roles within Hitachi, focusing on transforming industry solutions through emerging technologies and strategic collaboration with clients. Previous positions include Director of the Emerging Technology Group at Hewlett-Packard and Chief Technologist for Best Shore Services/Americas, enhancing integration between research and development. Vennelakanti's career also features roles at BP, Ricoh Corp Americas, One Touch Knowledge System, IBM, Frontier Software, and the Center for Development of Advanced Computing. An early education background is noted at Kendriya Vidyalaya.