Nitish John

Nitish John currently serves as the Director of Software Engineering in R&D at Johnson & Johnson Vision, a position held since May 2022. Prior to this role, Nitish was an Engineering Leader at Rockwell Automation from May 2020 to May 2022, and completed a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz in September 2020. Nitish's extensive experience includes leadership roles such as Director of Software System Design for Cloud & Machine Learning at AMD (2017-2019), Director of Software Strategy and Engineering for IoT, Embedded, Machine Learning & Cloud at Inventec (2016-2017), and Senior Manager roles focused on IAM, mobile security, and cloud security at BlackBerry and Good Technology. Academic credentials include an ongoing Stanford Executive Program in Business Management, Finance & Strategic Leadership, a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation & Control Engineering from Gujarat University.