Panel Discussion – Converged Edge Architectures for Connected Intelligence

Vijay Bellam, Chief Technology Officer at Sify Technologies

Prasad Adem, Vice President, Sales & Solutions Engineering, HPE

Samaresh Kumar Singh, Principal Engineer, HP

Tom Bradicich, PhD, Chief Product Officer & CTO Arete Advisors, Chairman of IoT Community Advisory Board

10 Jun 2026

10:00 - 10:40

Keynote Room

Panel Discussion – Converged Edge Architectures for Connected Intelligence

Session Abstract:

This session will focus on the realities of deploying AI at the edge, including systems design, data movement, operational constraints, architecture trade-offs, and the shift from experimentation to reliable execution.

Discussion themes:

converged edge architectures
integrating AI inference with edge compute
private 5G and distributed infrastructure
orchestration between edge and cloud
enabling real-time operational intelligence

Speakers:

Dr. Tom Bradicich, Chairman of the IoT Community Board of Advisors, is currently Chief Product Officer and CTO at Arete, where he leads teams in the US and India, heading AI and software development for forensics, response, and ransomware management products. Tom is creating another new product category in cyber risk, ransomware negotiation and compliance workflow platforms. He incepted and leads Arete’s Business Case Process, IP Program, and corporate AI adoption. Tom is on the Board of Directors of Sify Technologies (SIFY) and Sify Infinite Spaces, public NW and AI cloud service providers, and served on the Board of Aspen Technology (AZPN), a public industrial AI software company. And, served on the Advisory Boards of Avathon (formerly SparkCognition), an AI SW company start-up, and NetZen, a NW silicon start-up. Tom began his career at IBM, where he was an IBM Fellow, VP, Distinguish Engineer, and Server CTO. At National Instruments, an operational technologies (OT) and controls company, he served as an NI Fellow, pioneering Big Analog Data™ solutions. While at HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Tom held various roles including VP, HPE Fellow, Global Head of Edge & IoT Software Labs, and General Manager. As GM, he led the global business unit, Servers and Edge Systems and Software, with P&L, worldwide sales, R&D, and customer experience ownership. Opening three global HPE Innovation Labs (Texas, Singapore, and Geneva), and exceeding sales quotes by achieving revenue growth of over $250M. Tom’s business unit was the fastest growing and highest quality in HPE. Tom and his team developed and launched dozens of systems and software products, such as first-of-a-kind as-a-Service (aaS) software for cloud managed remote infrastructure, edge-as-a-service, and converged IT/Operational Technologies (OT). He led teams in the creation of several new product categories such as notebook computers, smartphones (IBM Simon™), Hyperconverged Infrastructure, HCI (IBM BladeCenter™), Converged Edge Systems & Sofware (HPE Edgeline™), and OT and edge management software and platforms (HPE OTLink). Tom’s teams designed and launched the first 64 bit enterprise ARM server, the first x86 server with on-chip graphics, and IBM’s first prototype laptop computer. He incepted and directed the HPE Channel-to-Edge Institute partner program, and led company-wide strategies, venture/M&A assessments, and led HPE’s first corporate IoT & edge strategy. Tom holds several US patents, writing the book “The 1st Mover”, and founded the charity, sockrelief.com, serving the homeless and children in need. See full bio/CV at Linkedin/in/TomBradicichPhD.

Samaresh Kumar Singh is a Principal Engineer at HP Inc. with over 21 years of experience in designing and building large-scale distributed systems, Edge AI/ML platforms, and intelligent orchestration frameworks. He currently leads key initiatives in edge computing, including distributed AI systems, explainability frameworks, and secure, scalable AI infrastructure. Samaresh is an IEEE Senior Member and an active contributor to the research community, with multiple publications in Edge AI, distributed security, and agentic systems. His work focuses on enabling real-time, trustworthy, and production-ready AI systems across industrial and IoT environments.

Rao is a co-founder of Aizen and leads enterprise customer engagements, bringing 30+ years of experience as a technologist and entrepreneur designing mission-critical AI, BI, and transaction systems for global enterprises. He previously co-founded Esgyn, an enterprise big data platform, where he led product architecture and strategy as a key executive helping scale the company while serving Fortune 100 customers. Earlier, Rao was a Senior Data Management Architect at Hewlett-Packard, leading workload management architecture for a Massively Parallel Enterprise Data Warehouse platform. His engineering career also includes foundational roles at Compaq and Tandem Computers, pioneers in fault-tolerant and parallel computing. Rao holds an M.S. in Computer Science.

Vijay Bellam is the Chief Technology Officer at Sify Technologies which is one of India’s leading integrated ICT solutions and digital infrastructure providers, delivering services across Network, Data Center, Cloud, and Digital transformation domains. The company operates a nationwide fiber network, hyperscale and edge data centers, managed cloud platforms, and comprehensive digital services supporting enterprises across Verticals. Sify enables organizations to accelerate their digital and AI transformation journeys through secure connectivity, AI ready hosting, scalable infrastructure, cybersecurity, managed services, and next-generation AI-ready platforms. Before joining Sify Technologies Vijay held key Product and Solutions Engineering development and leadership roles at Hewlett Packard where he was part Tandem Non Stop Kernel, Neoview a Data Warehouse SQL Engine development, He was instrumental in defining strategy/roadmap and driving Solution development in technology areas such as Big Data, Media/Telco, Mobile workspace, ARM64, Web and Cloud Solutions leveraging hyper dense server technology such as HP Moonshot servers, HP Converged Infrastructure, pan HP IP like Vertica, Autonomy and ISV partnerships where there were gaps. He is highly experienced in working with partner and ISV eco system in driving innovative solutions

Prasad Adem, Vice President, Sales & Solutions Engineering, HPE