Sarah Guo
Naveen Rao
Naveen Rao is corporate vice president and general manager of the Artificial Intelligence Products Group at Intel Corporation.
Trained as both a computer architect and neuroscientist, Dr. Rao joined Intel in 2016 with the acquisition of Nervana Systems. As chief executive officer and co-founder of Nervana, he led the company to become a recognized leader in the deep learning field. Before founding Nervana in 2014, Rao was a neuromorphic machines researcher at Qualcomm Inc., where he focused on neural computation and learning in artificial systems. Rao’s earlier career included engineering roles at Kealia Inc., CALY Networks and Sun Microsystems Inc.
Rao earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University, then spent a decade as a computer architect before going on to earn a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Brown University
Emily Watkins
Scott Holmstrom
Torsten Stocker
Torsten Stocker is the COO of the Lifestyle Division. He has lived and worked in Asia since 1996. Prior to joining Thakral, he was a partner at management consulting firms AT Kearney and Monitor Group (now: Monitor Deloitte) respectively, advising beauty and other consumer goods brands as well as financial and strategic investors in China and Asia.
