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EDITOR’S NOTE ..... No substitutes! How do most successful companies deal with their businesses? How do companies grow step by step? One of the many ways to maintaining a successful business is a steady customer base, ability to resist market uncertainties, and the right people to innovate and grow the business. A successful company typically sees reasonable amount of profit from its loyal customers. Adding the fact that the cost of attracting new customers is significantly more than that of maintaining a relationship with existing ones, and you have a powerful incentive to keep that core group of customers happy. Yet too many businesses neglect this loyal customer base in search of new customers. But on the other side, successfully tapping a whole new customer base is as important as taking care of your loyal customers, and business leaders should learn the art of balancing the both. If your business goal is to live long and prosper, maintain your loyal customers and successfully tap new ones, then any efforts toward building reliable services, constant innovation, extensive market research, and service customization at large will certainly pay off. And how to do it you ask? Here we present you the 30 exceptional and fastest growing Asian brands which are helping companies to stand still in fierce competition. The Silicon Review ‘30 Fastest Growing Companies in Asia 2019’ recognizes organizations that are dedicated to sustaining high-trust cultures among their customers. These companies are distinguished by their extraordinary levels of trust, pride, and technology know-how. Putting their customers first is a key priority for these companies. Success recognized to the fullest! Best VISHNU VARDHAN KULKARNI, Managing Editor, The Silicon Review [email protected] DECEMBER 2019 5

CONTENTS ASIA SPECIAL DECEMBER 2019 08 A top-notch provider for procuring precious metals: TANAKA Precious Metals 10 Isao HIRANO, Director & Senior Corporate Officer 12 14 Crossing New Geographies: Epic Designers Limited, a Vertically Integrated Garment 16 Manufacturing Multinational Conglomerate, Plans to Further Expand into International Territories 18 Ranjan Mahtani, Founder & Chairman 20 24 KORDIA SOLUTIONS– The critical network infrastructure specialists 26 Hamish Guild, CEO 28 WMK Architecture: Pioneers of innovative design Greg Barnett, MD 32 34 Mixpanel: Grow our business by learning why users convert, engage, and retain 36 Amir Movafaghi, CEO 38 BuildingIQ: Building Energy and Operating Intelligence 40 Michael Nark, CEO & Executive Director 42 Providing people with a more secure and safe device: CommuniTake Technologies Ronen Sasson, Co-founder & CEO Ant Financial – Bringing small and beautiful changes in the field of finance Eric Jing, Chairman & CEO TESSA THERAPEUTICS: Cure Cancer and Save Lives with Innovative and Widely Accessible Immunotherapies Andrew Khoo, CEO & Co-founder In First Confab, Votary Softech Solutions Founder and CEO, Sanjay Kamtam Says Rooted-Determination for Quality from Day one Helps Company not Just with Minimising Post Development Glitches, but also Standout among its Competitors Sanjay Kamtam, Founder & CEO Streamline your retail operations with a highly scalable, deep image analytics platform: Graymatics Abhijit Shanbhag, President & CEO Elevating Companies through Cloud-Infrastructure: Dolomite Finance Limited Kris Ho, VP Nearex – Making digital payments affordable and accessible Mayank Sharma, CEO “VIGILANTE HACKING: LUCIDEUS TECH” Saket Modi, CEO Sunseap: powering your home and business with solar energy Frank Phuan, CEO & Executive Director InfoTrie– Leveraging Big Data technologies to next level Frederic Georjon, CEO

44 Moneythor– Making digital financial services more relevant to get great financial insights 46 Olivier Berthier, Co-founder & CEO 48 INFI revolutionizes human-machine interaction by translating individual personalities into code 50 Yoram Kraus, Founder & CEO 52 A Company Focused On Enabling Financial Inclusion in Agriculture In An Era of Climate Change: SatSure 54 Prateep Basu, Co-founder & CEO 56 World Leader In Computer Vision Solutions For Retail: TRAX 58 Joel Bar-El, Co-founder & CEO 60 62 CKP Hospitality Consultants: Firing up the oven since ‘85 64 Alburn S. William, CEO 66 68 Derek Haoyang Li, Squirrel AI Learning Intelligent Adaptive Education by Yixue Group 70 Founder: ‘We Created an AI-Powered Virtual Tutor Engine, which Diagnoses and Remediates Each Individual Student’s Knowledge Gaps in Real-Time While a Student is Learning and Practicing’ Derek Haoyang Li, Founder ADVANCE. AI: ADVANCE WITH INTELLIGENCE FOR A BETTER LIFE Jefferson Chen, CEO HAKOVO– Simplifying cross-border trade through the digital platform Takayuki Akahodani, Founder & CEO Payswiff Solutions: SHAPING GLOBAL PAYMENTS, ONE TRANSACTION AT A TIME Prabhu Ram, MD & Group CEO CtrlShift – Where Digital Advertising Becomes Streamlined, Intelligent and Transparent Dominic Powers, CEO TenX: Cryptocurrency Usability Brought to a Whole New Level Toby Hoenisch, Co-founder & CEO AirTrunk– A place where databuilds tomorrow Robin Khuda, Founder & CEO Moovaz: Moving beyond Moving Mr. Junxian, Co-founder & CEO Pand.ai – Creating the best chatbots in Southeast Asia Chuang Shin Wee, Co-founder & CEO Ronen Sasson, Co-founder & CEO CommuniTake Technologies COVER Pgno.20 STORY

A top-notch provider for procuring precious metals TANAKA Precious Metals The movement to protect the platinum filaments used in light alloy” from TANAKA and Metalor. environment has gained bulbs. Afterwards, we produced We will give form to the TANAKA traction worldwide and micro Profiles for communications brand through a skillful combination switching to or partly using next- device contacts, and other products of steady business development and generation energy sources that do composed primarily of precious active global expansion, with an eye not rely on fossil fuels is becoming metal materials. We have since toward the company we will become an urgent priority. Hydrogen succeeded in productization of in the next 300 years. production technology, which allows gold ultrafine wires for bonding, the use of renewable energy, has sensors for automobiles, catalysts Fostering a culture of garnered attention as well. In Japan, for exhaust gas purification, feedback is crucial to the government has indicated its catalysts for fuel cells, crucibles for the success of every support for achieving a hydrogen- manufacturing sapphire substrates organization. How is this based society, and related research for LEDs, and more, and we have true with your company? is said to be making progress made progress in developing and around the world. TANAKA Precious turning precious metalmaterials TANAKA Precious Metals conducts Metals has been developing into products. business activities that take CSR electrode catalysts for fuel cells into consideration, which includes for years, and it boasts some of What are the services that human rights, the environment, the highest shipment quantities in you offer? safety, hygiene, and ethics. We have the world for electrode catalysts established the “TANAKA Precious used in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Our services include procurement Metals Conduct Charter,” which Cells (PEFCs). PEFCs, which are of precious metals, purification, conforms to the content of the small, lightweight, and offer high development, manufacture, sale, “RBA (formerly EICC)” to meet the output, are used in fuel-cell vehicles, export of precious metals industrial demands of our global customers domestic fuel cells, and so on, and products. We also handle precious- as well as societal expectations. demand is expected to increase. metal assets, products and jewelry In fiscal 2018, we had several of in Japan only. our domestic plants and overseas In conversation with plants be audited by RBA-certified Isao HIRANO Director & What do you feel are Senior Corporate Officer the reasons behind your “The future is of TANAKA Precious company’s growth? precious. We Metals will continue Throughout our long history dealing to pursue the Can you tell your company’s in the materials known as precious potentials of history in brief? metals, the core of TANAKA Precious precious metals Metals has been trust and reliability. and brighten TANAKA Precious Metals was Through our technology, products, the future” founded in 1885 in Tokyo as a services, and employees, we have money-exchange business that met our customers’ needs in an deals in precious metals. Ever effort to serve as a representative since, we have supported society’s of high-quality Japanese brands. development by providing In addition, we welcomed Metalor industrial products made from Technologies International SA, precious metals. In 1907, we which is engaged in the global succeeded in industrializing the refining business, as a group company in 2016, and we have reaffirmed our relationship with our group companies to create a “new 8 DECEMBER 2019

third-party organizations, and we As we are a producer of materials, also underwent customer audits and have implemented corrective we would like to begin planning from measures. Also, in addition to asking our business partners to abide the initial stages of development. At by the “RBA Code of Conduct,” we TANAKA Kikinzoku International continuously conduct compliance (America), we will establish a surveys and provide feedback. We obtained a “Silver” certification marketing role in addition to its from EcoVadis, a supply chain CSR evaluation organization, in its function as a business location, assessment of our initiatives with regards to the environment, society, and we will propose effective ethics, and our supply chain. uses for precious metals for new What will you do for market expansion? How do you markets, including industry- position the US in that? academia and venture We believe that the demand for highly reliable precious metal corporations, starting from materials will continue to rise due to increasing efforts to prevent the new product idea stage. worst-case scenarios, such as the highly accurate LIDAR technology, We are also working on the considered a core technology for automated cars, and the development of “precious highly integrated state-of-the- art semiconductors found in IoT metal precursors for CVD/ devices. Even against this backdrop, the United States is the most ALD” for use in platinum, important market. It has many global manufacturers of consumer products iridium, and other thin Isao HIRANO and many bases for the development film formations to meet the Director & Senior Corporate Officer of cutting-edge technology. Going market demand.SR forward, we will focus on the United States as an industry-leading market Isao HIRANO, Director & Senior Corporate on a global scale for its aeronautical Officer (Global Marketing / R&D Division) and space development market, of TANAKA Precious Metals where reliability is emphasized and funds are plentiful; its automobile Isao Hirano first began working for the company industry, which is on the cusp of a major technological turning point; in the Sales Department. In 2001, he became manager and its medical field, where demand of the Seoul branch after which, in 2006, he became is anticipated for precious metal head of the Western Japan Headquarters. Later, he was materials for use in devices and appointed managing director for distributors while surgical tools. he simultaneously was sales director for the entire Asian region including the ASEAN region as head of the Asian Sales Headquarters. Following positions overseeing operations in the U.S. and Europe, in 2011 he established the R&D-Marketing Division directly under the leadership of the former president. He also held the positions of Head Office managing director and division chief. From 2012 he has been head of the Development Division, overseeing unified management of both the Marketing and Technology Divisions. Under the slogan “Mastering Precious Metals,” we will actively work to tackle environmental issues, energy policy, and environmental pollution policy through research and development focused on precious metals as well as business activities that provide a stable supply thereof. DECEMBER 2019 9

Crossing New Geographies: Epic Designers Limited, a Vertically Integrated Garment Manufacturing Multinational Conglomerate, Plans to Further Expand into International Territories “The tremendous growth of Epic Group over the past few decades can be attributed to three broad pillars: commitment to sustainability, improvements in manufacturing and solid personal connections with all stakeholders.” Today’s consumers, especially more than 25,000 employees who What challenges did you face millennials, are increasingly produce nearly 90 million garments in your initial years? What can concerned and influenced annually. your peers learn from it? by companies’ accountability and initiatives around sustainability. Ranjan Mahtani, During the initial years, one of the Whether it is because they follow Epic Designers Limited biggest challenges would be to #gogreen, #meaningfulchange, Founder and Chairman, zero-in on the location of setting #tcktcktck on social media or because spoke exclusively to up new manufacturing facilities. of the growing understanding that The Silicon Review. Apart from the in-depth knowledge climate change is a real threat to Below is an excerpt. of each region’s assets, including humans in the near future. This quality, availability and cost of labor, has manifested itself in the fashion How successful was your first infrastructure, and manufacturing industry with a new trend towards project? Share the experience. standards, there also needed a fair bit ‘slow fashion’. of foresight to strategically analyze In 1984, Epic Group, through one of its where the industry is headed. Now more than ever, consumers are subsidiaries, became one of the first curious about where their clothes international garment manufacturers My advice to peers would be to were made and under what conditions. to establish a presence in Bangladesh. remember each region has its certain The slow fashion movement promises Starting with a small team procuring type of expertise. However, as factors to be the opposite of the fast fashion silk garments on behalf of US-based change, so does the industry. A trend (inexpensive clothing produced customers, it became the largest thorough understanding is needed for rapidly by mass-market retailers buying office in Bangladesh with initial & continuing success. in response to the latest trends) revenues of US$100 million in the by delivering sustainably procured early 1990s. “Earning trust and respect and produced clothing to mindful of consumers all around the consumers. Instead of the never- What kind of responses world is through consistent ending sale offerings due to rapidly have you received from your focus on delivering high changing trends. Slow fashion items consumers over the years? quality in all of our actions.” are designed to be sustainable, How have they motivated you How do you interpret this functional, durable and stylish. to shape your offerings/grow statement? the company? In light of this, we’re thrilled to present This statement truly reflects the Epic Designers Limited. Our customers play a critical role sentiments of all individuals who throughout our value chain. We strive represent Epic. It is the recognition The company designs, manufactures to listen to our customers and create of Epic’s unique combination in and distributes a wide range of solutions that add value to them – this manufacturing excellence, including apparel for men, ladies, and kids. Epic also helps us evolve. Over the years, we state-of-the-art physical infrastructure, mainly serves customers in the United have constantly been acknowledged process-oriented work culture helmed States, Europe & North Asia. as industry leaders, especially in by a highly experienced management terms of product development, the team, continuous focus on productivity Headquartered in Hong Kong, Epic use of leading technology, first-rated improvements and innovation, and Group started its operations in 1971. attention to quality, and a culture of a highly engaged and motivated Today, the company operates 16 continuous improvement. workforce. This unique combination world-class manufacturing facilities of factors has been the key to EPIC’s globally, overseeing the welfare of growth to date, resulting in our drive 10 DECEMBER 2019

of exceptional operating metrics and be attributed to three broad pillars: Ranjan Mahtani making us one of the fastest-growing Commitment to sustainability, constant Founder & Chairman garment manufacturers in Asia. improvements in manufacturing through process re-engineering and automation, Ranjan Mahtani Fostering a culture of feedback and building solid personal connections A Charismatic is crucial to the success of every with all stakeholders encouraging a Entrepreneur organization. How is this true healthy professional culture among with your company? everyone working within the group. Ranjan Mahtani is an Epic has always strived for a work culture Do you have any new products industry veteran with over that places open and direct communication ready to be launched? 35 years of experience. at its very center. Realizing the need for He worked with several periodic feedback, Epic encourages an Employing the use of cutting-edge big players in the apparel “open door” policy with 360 degree of solutions, our design offices are industry as an intern before feedback across all levels and are working strategically located in New York, London, starting Epic operations out of together to set up more avenues to and Hong Kong. These design offices Bangladesh. encourage feedback and discussions. work together with leading apparel brands, combining many years of industry Mr. Mahtani earned a degree in How do you manage to resist/ experience to look through the latest Economics. serve the needs of a highly fashion trends and come up with new volatile market? designs for our customers striving to “We continually strive to always stay ahead of the market. develop new technologies Constant Innovation, more specifically in the field of garment product development, is a key As a question on sustainability, manufacturing that will differentiator that helps us stand out where do you see your company a effectively help us reduce from our competition. Understanding couple of years from now? our environmental the customer is key. We truly believe that footprint while delivering product development is the core of a Sustainability is at the heart of what we do, next-generation solutions successful industry, and the capability of from the head office to the manufacturing for the future.” doing so stems from very effective market plants. We take great pride in our role surveillance. While technology enhances to support industries, governments, and our capability of providing the most citizens around the world to achieve the customer-demanded products in an ever- greatest advancements economically, efficient way, it is a matter of integration socially, and environmentally. Being in the and utilization of the technology business of manufacturing apparel, we empowerment to understand the market quickly discovered that we could improve and engagement of our customers beyond and touch lives across our versatile their expectations. demographics. Our mission and values guide us in our purpose to focus on what What do you think is the biggest is important and to progress in economic asset for your organization, and growth, social inclusion, environmental why? protection, physical and digital safety, and living conditions. To this end, we choose At EPIC, we firmly believe that the biggest business partners who match our level of asset for the organization is our people. We commitment and drive towards building take immense pride in the core EPIC values a better world. Epic Group is a proud that are engrained within each individual and active member of the Better Cotton working across different function lines and Initiative (BCI), which is the world’s largest believe that we can always add value to our non-profit organization working to secure customers through consistently exceeding a more sustainable future for the cotton expectations and by asking the right sector. Through innovative technological questions to provide an end-to-end supply developments for sustainable washing and chain experience. zero-discharge finishing, we continually strive to develop new technologies in What do you feel are the reasons the field of garment manufacturing behind your company’s growth? that will effectively help us reduce our environmental footprint while delivering The tremendous growth that Epic has next-generation solutions for the future.SR seen over the past few decades can

KORDIA SOLUTIONS– The critical network infrastructure specialists “Kordia has the ‘know-how’, capability, systems, technologies and people to handle a wide range of project requirements – across many sectors.” Asignificant security challenge Innovative design, advanced suppliers. Kordia’s disciplines in the modern data center performance tools, and the latest and specialties include civil and is a service provider technologies are the main tools of structural: infrastructure environment that the firm. These are what Kordia involves the timely patching of uses to evaluate and analyze your • Tower vulnerable systems with a minimum telecommunications network needs • Radiofrequency (wireless of downtime and collateral damage. to find the right solution for your Most current patching solutions for business. Reducing the total cost of systems and spectrum usage) operating systems, applications, ownership, the company builds the • Fiber and optical network functions, and other whole telecommunications network • Copper software systems rely on highly around a cutting-edge fault and • Electrical and power. imperfect processes to identify task management platform. This an inventory of target systems means the whole network gets full The firm understands the accurately. attention. No job is too large or too operational challenges faced by our small, too remote or too obscure. customers, where network uptime One such firm which is specialized Kordia has coverage right across is critical and budgets are often in critical network infrastructure Australasia and is on call 24/7 to locked in. As a vendor-independent is Kordia Solutions. It is an end respond to network faults. partner the company’s focus in to end telecommunications, on delivering the best technology communications, broadcast, and Ultimate products and solution to fit your project’s quality, infrastructure service provider. services furnished by time and budget challenges, Kordia’s engineers, technicians, Kordia without prejudice. The engineers riggers, and project specialists have and consultants are skilled in the experience and skills required Network Design & writing telecommunications design to design, deploy and maintain Engineering specifications, developing high- critical networks and infrastructure. level designs, detailed designs, Kordia Solutions is an Australasian Kordia is recognized as a leader and providing project governance, company with more than 600 in engineering design by the implementation, and integration staff. The experts work on both telecommunications services and services. sides of the Tasman, are highly contracting industry. Their talented skilled in the design, deployment, in-house design and engineering Radio Frequency Systems maintenance, and operation of teams draw from experience gained telecommunications networks and from international equipment Kordia’s software tools are regularly solutions. updated with new technology releases and base planning data to ensure the accuracy and integrity “We are industry and externally accredited to the highest levels.” 12 DECEMBER 2019

of designs. Kordia also owns its own and stakeholders. Successful site design certifier to the Australasian propagation measurement systems mobile carrier industry. for most of the significant wireless acquisition and effective designs bands – one can ensure the best are key to project success and total Their network lifecycle approach possible prediction accuracy for all costs of ownership, which is why helps its customers to: wireless designs, and help minimize • Reduce the complexity of potential prediction errors. they offer complete management of Greenfield, co-location and planning, deployment, and The company helps its clients with: upgrades across macro, small cells maintenance processes • RF and capacity planning whilst and in-building solutions. Kordia’s • Introduce production national SAED team comprises highly management methodologies for working within existing network experienced property, town planning high volume tasks topology and infrastructure and engineering design staff – all • Ensure the quality of new constraints equipment deployments • Network optimization based on of which are able to provide either • Integrate newly-acquired assets network performance statistical stand-alone specific SAED services into networks analysis and drive test analysis or fully integrate the SAED function • Decommission and remove • Parameter and configuration into wider projects and programs to equipment for redeployment or audit and Modeling offer complete end-to-end solutions obsolescence • Network feature testing and for both wireless and fixed network implementation. deployments. The firm has been recognized as • Design expertise a leader in engineering design in 5G Technology the telecommunications services Saed - Site Acquisition, and contracting industry. Their Environment & Design While the specifications of the fifth experienced and skilled team of generation of mobile networks are consultants, engineers, technicians, At Kordia, the firm understands still to be finalized, 5G is the next big and project managers understand the the site acquisition phase often evolution in mobile technology. The demands in deploying complex mobile holds the least certainty, yet introduction of 5G means that radical solutions to meet the ubiquitous influences all dependent activities network re-engineering is required coverage and capacity goals.SR from all three of Australia’s mobile networks. Kordia is a civil design contractor and approved structural The formidable leader behind the success of KORDIA SOLUTIONS Hamish Guild serves as the CEO of KORDIA SOLUTIONS. He has extensive experience running large scale national projects, service, and engineering organizations. A passionate leader, he loves driving people development, great customer service and shareholder value. Hamish Guild, CEO DECEMBER 2019 13

WMK Architecture: Pioneers of innovative design Architecture is a passion, a WMK's award-winning sustainable SUSTAINABILITY FACTOR vocation, a calling – as well design expertise delivers OF WMK as a science and a business. innovative, commercially-viable It has been described as a social solutions developed from a holistic WMK is a market leader in art and also an artful science. perspective. They push the envelope sustainable design. It applies Architecture must be of the highest in this emerging field and are sustainability principles to a range quality of design. Architecture deliver ground-breaking solutions of projects, from master planning provides, in the words of Marcus that continue to inspire. As well as and new developments through Vitruvius, the great Roman architect being experts in design, WMK has to the refurbishment and re- and historian, “firmness, commodity a detailed knowledge of WH&S and positioning of existing assets and and delight.” Architecture provides access and egress requirements, interior fit-outs. They work closely a sense of place and support and have policies and procedures with our clients to provide an of all types of human activity. in place to ensure these issues are integrated sustainability approach Architecture helps the man-made fit thoroughly considered during the that creates enduring benefits. in harmony with the environment design process. The company also WMK’s work is award winning for while promoting health and well- has a detailed quality management its approach to sustainability. The being, enriching lives aesthetically system in place that follows the company understands common and spiritually, providing economic guidelines of AS/NZS ISO9000-2006 rating tools, the range of available opportunities, and creating a legacy to ensure high-quality outcomes for materials and finishes and that reflects and symbolizes culture its clients. interaction between the interior fit- and traditions. out and base building and apply this “Our commitment understanding to ensure the most WMK is a dynamic, award-winning to every project appropriate sustainability outcome. firm that has gained a reputation for drives design delivering value and results through excellence and They have developed easy-to-use innovative design, responsive delivers creative processes and documents, such as a performance, and intelligent solutions with materials database, that facilitates commercial solutions. It provides vision, backed by the integration of sustainability comprehensive architectural, smart strategies principles. Its holistic approach interior design, strategic facilities and balanced by considers not only environmental planning, and corporate branding sustainability but the social services to a wide spectrum of human, contextual and economic sustainability of business and lifestyle clients. WMK's qualities.” all organisations. This holistic understanding of corporate identity approach, coupled with WMK’s and brand in the built environment understanding of corporate identity, underpins our approach with each ensures a sustainability approach of our clients on every project.With that is tailored for your organisation offices in Sydney, Melbourne and and offers long-term benefits. Brisbane and associated offices in New Zealand and India, their SERVICES OFFERED BY team of architects and interior THE COMPANY designers are each specialists in their respective fields. They are STRATEGY supported by an integrated network of the industry's latest technology WMK can help your organisation in flexible, interactive studio reach exceptional outcomes environments. through smart solutions. WMK offers a PhD-level understanding 14 DECEMBER 2019

Meet the formidable director and the driving force behind WMK, Greg Barnett Throughout his extensive career, Greg has designed and managed the delivery of award- winning architectural and interiors project throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea, including office buildings, luxury hotels and resorts, and industrial developments. His skill in strategy and master planning complex facilities is matched by his insightful commercial input on every project. Greg Barnett, MD of environments, productivity and unique workplace that reflects the needs and drivers, define your self-identity and can facilitate a client’s ethos and culture. positioning and target market, and whole range of strategy projects - identify opportunities for you. from master planning, to education INTERIOR DESIGN strategy, workplace strategy, or DESIGN design strategy. It focuses on achieving our clients' goals through experienced strategic The creative phase brings ARCHITECTURE thinking, award-winning interior together vision, experience, concepts, viable sustainability and industry and technical They provide award-winning initiatives, and brand integration in knowledge. It shares its concepts architectural services to a wide the built environment. as it develops the design in an spectrum of business and lifestyle exciting, collaborative process clients. The company’s architectural STRATEGY AND with you and other specialist projects not only stand the test of APPROACH THAT IS consultants. time - it is also known to push the FOLLOWED BY WMK envelope in sustainable design and IN EXECUTING ITS DOCUMENTATION deliver ground-breaking solutions PROJECTS that continue to inspire. Once the design principles They take a consultative approach are clear and agreed, it’ll BRAND IN THE BUILT and follow a clear process – at each resolve final details and prepare ENVIRONMENT step listening to your requirements the drawings, schedules and and direction as they progress the written documents necessary The company specialises in design to deliver highly innovative for council approvals, consultant understanding environmental built environments tailored to your coordination, competitive psychology to maximise the specific brief. The process allows tendering and efficient potential of your brand in the flexibility but includes checkpoints construction. built environment – aligning to ensure we are all aligned going user behaviour, company forward. DELIVERY culture and market position to improve operational efficiency, DISCOVERY The translation from design into staff performance, and overall the built environment is monitored company efficiency. It is an expert The initial phase is all about closely during the building phase, in manifesting a client’s brand in understanding. They establish your guiding quality and accuracy on the built environment to create a site to deliver award-winning outcomes.SR DECEMBER 2019 15

Mixpanel: Grow our business by learning why users convert, engage, and retain Business analytics is the 2009 and is based in San Francisco, TARGETED MESSAGES & process of collating, sorting, California. It is backed by Y EXPERIMENTS processing, and studying business data, and using statistical Combinator, and its list of investors Mixpanel helps you find the users models and iterative methodologies includes Andreessen Horowitz, Max you should target to drive changes to transform data into business Levchin and Keith Rabois. In April in your KPIs, and provides the insights. The goal of business 2018, founder and CEO Suhail Doshi tools to execute. Nudge users with analytics is to determine which announced he would step down targeted messages or A/B tests datasets are useful and how they based on real-time behaviors, and can be leveraged to solve problems and become chairman of the board. then track the impact in Mixpanel. and increase efficiency, productivity, He was replaced as CEO by Amir Determine the exact users you’d and revenue. Sophisticated Movafaghi. like to target with a message or an data, quantitative analysis, and experiment, based on behavioral mathematical models are all BEHAVIORAL ANALYTICS data, like watching a video, or employed by business analysts to abandoning a cart, and demographic engineer solutions for data-driven Deeply analyze behavior with out- data, like age or location. Easily issues. They can utilize statistics, of-the-box reports. Mixpanel helps build highly personalized messages, information systems, computer companies use data to grow their and test multiple versions to see science, and operations research business. Out-of-the-box reports what works—all in Mixpanel, to expand their understanding of make it easy for teams to build no code required. Set detailed complex data sets, and artificial reports that monitor KPIs and go behavioral triggers, sequences, and intelligence, deep learning, and deep in analyzing user behavior, so rate limits for messages, to ensure neural networks to micro-segment that each campaign is relevant, available data and identify patterns. you can build better campaigns and timely, and delivered at the right pace. Mixpanel is a business analytics products. Build visualizations to service company. It tracks user USER ANALYTICS interactions with web and mobile answer questions like “how do this INFRASTRUCTURE applications and provides tools year’s logins compare to last year’s?” for targeted communication with and break it down by week, browser, Rely on a platform that’s scalable them. Its toolset contains in-app and easily integrates with your A/B tests and user survey forms. device, or any other segment, so current stack. The company built Data collected is used to build a custom database for storing custom reports and measure user you know where to dig deeper. and querying user behavior data. engagement and retention. Mixpanel Designed to answer complex works with web applications, in Understand how groups of users questions without SQL, it’s built particular SaaS, but also supports for much deeper user analysis than mobile apps. Mixpanel was founded that matter to you differ in terms what’s possible with a session- by Suhail Doshi and Tim Trefren in based analytics tool. Your user data of behavior, retention, churn, and more so that you can drive them to optimal action. Keep a pulse on your most important metrics with Mixpanel’s easy-to-build Dashboards. Share them with your team through email digests, and let Mixpanel notify you when your metrics hit a certain number, or change by a certain amount. 16 DECEMBER 2019

Meet the innovative leader, Amir Movafaghi, CEO Amir Movafaghi Amir Movafaghi is the CEO at Mixpanel. Most recently he was Mixpanel’s Chief Operating Officer, and prior served as Chief Financial Officer at Spiceworks Inc., a leading IT network, and marketplace connecting companies to technology solutions across industries. Previously, he held various leadership roles at Twitter Inc., where he helped scale the company from 150 to 4,000+ employees and also helped lead the company through its IPO. “As the #1 analytics and engagement solution, our mission is to increase the rate of innovation.” is available to analyse in under a what Mixpanel is built to handle, out so it’s always up-to-date. Export minute, and 95% of queries take of the box. Connect Mixpanel to your to warehouses such as Snowflake, less than 2 seconds, so you can data pipeline, and choose exactly Amazon Redshift Spectrum and what to send in for analysis. Use the answer your most complicated Export API to export key reports to Google Big Query. Or to cloud questions in real-time. Mixpanel’s your own internal dashboard tools historic ingestion and query or other sources with ease, and use storage platforms such as Google uptime is 99.9%, so you never the Decide API to run and measure have to worry about losing or A/B tests through Mixpanel. Cloud Storage, Amazon S3 and Azure Blob Storage as a JSON or waiting for data. When people use Data Pipelines Parquet file. Plus, choose how often you want to send data, and your product anonymously, from Perform custom analysis with easy access to all raw Mixpanel data. the format that works best for you. different platforms, and sign in and Sync to your destination of choice Mixpanel’s fully managed pipeline via either JSON or Parquet formats, allows you to send data to your data out of their account, it becomes science destination of choice in real complicated to track all that activity time, so you get the data you need and associate it to the same, correct “now” right away.SR user, retroactively. Luckily, that’s DECEMBER 2019 17

BuildingIQ: Building Energy and Operating Intelligence BuildingIQ helps building of your building or portfolio of in your building. Their team owners and operators buildings. Deployment occurs augments your team with around the world lower once, when you engage with insights that identify costly energy use, increase building BuildingIQ, giving you — building anomalies while continually operations efficiency and tenant owners and operators — the optimizing BMS processes. comfort. BuildingIQ builds ability to select the services that • Tenant Comfort services and solutions based best solve today’s problems, and Energy efficiency and smooth on a core set of technologies then easily add new ones to tackle operation without tenant incorporated into its platform and tomorrow’s demands. comfort is nothing. Everything methodology — data analytics, they do is tempered by the modeling and optimization BuildingIQ’s services can be mandate of tenant comfort. technologies, purpose-built deployed selectively to meet Advanced predictive analytics applications, and human-powered, the needs of any building across and real-time control have technology-enabled managed any size portfolio or geography. resulted in lowering hot/cold services. The company’s services Services that power its solutions calls by as much as 25% while deliver value to building owners range from ticket management to achieving sustainable energy and operators at any stage of a retro-commissioning, efficiency and operational building’s lifecycle. to closed-loop control to tune your savings. building to optimal performance 5i Intelligent Energy 24/7. Energy-based Insights Platform and Services: Value to Customers in 3 BuildingIQ’s technology platform Ways • Reduce Energy Spend is built on the five pillars of Without Sacrificing Comfort data capture analysis, advanced • Energy Savings In a wide range of modeling, measurement & BuildingIQ delivers proven, installations, BuildingIQ verification, closed-loop sustainable energy savings has demonstrated it can predictive control, and expert that’s a measurable outcome reduce energy consumption human analysis. Services built of the services we deploy. and operational costs while on its platform deliver an Yet it drives overall building maintaining occupant comfort optimized balance of energy operating efficiencies, tenant levels — even in buildings savings, operational efficiency, comfort and more. rated as highly energy and tenant comfort. efficient by LEED, ENERGY • Operational Efficiency STAR®, and NABERS. 5i Optimized Energy Collaboration between Use BuildingIQ’s remote • Add Intelligence to Your building experts begins with Building The BuildingIQ 5i Platform of BuildingIQ, taking on the hard Traditional approaches to technology-enabled services work of, analyzing and then making buildings smarter learns and evolves with the needs diagnosing what’s happening focus on only two factors: 18 DECEMBER 2019

Michael Nark; The Visionary behind the success of BuildingIQ Michael Nark is the CEO and Executive Director of BuildingIQ since September 2013. Michael brings over 25 years of experience in software and technology-enabled service delivery businesses. He recently served as President and CEO of Power Analytics. He has a proven track record of building successful, efficient organizations and experience in leading companies to profitable growth. Prior to Power Analytics, he was President and CEO of Prenova, an energy management services provider to the C&I marketplace, where he led the business to triple-digit growth. Prior to Prenova, he served as President and CEO of GEOCOMtms, a fleet management software provider to the oil and gas industry. Michael holds a B.S. in Applied Sciences from Miami University. Michael Nark CEO & Executive Director cloud computing and operational and equipment with understanding where sensing. BuildingIQ’s anomalies. your energy is used, or misused. Deep metering, services and the platform • Proven Solutions DOE modeling, and analysis are comprised of five major Parts of BuildingIQ’s are a SaaS solution that quickly identifies outliers components: data capture technology platform were and help measure the impact and analysis, modeling, originally developed by of your work. Big data, AI- measurement & verification, CSIRO, Australia’s national driven re-commissioning control, and human lab and inventor of WiFi. expertise. Incorporating and managed continuous these five components Their customers include major property owners, real commissioning help tune constitute a more estate funds, corporations, and operate buildings as only comprehensive approach to and government BuildingIQ’s take on the BIoT building Internet of Things. organizations, which have can. • Technology With a Human deployed the system in a • Predictive Control What comes after Touch variety of buildings. BuildingIQ’s 5i Platform • Products and Services to understanding energy use, has deep capabilities in Meet Your Needs acting upon insights, and data ingestion, aggregation, Energy metering is the first operating with zero drift? monitoring, trending, step in understanding how Predictive control. Their services take buildings to the predictive analytics, you use energy. BuildingIQ next level with autonomous, continuous efficiency. It’s AI visualization, automation and provides cloud-based that optimizes your energy efficiency and building optimization of HVAC energy deep metering and works operations, every day, 24/7, automatically.SR usage and consumption. ticketing to enable energy Human expertise informs management solutions. BuildingIQ’s unique energy • Visualization data analytics to provide Efficiency and improved the basis for identifying energy measures begin DECEMBER 2019 19

Providing people with a more secure and safe device: CommuniTake Technologies C The extent to which the continuous monitoring. It monitors O confidentiality of communication and collects failure data by parameters V and data is protected varies from and locations and provides alerts and E company to company and also depends indications towards proactive care R on the roles of each employee and the actions. CommuniTake offers a three-way level of confidentiality required for promise: S specific communication and data. Mobile T security needs to be adjusted in each • The ultimate mobile enterprise O case accordingly. That is why a scaled security and productivity solution; R portfolio makes sense for all types of Y security needs. Companies should be • A comprehensive after-sales support able to combine the portfolio modules platform for service providers; to cover all potential attack targets including devices, apps, data transfer, • OEMs with device manufacturers. and back-end integration, usually SAP. Unprotected mobile devices are always Primary objective easy, attractive prey for professional hackers. Sometimes hackers target The main mission of CommuniTake the movements of a manager, which is to help you practice and deliver a could tip them off to M&A activities. faultless mobile experience. Their expert Using mobile data carriers and mobile and outstanding staff are dedicated telecommunications is considered to to bringing you an effective, perfectly- carry the highest risk potential. Mobile crafted solution. They are committed to enterprise security firms play a pivotal making their clients more successful. role in building devices and applications to protect the data. CommuniTake’s values CommuniTake Technologies builds Excellence security, care, and management solutions to provide people and organizations This is the touchstone for everything with better and more secure device we do. The firm is focused on making all use. CommuniTake personnel is a mix their products the best they can possibly of developers from the elite military be. They investigate the context of use cyber units, hacking experts, and and the behavior and needs of mobile telecom veterans, ensuring cutting-edge users. It allows the company to make technology, and future-ready mobile solutions deeper, stronger, more cost- security solutions. The company’s effective, and real with tangible business products are deployed by the foremost results. operators and businesses worldwide. CommuniTake deploys an on-device Innovation application that tests the device and performs auto repair actions to optimize CommuniTake’s goal is to understand, its function. The application transmits develop, and deliver mobile experiences critical diagnosis on the device status that go beyond people’s expectations, by and its connectivity. Diagnosis can means of the newest technology tailored be activated seamlessly or via an on- to their customers’ needs. The firm sets demand request for data. CommuniTake the right foundations so you are ready for improves device maintenance via tomorrow. Integrity The firm believes in putting values ahead of short term objectives. The reputation

The ardent visionary behind the triumph of CommuniTake Ronen Sasson is the co- founder and also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of CommuniTake. Mr. Ronen is an accomplished software industry executive and visionary. He brings 25 years of successful experience in managing hi-tech products and professional services. Prior to CommuniTake, Ronen spent 14 years in Amdocs where he was the founder and general manager for the company's self-service line-of-business vision, product and market direction, and commitment to customer service resulting in more than US$100M annual revenues in just 4 years. Mr. Ronen holds B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion. Ronen Sasson, Co-founder & CEO \"The main mission of CommuniTake is to help you practice and deliver faultless mobile experience.”

is extremely important to them and enforce use by the directives of the your specific enterprise mobile they foster a strong ethical culture community authorities. security requirements. built around client satisfaction. With an understanding that comes from Secure execution platform Striking features of Intactphone attention to doing the right things • Holistic, best of-all-worlds in the right way, CommuniTake’s Inheriting from the physical approach brings you an effective, world the concept of “barriers”, mobile security platform clear result. CommuniTake purpose-built • Minimized cyber-attack surface device operates in a highly Commitment protected environment. It runs on to the extreme a trusted cloud or local operational • The hardware of trust, secure The company makes its business environment. CommuniTake to advise and guide customers mobile device is based on the root boot loader, and official drivers through every step of the solution of trust and anti-tamper security • Highly certified architecture deployment. Through continuous hardware. Device communications monitoring of their work, they reveal are performed using a lockdown with no / hybrid Google services critical points and opportunities security-supporting network. • Fused central intelligent and for enhancement, improving the The mobile operating system is features and the impact of solutions. designed according to strict security advanced defense controls The firm is serious about its long- guidelines, providing enhanced across devices term commitment to its customers security controls for a robust central and they share their goals. authority. Fused central governance ICOM-Internet of Things assures always managed devices Communicator Why CommuniTake? and the isolation of applications and content. CommuniTake purpose- ICOM is a suite of mobile devices Custom-built mobile device built device minimizes the attack enabling connected IoT solutions surface and the capability to by uniting security, central CommuniTake’s purpose-built consume and share deviating and administration and low total mobile device is built on trusted sensitive information. cost of ownership. hardware, custom security-rich operating system, encrypted Products that enhance Striking features of ICOM instant communications, fused CommuniTake’s privilege • Improves operational command and control, persistent VPN, performance assurance tools, IntactPhone efficiencies via tailored solution threat detection, and remote control • Decreases financial liabilities by technology. Communications IntactPhone is the world’s are performed within a locked- most secure mobile phone for lowering onboarding costs down organization network. organizations. This high-end • Provides tamper-resistant These modular components allow smartphone is built from the organizations to structure their own ground-up to provide you the connected IoT unique solutions. CommuniTake can ultimate defense against mobile • Enables business flexibility also enhance the solution via custom cyber-crime. It runs a purpose- development by the organization’s built security-rich operating through custom-built devices requirements. system, fused command-and- control application, built-in secure IntactDialog Central reliability communications, and multiple security and performance assurance IntactDialog provides encrypted CommuniTake purpose-built device utilities. These components form communications for both calls and operates inside a central control the Intact Mobile Security platform. messages on IntactPhone Android and intrusion prevention system to It protects you from eavesdropping, and iPhone devices. It protects your effectively define and monitor the malware, data breaches and any calls and messages with high-grade state of the confined environment. attempts to hack or tamper with encryption. Built-in control mechanisms impose your mobile communications and tight supervision over device use, data. It enables you to establish Striking features of IntactDialog eliminate cyber threats, prevent and enforce the best-of-all-worlds • Secure communications – consumption of unapproved mobile device security and content, and block unauthorized compliance framework to match voice calls, messaging and data sharing. Fused controls attachments • Military-grade encryption and security protocols • Always-safe user side via end- to-end or midway encryption • Central management console with a simple and intuitive interface • Regulation-compliant recording and archiving

IntactMobility • Locks down devices for generating a C higher focus on work tasks O Protect your business data and V increase workforce productivity with • Integrates device takeover to allow E a comprehensive Enterprise Mobility always connected professionals R Management (EMM) solution. Go beyond assets and policies management functions • Highly secure communication and S into the realm of Total Mobility: content T O • Deploy central security-focused In-store Care R provisioning and control over Y corporate-owned and Bring Your Own Mobile device retailers are required to devices (BYOD) in your organization; show the devices and provide hands- Deploy highly secure communications to on experience as part of the purchasing maintain confidentiality and privacy; experience. CommuniTake In-store Care facilitates the in-store device shopping • Automate processes with dynamic and experience while providing maintenance intelligent policy engines to alleviate features for reinventing traditional in-store manual tasks; experiences: • Configure devices with policies, • Provides a controlled experience of the restrictions, apps, settings, content, and device more, all over-the-air • Leverages the contextual in-store use IntactSecurity of the mobile device to reach prospects with highly targeted content and IntactSecurity is an on-device application campaigns that keeps mobile users safe. It seamlessly monitors the mobile device’s content and • Tracks shopping behavior and trends settings and recommends the user on that will eventually be used to guide the corrective measures to enhance mobile direction of future marketing efforts. security. CommuniTake In-store Care can drive your retail success Striking features of IntactSecurity Machine Care • Improved security posture across the CommuniTake bespoke Machine Care organization • Reduced cyber-attack surface solution is focused on gaining actionable • Security-first approach for mobile use insights, streamlining maintenance, reducing Enterprise Mobility operating costs and achieving efficiencies and improved machine performance. CommuniTake Enterprise Mobility is a comprehensive solution for managing Machine Care is a remote service solution the mobile business imperatives. CommuniTake’s Enterprise Mobility goes that offers manufacturers and service beyond assets and policies management functions into the realm of Total Mobility, providers with the ability to remotely which is a powerful combination of device and applications management, highly secure manage, diagnose, control and resolve issues communication, collaboration, automated with Android-based machines in the field. issue resolution and remote device control. The exclusive features of this include: Striking features of Enterprise Mobility • Minimizes devices’ downtime via • Deploys device management via a smart, proactive and timely care affordable and easy to set solution • Optimizes device reliability via OTA • Defines policies via one-and-done software and configurations updates definitions – not by operating systems • Reduces service and support costs via silos automated compliance • Performs dynamic mass distribution and avoids complicated campaigns • Minimizes recalls and onsite travel via remote device control • Gains proactive care notifications and recommendations • Maintains a holistic view of KPIs, assets inventory and policies complianceSR

Ant Financial – Bringing small and beautiful changes in the field of finance Ant Financial is a technology individuals in Hong Kong and the services lies in providing equal company that brings Philippines. access to financial services for inclusive financial services individuals and businesses in to the world. It was officially Core Values need. This philosophy originated founded in October 2014, from ten-plus years of practice originated from Alipay founded Ant Financial Services Group is since the establishment of in 2004. Facing individual users, dedicated to “bringing small and Alipay, as well as in the realities Alipay, the world’s largest mobile beautiful changes to the world.” of inclusive financial services in and online payments platform, The “Six Core Values” play an developing countries, especially operated by Ant Financial, is important role in the company’s in China. Based on these a lifestyle platform based on approach toward operations, circumstances, Ant Financial uses real-name authentication and recruitment, staff assessment, and Alipay and other products and creditworthiness. remuneration, which are; services as the basis for providing Internet financial services to Alipay has partnered with more 1. Customers first: Customers the public. With the help of Big than 200 financial institutions in are the number one priority. Data, cloud computing, and other providing payment services to technologies, users can enjoy tens of millions of small and micro 2. Teamwork: Share equal access to financial services. merchants, leading to a continual responsibilities and This greatly expands the scope of increase in service use cases. achievements together, inclusive financial services. Alipay has extended its service ordinary people can do into a variety of offline use cases, extraordinary things. Technology such as restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores, taxis, 3. Embrace change: Be Big Data technology hospitals, and public services. adaptable and innovative. Through online marketing, big Ant Financial applies Big Data data service, and other means, 4. Honesty: Be honest and technology to the businesses in Alipay has empowered traditional honorable in both words and its ecosystem. Ant Financial’s businesses and public services to deeds. MYbank, and its predecessor improve their user experience. “Alibaba Micro Loan,” has for years 5. Passion: Be optimistic and leveraged a Big Data model to It is powered by the blockchain never give up. offer loans. It has provided loans technology from Ant Financial, totaling over RMB 700 billion to AlipayHK and GCash launch 6. Professional dedication: Be over 4 million small and micro cross-border remittance service, professional, dedicated and enterprises and entrepreneurs offering a fast, secure, convenient, constantly improving. over the past five years, helping transparent and low-cost way to them tackle the capital shortage, transfer money directly between The Ant Model allowing them to survive and Inclusive Finance Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”) believes the significance of inclusive financial 24 DECEMBER 2019

The formidable leader behind the glory of Ant Financial Eric Jing is the Chairman and also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Ant Financial. Mr. Jing joined Alibaba Group in 2007, where he was a Senior Finance Director and later Vice President. In October 2016, Mr. Jing was appointed Chief Executive of Ant Financial and in April 2018 he took on the additional role of Chairman. Prior to joining Alibaba, Mr. Jing was CFO of Guangzhou Pepsi Cola Beverage Co. He also held management positions in finance in several Swire Coca-Cola bottling plants or business departments. Mr. Jing received a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1994. He obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration after finishing the EMBA program at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, and theU.S. in 2005. Eric Jing, Chairman & CEO grow, and in turn create high-concurrency ready “We do not pursue more job opportunities. and reliable system security size or power; we structure. aspire to be a good Facial Recognition company, we push Technology Cloud Computing forward the goals of to Technology serve 2 billion global Ant Financial is committed consumers, empower to researching and Ant Financials Ant 10 million profitable developing advanced Financial Cloud provides businesses and create biometric-based facial cloud computing services 100 million jobs.” recognition technology and to financial enterprises. applying it to online identity Leveraging the advanced authentication, so as to technology and experience further enhance security and in cloud computing improve user experience. accumulated by Alibaba and Based on its cutting-edge Ant Financial, Ant Financial facial recognition algorithm, Cloud integrates a number Ant Financial has developed of Alibaba Cloud’s basic interactive face detection capabilities and develops technology and image customized products to desensitization technology cater to the specific needs of and has designed a the financial industry.SR DECEMBER 2019 25

Andrew Khoo, CEO & Co-founder TESSA THERAPEUTICS: Cure Cancer and Save Lives with Innovative and Widely Accessible Immunotherapies Tessa’s story started over 30 clinical trial for TT10, a VST therapy of cancer immunotherapy and are years ago, when Dr. Malcolm targeting nasopharyngeal cancer committed to making a difference in Brenner, our co-founder, (NPC), at National Cancer Centre the lives of more cancer patients. and his team at Baylor College of Singapore (NCCS), which produced Medicine embarked on a journey to the best-published 2-year survival “Tessa has a unique focus on better understand and harness the data in patients with advanced NPC. making use of viruses as a driver for body’s natural anti-viral immune The trial results set the stage for a therapeutic treatments of cancer, response as a therapy for cancer Phase III trial – the world’s largest and that’s very important because treatment. Their research led to the T cell therapy trial for any cancer T cells, in particular, have primarily development of our core platform indication with 330 patients across emerged to control virus infections.” technology, which uses a type 30 hospitals in 5 countries. Dr. Malcolm Brenner, Scientific of immune cell known as Virus- Co-founder of Tessa Therapeutics. Specific T cells (VSTs). Early VST Today, Tessa is building a portfolio studies have shown early efficacy of next-generation therapies Platform Technology and a strong safety profile in the targeting a wide range of cancer treatment of cancer. indications, by combining VSTs Our core Virus-Specific T cells with other immuno-oncology platform shows promising Leveraging on these promising approaches. We are proud to be efficacy and proven safety data, Tessa initiated a Phase II spearheading innovation in the field in multiple solid tumor and hematologic neoplasms. 26 DECEMBER 2019

What is a Virus-Specific Andrew Khoo; Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder T cell (VST)? Andrew Khoo Co-founded Tessa, along with Dr. Malcolm VSTs are highly specialized T cells produced specifically in response Brenner and Mr. Francis Chua, and has been the CEO of Tessa since. to a viral infection. These cells have An active investor in healthcare and technology-focused start-ups; Mr. the ability to recognize and kill Khoo is also a Director of other leading biotechnology companies such infected cells while activating other as Vyriad and Enleofen Bio. Prior to founding Tessa, Mr. Khoo worked parts of the immune system for a in various roles at global banks including JP Morgan and Citigroup. He coordinated response. VSTs persist began his career at the Singapore Economic Development Board. Mr. in the body and activate a rapid Khoo holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Stanford University. immune response if the virus is encountered again. Step 3: VST Initiation & How is our VST platform Expansion widely applicable? Properties of VSTs The patient’s white blood cells are isolated and the virus-specific T The solid safety profile of VSTs • Clinical Benefit (VST) cell population is selectively enables our platform to be Complete and partial responses activated & expanded. combined with a wide range observed in several solid tumor of next-generation therapies, indications, including advanced Step 4: Chemotherapy broadening the cancer range nasopharyngeal cancer, cervical Coinciding with the VST production and enhancing the scalability cancer, and neuroblastoma period, the patient receives of our treatments. • Safety Profile chemotherapy. Hundreds of patients infused Allogeneic Therapy across a variety of settings – VSTs Step 5: Infusion & Monitoring Using Tessa’s VST as a single agent, with genetic Tessa ships the patient’s VSTs Platform modifications (including CARs), to the hospital site, where or as allogeneic therapy – with no the investigational therapy is Allogeneic VSTs are generated cytokine release syndrome (CRS) intravenously infused in the patient from healthy donors’ cells or central nervous system (CNS) and carefully monitored for any to provide an off-the-shelf Toxicity. Only grade 1 & 2 toxicities adverse reactions. treatment option to patients. observed. Due to the viral specificity • Persistence Target Indications Include: of their TCRs, VSTs do not Complete responses ongoing at require TCR or HLA gene 20 months (cervical cancer). VSTs • Nasopharyngeal Cancer editing to ensure a low risk of have been observed to persist • Cervical Cancer graft-versus-host disease.SR over 8 years post-fusion 5 and 29 • Oropharyngeal Cancer months (EBV+ lymph proliferative disease). T-Cell Therapy Treatment: How Does it Work? Step 1: Blood Collection The patient’s blood is collected at the hospital site. Step 2: Transportation & Handling The collected blood is transported to Tessa’s central production facility or satellite labs. DECEMBER 2019 27

In First Confab, Votary Softech Solutions Founder and CEO, Sanjay Kamtam Says Rooted-Determination for Quality from Day one Helps Company not Just with Minimising Post Development Glitches, but also Standout among its Competitors “We create innovative, customized solutions for complex, mission-critical business challenges.” The big push to connect every available to them. Customers can Mr. Sanjay Kamtam saw the idea of device to the internet to also opt for specific services based starting up a world-class enterprise, create the IoT is causing a on their own in-house strength. offering premium design services demand for embedded software as an opportunity with latitude. engineers that has not yet been That said, the company is one Being an adamant nationalist, seen in the recent history. This of the fastest-growing Wireless and a Hyderabadi at heart, he felt big push is causing a vacuum Mobile Technology companies in drawn towards doing something in which companies can’t find India committed to providing its to give back to the society, and the enough technically strong software customers robust, integrated and homeland. This gave Mr. Kamtam engineers. Instead of training new custom-built mobile solutions. to take up the challenge of making engineers, they are starting to rely Driven by its in-depth knowledge the best use of human resources on application developers, who of the domain, Votary regulates available at Hyderabad city, and have experience with Windows the specific requirements of build an empire like Votary Softech applications or mobile devices, to its customers and provides Solutions. develop their real-time embedded them out-of-the-box delivery experience. Votary provides product software. The problem, of course, development solutions on various Glitches: Votary Faced is that these engineers don’t mobile platforms such as Android, understand the low-level hardware, Windows, Qt, BlackBerry, iPhone, During Initial Years but only high-level application Tizen, bada, and BrewMP. Over frameworks that do all the work for the years, Votary has established Unlike most companies, Votary them. relations with some of the major Fortune 500 companies never struggled for gaining In light of the foregoing, we’re in the globally and has exhibited thrilled to present Votary Softech tremendous growth in numbers, business; rather, its challenge was Solutions. products, revenues et al. to find the befitting skilled talent from local resources in India, in Votary Softech is a technology The company was incorporated company providing Design Services in 2009 and is headquartered in Hyderabad – as the level of technical in the areas of Embedded Product Hyderabad, India. expertise Votary sought for, was not Solutions and Embedded Software readily available. Another major Engineering. Sanjay Kamtam, challenge Votary faced was that its Votary Softech Solutions projects called for maintaining the Votary offers multiple product Founder and CEO, utmost confidentiality in addition platforms and ODM Services, spoke exclusively to to having extraordinary knowledge. using which Original Equipment The Silicon Review. As per Mr. Kamtam, these two Manufacturers (OEMs) can characteristics were not necessarily significantly reduce the time cycle for new product introductions in very common, especially in India. However, Mr. Kamtam defied these challenges by taking up the role of a mentor and ingrained the importance of skills as well as confidentiality in team Votary. the market. The unique Votary- Below is an excerpt. Elements: That Keep Votary offered virtual ODM Service model is a boon to Indian OEMs who can Stay Ahead of the Curve now launch ‘Make in India’ products Rewind: Taking Flight Speaking about the embedded with complete conceptualization Having worked for 23 years in the technology sector, Mr. Kamtam to volume production services embedded technology domain, affirmed from self-experience 28 DECEMBER 2019

of 23 years that unlike other Transport and Smart Security. “Our focused IT businesses, embedded Moreover, team Votary is now technology doesn’t see any concentrating its innovative skills approach and drastic changes. The persistence on developing more platforms meticulous of embedded technology and solutions for various smart handling of apparently makes it less devices. each project challenging to program and separates operate systems, unlike most That said, the ethos of Votary us from the other technology products lies in delivering result-centric rest. We are and solutions. Giving a products and solutions, with dedicated straightforward example of uncompromising quality and to providing phone cameras, Mr. Kamtam maintaining global standards. end-to-end said that since its invention, the Each project designed and cutting edge phone camera runs on sensors developed at Votary is executed technological – the number of sensors can be by trained professionals with solutions of increased or decreased – but utter perfection while keeping exceptional it will always run on sensors. a constant eye on international Cameras have evolved from quality norms. The rooted quality with a analogue to touch sensing, but determination for quality seamless scope the reliance on sensors has not from day one helps Votary of expansion.” changed. Within this unchanged not just with minimizing post technical factor, lies the business development glitches, but also of embedded technology. Hence, standout among its competitors. as per Mr. Kamtam, Votary is not usually exposed to the volatility Proven for delivering the best of the high-paced tech market since its inception, Votary is seen and does not have to overcome as a trusted name for delivering drastic changes very often. excellent end-to-end quality and an inherent futuristic scope. This Factors: That Aid Votary ingrained approach has garnered Outshine Competition Votary with a strong clientele, and the company fosters the idea Despite the persistent nature of building long term relations of embedded technology, with each client and attain innovation is part of Votary’s mutual success. Going Above and DNA and they direct 50 percent Beyond Votary is dedicated to of their investments for not just functioning, but excelling promoting R&D and innovation. in the mobile technology Votary has introduced numerous domain, and hence, each groundbreaking products such as project is spearheaded through VITA – its indigenously designed an extensive R&D program. and developed IoT stack, Smart The company’s sophisticated, Transport, Smart Security, and state-of-art R&D facility in Smart Campus. The Telengana Bangalore is equipped with the Government Police Department latest tools and highly qualified and over 160 companies are professionals – and serves as currently using two of these the source of boosting clients’ innovative solutions – Smart project at the right time, and

making sure to meet every deadline, skills proved to be the core trust system design and development every goal. gaining factors from the clients. The founder’s aspiration for services. The platforms that Votary That said, Mr. Kamtam can be creating the best, meeting client mainly focuses on are – 4G LTE credited as the primary source expectations and respecting their feature phone, smartphone, tablet, of gaining the reputation that the trust is undeniably the secret of the company maintains, currently. company’s unwavering reputation. and wearable electronics, set-top As mentioned earlier, Votary box, automotive infotainment, and has never faced the challenge of Products Overview IoT. Moreover, Votary is pivoted finding business, and Mr. Kamtam’s dedication and problem-solving Votary specializes in mobility and towards building new IoT platforms IoT domain, providing end-to-end which will help its clients in growing their businesses and attaining recurring success.SR Sanjay Kamtam Sanjay Kamtam: A Charismatic Founder & CEO Leader 30 DECEMBER 2019 Sanjay Kamtam is the Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Votary Softech Solutions. Before wearing his entrepreneurial hat officially, Mr. Kamtam has worked for Mobile Applications division at Motorola India. Prior to taking a transfer to Motorola India, he spent over nine years at Motorola’s Mobile Division headquarters in Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.A. His entrepreneurship skills were shining outright when he pioneered the development of SMS and Cell broadcast stacks on GSM technology. Mr. Kamtam has a story to tell with every Motorola handset developed and launched globally during his tenure. Mr. Kamtam was instrumental in bringing several firsts to market such as Dual-band, Tri-band, GPRS, UMTS, Internet browser, MMS, Multimedia, etc. Under his leadership, the first Motorola product with Multimedia – Video capture, Audio, and Mobile Internet browser was developed and launched globally. He took up many leadership roles at Motorola across several technology groups. Mr. Kamtam has been recognized as ‘India’s Most Trusted CEO of 2019’ by ‘WCRC iBrands 360’, presented by the Honourable Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr. G Kishan Reddy. He has also been awarded the ‘CEO of the Year 2019’ by ABP News in association with ‘CMO Asia’ and ‘World Marketing Congress’. Mr. Kamtam holds a Master of Computer Science from the University of Alabama.

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Streamline your retail operations with a highly scalable, deep image analytics platform: Graymatics “A large majority The advancements and speed platform with various API’s and of today’s of technology innovation advertising tools with various platforms are catapulting the retail companies such as Hakuhodo Inc. industry forward into an exciting (a Japanese advertising and public are limited to new future. Inside this new retail relations company), Vodafone- analyzing text- world, retailers and brands are Spain and with KDDI, a large or binary-based limited only by their imaginations. Japanese carrier. Utilizing context data. Yet, across Using the latest innovations as the from images for more effective undercurrent – things like mixed advertising, and towards enhancing the Internet, reality, machine learning and AI consumers’ experience were few of over 26 billion technology – you can now truly the initial use-cases for which the put customers at the center of platform was used. The company photos and your business. These innovations initially built a robust platform over one billion are turning out to be a weapon for on which deep image, video, and seconds of video bringing stickiness in the online audio analytics was performed to an are uploaded stores. It saves the retail industry extensive level. With the successful daily. This is a from the recent disruption by deployments and increasing huge amount riding the innovation excellence to demand of some very specific of information delivering data backed experience. applications around Smartphone which Big Data Graymatics, Inc., is an intelligence- applications, surveillance and social based security expert. The firm’s media insights, it moved higher in and search cloud platform provides solutions the value chain by offering full-scale engines have to security providers, retailers, products and services in specific thus far been publishers, ad networks and areas. The presence of massive unable to make other service providers globally. amount of video content and with Graymatics was established in various new video sources from sense of.” 2011 and is headquartered in so many appliances resulted in an Singapore. Graymatics was set up increased demand of Graymatics’ 32 DECEMBER 2019 with the vision of having a massively products and services. This led scalable platform to transform to a consistent growth in various videos and images into actionable functions of the organization data. This effectively allows any ensuring that its clients have the application which currently utilizes highest competitiveness in industry text to obtain context, to as easily and the most delightful experience use images and videos. We have working with them. The platform is since developed a highly scalable, extensively used and demanded in cognitive multimedia analytics different sectors like surveillance, platform that provides a solution e-commerce, digital media and for all the possible industries like many more. Surveillance, Telecom, Media and Advertising, Retail and E-commerce A smarter solution is necessary in and helps them cater to their order to go beyond the limitations of various requirements holistically. manual monitoring. Our plug-and- play Smart Surveillance technology Graymatics initially launched its uses image recognition and highly scalable, deep image analytics artificial intelligence to proactively

scan roads, car parks, and secure color, pattern, sleeve length and massive increase in video content much more. The company’s cloud over CCTV’s, over the internet and installations, empowering even the based online platform allows on Smartphones, Graymatics sees automatic real-time indexing, the opportunities limited only by most basic CCTV system to keep analysis and classification of videos imagination. The company is looking with a suite of search, curation, to enable a range of solutions so your premises safe. Our security and recommendation and advertising that many billions of video minutes tools enabling security providers, pass through Graymatics platform in surveillance solutions can provide retailers, publishers, advertisement the next 2 years, and it plays a role networks and other service in transforming consumers’ video support with functions such as providers to do content-based experience and make this a safer Traffic Monitoring, Number Plate analysis of video and other digital world. Furthermore Graymatics Recognition, Vehicle Detection, media. has range of new products across Monitoring and Vehicle Counting, various different spaces like “Visuals triggers emotions and Telecom space, Surveillance, Retail Recognise car make and model, emotions drive our lives.” This analytics and many more to be Car Park Monitoring, Parking concept impels Graymatics to create rolled out soon.SR Assistance/Parking Guide, and innovative solutions. With the Premises Monitoring. It is not only limited to Vehicles but also includes People and Clothing analytics. Like People counting and tracking, people demographics, in-depth clothing attributes like neckline, The Brain behind the Abhijit Shanbhag Picture President & CEO Abhijit Shanbhag, President & CEO: Prior to founding Graymatics in 2011, Abhijit Shanbhag has been a serial entrepreneur within Silicon Valley and co-founded his first company in 2001 - Scintera, a leading fabless semiconductor company which developed the industry’s first programmable RF signal processor, and was later acquired by Maxim Integrated. Mr. Shanbhag has previously held key technical and management roles at Qualcomm, Ericsson, and Morphics. He holds a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, where he continues to be on the Advisory Board. DECEMBER 2019 33

Elevating Companies through Cloud- Infrastructure: Dolomite Finance Limited “In the spirit of perseverance, we drive organizations to meet challenges and sustain development.” Dolomite Finance multimedia customers for internet Limited is a services to the China market. At the same purpose-driven time, considering the hacking of Internet consulting firm founded hackers and the diversification of hacker in 2016 and it is attacks, the company has also built defensive services such as Anti-DDoS and headquartered in Hong WAF for its customers. Kong. The company works closely with As the requirement of hybrid cloud is growing day by day, a competitive professional strategies compound talent who has ever dealt with on-premises infrastructure and with and infrastructure knowledge of cloud computing and information security, is hard to disciplines to identify find, in order to leverage that technology to enable the right people to do the right opportunities for things in the rapidly changing workforce, customers’ journey to Dolomite encourages all colleagues the cloud. Based on the to join professional training classes experience of public cloud and getting cloud certifications for a construction and maintenance, the more specific skills to serve customers. Meanwhile, team learning is built company has assisted its customers up quickly when sharing experience becomes a performance index. Dolomite’s to gradually familiarize themselves with professional cloud service team uses PDOO (Plan-Deploy-Operation- and complete the overall deployment Optimization) service methods to help companies smoothly build network and from cloud infrastructure, application cloud services. From formulating cloud strategies, planning cloud architecture migration, data backup, disaster recovery, lines, and implementation steps, gradually implementing the professional security monitoring, and optimization deployment, rationalizing application performance, and even providing analysis. In order to improve the overall intelligent maintenance monitoring services. performance of the clients’ entire network, Dolomite also provides network Dolomite makes use of the same method defense services, China and international in the setting and development of corporate goals, constantly self-examine direct links, various information security and optimizes, and cooperates with a protection tools, and 24/7 continuous network monitoring services, and provides professional consulting services and solutions to problems. The Great Wall Firewall of China has always been a major difficulty for various industries to enter the Chinese market based on Internet services. Following the deep experience of public cloud construction, combined with China and international direct links, website content acceleration services, and real-time monitoring and optimization of network connections, Dolomite quickly and successfully built

“With the ever-changing industry and ever-changing technology, we have gradually integrated the corporate culture of professional dedication, learning excellence, collaborative sharing, and innovation and efficiency in creating a wealth of service, ”experience, and team interaction, creating positive corporate value. flat organizational structure to form an Dolomite has conducted market analysis innovative, efficient and collaborative in-depth and aware the needs of the current corporate culture. In the ever-changing market. Mainland China is a big market market environment, the company continues and most companies are interested in to build a cloud technology platform expanding their business to China; however, fewer of them have a completed solution. designed to consolidate competition, Some are not eligible for applying the ICP Filing, issued and governed by the Ministry strives for advantages and establishes of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the license is a company’s entry differentiation. Through the accumulated permit to the Internet world in China, and cloud service professional experience, a variety of cloud services are connected some are multinational corporations, having difficulty on integrating their resources in series from outside and an innovative or suffering connection issues. To meet its requirement, Dolomite invests in China line application service model is proposed from for direct connection to accelerate the speed the inside out. In the development of the and decrease the rate of package lost. With technology platform, Dolomite continues to expand its portfolio, planning to deploy its direct link, those companies can get into a series of unique competitive capabilities, the China market even without ICP Filing. corresponding to the market’s innovative business model, and provide high value- added development strategies. When a company wants to migrate its The rapid expansion of public cloud services, providing a variety of innovative service application or IT environment to the cloud, tools and a mature and stable network it might have several questions like how to environment, has caused many companies transfer data, will data be revealed, how to to no longer expand the size of the local data center and turn to the public cloud. Dolomite save more and the most important aspect has proposed a new SDDC (Software- Defined Data Center) product service that is who can solve its problems while the guides enterprises to quickly migrate the migration procedure takes place. Dolomite’s core value is to provide a one-stop service local data center directly to the public cloud for customers to save its time to transfer with minimal environmental variability, the terminology while just talking to one supplier only. The company offers cloud- greatly reducing the workload of IT staff and based security solution for both cloud and the risk of data migration, and is seamlessly on-premises infrastructure; meanwhile, aligned with rich tool resources from public cloud. In addition, the firm has increased a customized direct link service provides the product service types of Anti-DDoS and WAF. In addition to the global cleaning support for those who care about latency capacity of up to 3Tbps, the company also and the possibility of packet loss. To identify built a local near-source cleaning service to what pain points are and how they can provide a secure and fast response network position themselves as a potential solution connection service to local enterprises.SR has remained Dolomite’s mission to expand and the service lifecycle for gaining customers confidence is its vision.

Nearex –Making digital payments affordable and accessible Digital payment platforms have the power of contactless technology XipAPPs eased cashless transactions, to deliver a world-class end-to-end and have been popular. These solution comprising of terminals, XipAPPs allow the extension of platforms are capable of making tags and the software. Xip Platform’s online and offline payments online as well as offline capability to Android NFC phones mode. Cashless payments are the Xip delivers powerful features based and Android-based NFC Terminals. way of the future and easier than on its robust building blocks which using cash in leisure facilities include: Xip Stored Value Payment and offices. Micro-payment is a • NFC / QR / Audio Suitable Solution hugely exciting domain. There is no greater satisfaction for those in Payment Tech Xip Stored Value Payment Solution the technology space than building • Affordable devices and a variety is an offline payment system where products that its users like the most value is stored and managed on and keep using it. of POS the tags that customers carry. Such • Multiple form factors and a systems are invaluable where Nearex is a pioneer in defining the transaction speed is critical – like industry; it is a rapidly growing variety of TAGS in transports – or where network fintech company, providing a • Offline Transactions and Stored connectivity is unreliable. Xip Stored breakthrough cashless payment Value delivers a user experience to technology that’s revolutionizing Value Payments customers that are as close to cash small payments across emerging • Faster Deployment as one can get, making it a great first markets. Founded in 2012, by step for digital payments for users professionals from the mobile and Pre-integrated APIs who are only used to cash. fintech industry, the Nearex team’s On-Premises/Cloud Hosting passion is to digitize small everyday Xip Stored Value Key payments where cash continues to Xip Platform Features: dominate. Xip Platform is built to manage In addition to Xip Platform’s Primary Objective an innovative range of terminals, common features, the Stored Value tags & transactions and deliver a also has a host of features to make it To provide a breakthrough sophisticated solution that is highly a truly compelling payment system. cashless payment technology that’s flexible, scalable and secure. • icon Cash-based or online revolutionizing mass payments across emerging markets. Xip Devices loading of cards • icon Anonymous or mobile- Products and solutions A unique range of terminals that are defining developed to support NFC, QR, linked cards the power of digital Audio and Biometric based • icon Offline PIN, with a per payment payments. Be it online or offline, mass or niche market, they cover user-selectable limit Leveraging the power of Xip all the use cases at a very affordable • icon Optional pre-integrated cost as they are designed for scale & The Xip micropayment system flexibility. wallet is designed to digitize everyday low-value payments where cash XipTAG Contactless Solution continues to dominate. Xip leverages An innovative range of NFC tags that Xip Contactless Payment Solution serve as a unique linked identifier was created to make electronic for both online and stored value payments as simple and easy to use payments. Tags are available in as cash, affordable enough to use various form factors like a card, for the smallest merchant in any sticker or modular wearables, to suit country and powerful enough for the lifestyle of your consumers. the most sophisticated merchants. 36 DECEMBER 2019

Mayank Sharma, CEO “We provide a breakthrough cashless payment technology that’s revolutionizing mass payments across emerging markets.” The formidable leader behind the success of Nearex Mayank Sharma is the Chief Executive Officer of Nearex. Mr. Mayank believes the challenge of cashless micropayments can only be solved when technology competes favorably with the convenience and affordability of cash. He started Nearex to empower consumers & merchants around the world with simple cashless payments leveraging the reach of mobile phones. Mayank is an industry veteran with experience in leading multiple global teams. Xip brings a complete payment Xip enables simple, convenient and customer acquisition system to enable a very wide variety • icon Rich set of services of organizations to launch retail secure cashless payment that fits and proximity payment services. It the social context based on these – airtime sales, utility bill helps mobile money grow beyond remittances, banks to reach the unique features. payments, and more unbanked, and wallet services to • icon Support for service offer convenient retail payments. • icon Easy & Fast to deploy: Faster go to market promotion features • admin-ajaxDaily business • icon Distributed tag issuing: efficient and convenient reporting, transaction reports SR DECEMBER 2019 37

“VIGILANTE HACKING: LUCIDEUS TECH” In the 21st century, information Well over one third of the population by combining ‘Lucifer’ meaning is more important than money. is connected over the World Wide darkness and ‘Deus’ meaning ‘God of Earlier, people used to worry Web and the increasing number of Light’. It strives to channel the power about their money or their property users also warrants in increase in of hacking into the right direction the data being circulated online. using the right intentions and skill being stolen. Today, the worst crime With the increase in the data being set. Lucideus starts by first scoping shared around the web, there is an and application classification. It that can be done to a person is increase in the number and ability scans scheduling next followed by of hackers who are out there to steal performing the actual scan. It makes not theft but being hacked. There the data available and exploit the a report of analytics and then starts loopholes available. patching the holes found in the is so much personal information network. Delhi based Lucideus Tech does circulating around the web that a right to its name that has come to ETHICAL HACKING single act of cyber theft/crime can expose the person’s information It engages in ‘ethical hacking’ to like, social securities, identities, help businesses safe guard them from being exposed to the malicious bank information, sensitive data and hackers. Globally, we’re moving towards collaborative technology sensitive pictures. called IOT; Internet of Things. It brings data, cloud computing, analytics and social media on a single platform. One of the major drawbacks of IOT is security. Security Assessment Framework for Enterprise (SAFE) SAFE is the main product developed by Lucideus in order to fight cyber- crime. It is an AI and ML backed platform to quantify, measure and mitigate enterprise wide cyber risks in real time. Lucideus is a dynamic and self- evolving enterprise cyber security and risk management platform that integrates with your existing IT Infrastructure and security tools deployed within your organisation to do real time assessments and provide one number (between 0 to 5), both at a macro (enterprise wide) and a micro (asset wise) level for the leadership 38 DECEMBER 2019

teams to be able to visualise, track, and Saket Modi, CEO enhance their cyber risk posture. Striking features about SAFE • SAFE enables the organization to have real-time assessments on their assets (Configuration Assessment) • Virtually simulate real hacks to find out your cyber defense posture against known hacks • SAFE gives a real-time posture analysis against the global compliance frameworks being followed in your organization • Easily remediate vulnerability and configuration controls following a change control process • SAFE represents an entire organization's security posture Saket Modi, the CEO of Lucideus saw this as an opportunity to challenge the ever growing cyber market. Lucideus provides Cyber Security Consulting, Cyber Security Training and other security services. They serve a number of high profile clients like IBM, Microsoft, Cognizant, HCL, RBI, Indian Railways, KFC, Himalaya, and Pizza Hut among others. It has a strong team of people who are well versed with the challenges faced in the field of cyber security. Saket has also set up research and training labs in major IITs in order to train people in more than 200 colleges in India. Lucideus has been the recipient of the National Entrepreneurship Award in 2016 for the Best IT startup.SR Formidable leader behind Lucideus’ success: Saket Modi, CEO \"Chance favours the Prepared'. Cyber security is not our core competency, it's the only competency that we have. Thus, we are prepared for the web revolution the world is going through and strive reaching a point where everybody wants to connect with us,\" says Saket Modi. He started off as a hacker, hacking into the school system in order to get the question paper for an exam for which he was caught. He ended up confessing to the teacher soon after and as he grew up, he realised that his hacking skills can be utilised in more constructive ways. Finally, at the age of 21, he set up Lucideus alongside Rahul Tyagi and Vidit Baxi. Saket eventually set up offices in New Delhi, Palo Alto, New York, Mumbai, Boston and Bangalore.

Sunseap: powering your home and business with solar energy As renewable energy is no and around the South East Asia and cluding green loans, green bonds or longer considered a niche Pacific region. other debt instruments) to finance technology, countries and or refinance green projects in three energy companies have embarked Backed by institutional equity eligible areas: renewable energy, on a race to impress the world with investors, venture capitalists and energy efficiency and green roof majestic clean energy projects of financial institutions such as Gold- systems. These can include renew- all kinds and demonstrate their man Sachs and DBS, we have the able projects including rooftop solar, true potential. Some projects are resources to create a dedicated and run-of-river hydro and wind energy; destined to meet increased national bankable solution for our custom- energy efficiency projects for ex- energy needs in the wake of phasing ers. From solar photovoltaic (PV) ample smart grids, battery storage out fossil fuel power plants. Oth- installations, to offsite clean energy and LED lighting retrofits, as well as ers are seeking to use a country’s supply, energy efficiency solutions, roof-top greenery projects. competitive advantage and create and project financing, our integrat- energy export opportunities. After ed and holistic approach will solve Sustainalytics, a leading indepen- all, the charm of renewable energy your energy needs and create added dent ESG and corporate governance sources is that they have the ability value for any business. research, ratings and analytics firm, to change the world energy land- was engaged to provide a second scape, and give prominence to the Vision and Mission party opinion on Sunseap’s Green new ‘energy exporters’. As renew- Finance Framework. Its report able energy is no longer considered Vision concluded that the framework is a niche technology, countries and credible and impactful, and contrib- energy companies have embarked Affordable Clean Energy for Every- utes to UN Sustainable Development on a race to impress the world with one Goals (SDGs) 7: Affordable and majestic clean energy projects of all Clean Energy and 11: Sustainable kinds and demonstrate their true Mission cities and Communities. potential. Spearheading clean Energy utilities Sunseap secures SGS$43 Sunseap Group is the largest and and decarbonising solutions in a million Green Loan from most established clean energy solu- sustainable manner UOB tions provider in Singapore, with re- gional operations in South East Asia Sunseap Green Finance Sunseap secured a SGD$43m green Pacific. We currently have a portfolio Framework loan from United Overseas Bank of pipeline and completed projects (UOB) to fund the installations of that are close to 2 GigaWatt-peak Under this framework, Sunseap and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems (GWp) of solar projects in Singapore its subsidiaries will be able to raise on the rooftops of 210 sites, from green financing instruments (in- “We are the leading clean energy solutions provider in Singapore specialising in Solar PPA, offsite clean energy supply, EPC and O&M solar PV solutions, demand-side management, energy efficiency and more.” 40 DECEMBER 2019

Meet the CEO and Executive Director Frank Phuan Frank has over 20 years of experience in the solar industry, and possesses an Honours Degree in Applied Science in Materials Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Prior to setting up the company, Frank spent time in his family business, manufacturing solar panels and learning the ins and outs of the business. An experienced entrepreneur, Frank also spent time delving into advertising, IT and F&B. Frank is also a member on the NTU College of Engineering Advisory Board. Frank Phuan CEO & Executive Director commercial and industrial to govern- contributed to the development of and Sunseap Group for the Singa- ment premises. Collectively, the sites the clean technology sector in Singa- pore portion of its regional U-Solar have a total solar capacity of 37 MW- pore and beyond. Till date, theyhave programme, which connects Asian peak that can supply enough energy secured capital to fund their portfolio businesses and individuals with the to power more than 9,600 4-room of solar projects of several hundred lenders solar company partners to housing development board (HDB) Megawatt-peaks. Their financial part- help clients go green by switching to flats for one year. The green loan, in ners include; Goldman Sachs, DBS, solar power. Under the collaboration, an agreement with Sunseap Green UOB, ING and OCBC. Sunseap has also businesses and homeowners will be Finance Framework, will tap various forged long-term relationships with able to adopt solar energy by choos- financing instruments to fund its strategic partners such as EDB, IE ing from the installation, commission- projects and businesses with environ- Singapore, SPRING Singapore, SERIS ing, operations and after-sales service mental benefits, mainly on the areas and DNV. packages for solar power systems of renewable energy, energy efficien- provided by the three solar firms. To cy and green roof systems. SolarGy, SolarPVExchange help with the costs of installing and and Sunseap lend weight to maintaining the system, UOB will of- Clean Energy Investments UOB’s solar financing plan fer business owners solar equipment financing, while homeowners can opt Backed by reputable and credible fi- UOB has partnered home grown solar for a zero per cent interest install- nanciers, Sunseap has developed and companies SolarGy, SolarPVExchange ment plan of up to 36 months.SR DECEMBER 2019 41

InfoTrie– Leveraging Big Data technologies to next level InfoTrie is a Big Data, Financial Systems, Artificial Intelligence, InfoTrie offers cutting-edge Engineering and News Analytics Financial Engineering, and company with headquarters Quantitative Modelling. technology to analyze the humongous flow of financial in the Singapore. And, there are Why InfoTrie? industry information. The engine offices in India and Europe. They are advanced in algorithms transform There are too many unstructured transforms real-time data from unstructured data in finance into data (news, blogs, transcripts, financial news, social media, blogs, actionable alerts. InfoTrie helps social media, reports)… in the transcripts, reports into actionable Financial Industry. However, people visualize in an insightful way cannot read everything. Providing alerts. We uncover low signals for low latency quality information to reduce analysis time. So, you and investment signals is the key. analysts and investors, alert them Therefore, InfoTrie aims to leverage can spend more time on making Big Data technologies to change the in real-time, instantly cut the noise, way unstructured data is consumed decisions. The company was in Finance today. research is fast-tracked and you can founded in 2012. And the firm has use our low latency API to feed your released a lot of quality products systems. InfoTrie helps you monitor and services. They are a creative, your portfolio, build new breeds of efficient and global team; have decades of expertise in Information investment strategies and ultimately generate Alpha. In short, clients can use their products and services to Meet the mastermind: Frederic Georjon Frederic Georjon serves as the Chief Executive Officer of InfoTrie. Mr. Frederic co-founded InfoTrieis a Singapore based venture dedicated to the processing of unstructured data for finance. He has more than a decade of international expertise in trading applications and financial systems. Frederic Georjon, CEO

“Clients can use our products and services to take action on early market-moving information and gain perspective and context from differentiated information.” take action on early market-moving financial position of the asset/ topic/ commodities or topics/ people, other information and gain perspective company, and gain insights useful for assets tracked by InfoTrie sentiment and context from differentiated projecting future values. In addition, engine information. InfoTrie provides easy access to many years of historical data so that Data & APIs The firm is specialized in: trends over time can be examined. • News analytics, sentiment I-Feed offers Alternative data and InfoTrie’s finest products Sentiment Analysis for 70,000 + analysis for assets, people, topics and services stocks, major FX, Crypto-currencies • Global Business and IT commodities, topics, people FinSentS: Financial News (influencers), other assets tracked consultancy dedicated to Data and Sentiment Screener by InfoTrie sentiment engine. Up to Science and Financial Services 15 years of tick by tick and/ or daily • Machine Learning and Big Data FinSentS (Financial News and time series can be provided for any Real-Time Architecture Sentiment Screener) is a new asset. In addition, you can download • Trading systems and trading generation financial news and historical data on demand. Click here technologies integration information Portal. It scans and and Register to access the API. • The development of proprietary monitors millions of websites, blogs, Big Data and predictive analytics and business news publications in Consulting Services solutions real-time to analyze 70,000 + stocks, topics, people, commodities and InfoTrie offers AI in Finance Their Machine Learning and Big other assets by advanced low-latency consulting services. We combine Data Real-Time Architecture have algorithms. It can offer premium our expertise in Financial IT realized sub-second latency: sentiment analysis data, predictive (Algorithmic Trading, Asset structured sentiment data, buzz analytics, and other alternative data. Management and Treasury Systems) data, alternative data come out with Machine & Deep Learning immediately if any information I-Feed skills to provide a fertile ground for arrives. InfoTrie’s premium innovation. Develop rapidly new analysis enables financial analyst, I-Feed offers Sentiment data solutions; identify new perspectives traders, investors to evaluate past for 50,000 + stocks, Major FX, and technological trends.SR performance assess the current

Moneythor– Making digital financial services more relevant to get great financial insights Moneythor is a financial in Singapore and also present in actionable recommendations and technology company, with Paris and London. Their solution insights to customers. Examples of offices in Singapore, Paris, is currently used by financial these include personal or business and Tokyo, developing banking institutions in Australia, France, financial management (PFM/BFM) software components designed Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, features, budgets, goals, automated to provide better digital banking Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam. for customers and enhanced savings alerts, predictive forecasts, marketing & analytics for banks. Products and solutions and financial literacy material, The company was founded in 2013 furnished by Moneythor cross-selling, card-linked offers to provide banks and fintech firms (CLO) and more. The solution with a modern toolkit to enhance The Moneythor software solution is packaged with a library of their digital banking services, with is a channel-agnostic data- preconfigured content, insights, a prime focus on the generation processing engine with a rich API notifications and nudges ready to of data-driven personalized and enabling banks and fintech firms be used and covering a broad set of contextual recommendations for to offer improved functionality their customers. Moneythor solution and experience to their customers use cases. Custom ones can also be provides out-of-the-box capabilities through their digital banking to fast-track such initiatives while services, such as Web, mobile uniquely crafted by the banks in the enabling you to deliver unique data- and chat bots. The solution is a solution’s user-friendly back-office driven personalized content and pure Java EE application designed tool. deeper engagement. from the ground-up to be bank infrastructure-friendly and scalable. Retail Banking Since inception, Moneythor has It is deployed on-premises in the set a mission for it to make digital financial institutions’ technical Traditional features offered by retail financial services more relevant, infrastructure or in the cloud. more personal and to wipe out banks via their digital channels the myth that you cannot get great Personalized solutions are often exclusively transactional financial insights when you visit and not effective at engaging with your financial institution online. The prime focus of Moneythor The company is headquartered is in the delivery of real-time, customers or genuinely helping personalized, contextual and them with their daily financial needs. What is required is a more proactive approach, whereby transaction & activity data is constantly analyzed in order to “Moneythor solution provides out-of-the-box capabilities to fast-track such initiatives while enabling you to deliver unique data-driven personalized content and deeper engagement.” 44 DECEMBER 2019

provide personalized insights Moneythor empowers commercial and/or wallets to powerful search and timely recommendations to capabilities, advanced money consumers. banks to leverage digital banking management features, self-service personalization, and digital The Moneythor solution delivers a as the ideal medium to deliver engagement tracking, all capabilities powerful and flexible platform along tailored data-driven financial are available through the UX- this vision to enable customers of assistance with transaction insights, agnostic API. retail banks and B2C fintech firms to improve their finances both in forecasts and recommendations Rich Banking Data the short and long term. Augment your digital banking services with for relevant products to their Leveraging rules-based expert personalized recommendations business & SME customers, across system capabilities, statistical for consumers, including personal cash management, FX, commercial algorithms and machine learning, financial management (PFM), cards and trade & supply chain the Moneythor engine is used to financial literacy & advisory, finance. Moneythor’s business augment, classify and analyses contextual marketing, card-linked banking enhances online services to transaction data in order to offers (CLO) and more. your Business and SME customers generate better insights for the with actionable insights into their financial institutions and their Business Banking finances across cash management, customers. It covers the processing FX, trade & working capital finance, of multi-bank (Open Banking At most commercial banks today, and commercial cards. / PSD2) and multi-currency SME and corporate customers instruments, custom events, the can accomplish a wide range Web, Mobile & API auto-categorization of both income of their companies’ everyday & expenses, the normalization of banking activities online. However, The Moneythor solution delivers transaction details for improved those digital services generally a flexible framework to enhance analytics, the automated detection fall short when it comes to truly the digital banking experience of of trends, patterns and more.SR assist businesses to improve their customers across all devices with finances. out-of-the-box Web integration and a modern developer-friendly API, fully documented and consistent across its front-end and back-end endpoints. From unified transaction history across accounts, cards Olivier Berthier, Co-founder & CEO DECEMBER 2019 45

INFI Founded in 2013, INFI is a leading INFI’s offering is a ‘game-changer’— revolutionizes global AI company, headquartered empowering companies with the human- in Tel Aviv, who’s pioneering means to custom their services and machine EmpathAI™ technology, is revolutionizing product offering. As of today, through its interaction how companies understand captivate partnerships with market leaders across by translating audiences. Developed by world-class verticals, INFI is deploying its technology individual experts in psychology, AI, data mining and worldwide. personalities machine learning, EmpathAI™ combines into code intricate psychological models with What challenges did you face in proprietary algorithms aimed at instantly your initial years? What can your “With INFI, companies gain producing comprehensive insights from peers learn from it? a comprehensive customer personality traits, attitudes, and behavior UNDERSTANDING in the of any user, employee or customer. As a market pioneer, INFI was challenged digital sphere.” by the need to educate the market and INFI provides companies with the showcase the significant value derived Yoram Kraus, Founder & CEO means to understand their end-users in from the understanding of individual’s person, across digital channels, changing personality, beyond past behavior and “INFI brings the the way companies interact with their demographics, across digital platforms. At human touch customers. No more one size fits all. Now a certain inflection point in our company into the digital it is all about creating personality-based evolution, as we have become a known world.” messaging. leader in our space, we realized that, we need to shift our efforts from market With EmpathAI™, companies can education to customer onboarding understand an individual’s needs, wishes and implementation of EmpathAI™ and motivations to build empathetic worldwide. relationships by tailoring every interaction to a specific person. Since we offer added value in endless scenarios involving human-machine EmpathAI™ adds value to human- interaction, we had to gradually develop machine interactions in almost any our business and offering focus and industry and has set its initial strategic came up with a strategy that is tuned to focus on Finance, Healthcare E-Commerce customers, geos and use cases in which and HR verticals. our technology makes a substantial impact. In conversation with Yoram Kraus CEO and Founder of One of the biggest challenges of AI INFI companies today is to teach the machine on how to extract insights from big data Can you tell us about your so that they can provide better services company in a nutshell? to their users. Recent machine-learning methods group individuals by market INFI has developed a set of algorithms segments and ‘tribes’, which provide an that can reflect an individual’s personality understanding of WHAT certain groups of in the digital world. This enables us to people might need, based on past actions reflect preferences and desires within and behavioral patterns. However, these minutes across digital and physical tools have reached a glass ceiling since platforms, which when converted the implemented methodology is missing to real data allows our customers to the understanding of WHY an individual gain an ongoing understanding of acts in a certain way. With INFI’s the personalities and motivations of proprietary algorithms, we were able their customers and patients, utilized to break the code of the missing piece to improve business performance by implementing another dimension of and customer/patient interaction. personality understanding which makes all the difference.

“Earning trust and loyalty of What do you feel are the reasons guide patients, on how to treat illnesses consumers all around the world behind your company’s growth? and suggest illness specific wellness is through consistent focus on programs tailored to each patient’s delivering high quality in all We are building INFI strategically to makeup when needed, ensuring they are of our actions,” how do you grow globally with powerful investors, fully being taken care of. INFI’s proactive interpret this statement? partnerships and clients, that share and reactive applications are able to our vision. I am proud to say that I am approach in a personalized manner INFI’s methodologies are innovative leading the company together with our each and every patient and provide and have never been done before. INFI strong and unique management towards them with the motivation to adhere to offers its customers with a sophisticated making an incredible impact. I strongly a doctor’s patient specific treatment solution that enriches the way believe that all of us,united, will make recommendations. This With so much brands ‘welcome’ their clients within a positive impact on the lives of many promise behind this, INFI is destined to their platforms, adding a brand new and create a better world for the next revolutionize the entire medical system. capability–A personal human touch that generations. Saving lives,improving the patient’s is now altering the equation to a point quality of life and their surroundings, where services on digital platforms will INFI’s will impact on our daily lives, as providing real-time support, reducing provide us a realistic experience of being individuals as well as communities, by loss of precious time and costs to the assisted by a human as if they were launching an empathic AI approach that healthcare system, allowing medical standing right next to us. The essence improves our lives in every aspect. From service providers to manage their of INFI’s added value is creating an being able to conduct ourselves better resources effectively. individualized based roadmap leading financially,all the way to improving our to a meeting point where reality and health, wellness and even education. The INFI era is about to start. These are the digital spheres become one only to fascinating times for INFI, and we believe create a natural, flowing experience to INFI generates a win-win situation that the same goes for humanity as well. each and every one of us. where both individuals and businesses, will be able to optimize their As a question on sustainability, Between ever-increasing market performances side by side. where do you see your company sophistication, needs, and a couple of years from now? diversified customer base, many In Finance, financial officers offering business and IT leaders don’t a loan or issuing credit card to an In the past year we have partnered know what they really have— individual without having any credit with leading companies around the even when they think they do. history available, used to be a daunting world with the goal of establishing a How do you manage to resist/ task for lenders. With nearly 4B people footprint across Finance, E-commerce, serve the needs of a highly in the world without access to credit HR and Healthcare verticals. With volatile market? facilities, our personality-based risk 100+ employees today, we expect assessment establishes a new baseline to double over the next year. As we INFI understood that to be able and helps lenders approve or decline enter new markets around the world to provide a real and valuable a credit line request, allowing them to both organically and via strategic understanding of individuals it needs provide loans for credible people lacking partnerships in the UK, USA, India, to revise the way AI and applied any credit history. This invaluable data HK and APAC, Turkey and LATAM, we mathematics analyze and react to can be used for capturing the true are seeking to form more partnership our behavior on digital platforms. business potential, while reducing opportunities to meet our growth Whereas AI segmentation is based on rejection rates that may be as high as targets. users’ segmentations and statistical 85%. analysis, INFI focuses on the individual’s INFI has recently started launching personality, while maintaining full In e-commerce, we can provide insights its go-to-market strategy, and we are privacy of the individual. It allows and action able recommendations to now in the midst of securing a Round D companies to improve their service and sellers that empower the creation of investment at a valuation of $3B with sales processes as they launch custom custom buying journeys. Customers will the goal of going public in approximately user journeys. We enable leaders to now only get what they want and need, two years.SR elevate the way they interact with increasing conversion rates from current customers and highly impact on the 2-5%while dramatically reducing ability to maximize customer lifetime spamming. value and level of satisfaction. In Healthcare, a personalized Pocket Doctor, powered by INFI, will help

A Company Prateep Basu, Co-founder & CEO Focused On Enabling Financial Inclusion in Agriculture In An Era of Climate Change: SatSure Throughout history Earth’s large area questions in the areas the consensus was that technology climate has changed of agriculture, infrastructure, and capability exists to address significantly, but the modern Climate Action. SatSure has built a structural problems of the society, warming trend is abnormal because technology platform, with products but it was the business model for it is the result of human activity. designed at the intersection of the which there was no precedent. Earth-orbiting satellites and other sustainability nexus of food, water, Almost 9 months were spent by technological advances have and energy security for the other me and Abhishek to gather the enabled scientists to see the big 3 billion. As the effects of climate pain points of all the stakeholders picture, collecting many different change become more prominent - farmers, bureaucrats, bankers, types of information about our with frequent droughts and natural insurers, machinery companies, and planet and its climate on a global catastrophes, investment in multilateral agencies, to understand scale. This body of data, collected agriculture, infrastructure, energy the gaps to be addressed by using over many years, reveals the signals and associated technologies has to the technical expertise which the of a changing climate. be complemented with investments founding team possessed. Waiting in the associated financial services for hours to meet politicians and The combination of advancing and policy making approach that administrators for a few minutes climate change and an already- support development of these areas to understand the policy and vulnerable industrial system is through improved credit flows, risk administration pain points, traveling a “perfect storm” that threatens mitigation strategies and capacity to rural areas for interacting with farmers’ livelihoods and our food building to handle new technologies. farmers and cooperatives, listening supply. The good news is that there to executives in the high-rise offices are tools in the form of science- Advent of SatSure of Mumbai about how they tackle based farming practices that can the inefficiencies, SatSure’s founders buffer farmers from climate damage SatSure’s founding team did it all to create good design-to-fit and help make their operations comprises of four friends with products and build an organization more resilient and sustainable for background in space technology that can create impact at scale that the long term. SatSure is a decision and entrepreneurship. Myself and trickles down to the bottom of the intelligence solutions company Abhishek Raju built the initial pyramid. based in India, which leverages idea of SatSure and were joined by advances in satellite remote sensing, Ishan Tomar and Rashmit Singh Vision and Growth machine learning and big data Sukhmani as co-founders. Having analytics to provide answers to built their careers at esteemed A remarkable vision of SatSure Indian Space Research Organization, is to enable financial inclusion 48 DECEMBER 2019

Prateep Basu Co-founder & CEO “SatSure leverages advances (India) of SatSure in satellite remote sensing, machine learning and big data Prateep Basu has extensive experience of analytics to provide answers to large area questions across 8 years working in the space industry across US, Europe and India. Prateep started his multiple domains.” career at Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) as a scientist involved in project management for launch station. Post ISRO, Prateep completed his Master of Science in Space Technology and worked as a consultant at Northern Sky Research for 3 years before starting up SatSure, along with Abhishek Raju, Ishan Tomar, and Rashmit Singh Sukhmani. in developing countries using and the capability of SatSure to evolving its products and deliver, irrespective of being a solutions to stay abreast with the advanced space technology. startup. The mutual exchange of industry requirements. SatSure knowledge has been an essential doesn’t want to be too ahead of Hence, SatSure’s focus is to work part of SatSure’s growth, and the the curve, nor fall behind in its company tries to follow the same innovation quotient. SatSure’s with organizations like Banks, philosophy for every new industry banking product has matured MFIs, Insurance Companies, and they enter, knowledge exchange and has users across banks and Government organizations to help helps SatSure build robust NBFCs globally. Disaster insurance products. solutions were initially built them run their operations and for a minimal use case, which Impact and future found direct application in the provide services to the remotest 2018’s Kerala floods, which SatSure disrupted the agriculture helped the state Government plan part of the country, effectively and banking data analytics market evacuations saving many lives. efficiently. However, the transition by bringing highly accurate and This has been one of the proudest for clients from initially being timely assessments made by moments for the company. In analyzing alternate datasets such the coming month, SatSure will unaware of satellites and remote as satellite imagery and weather. be releasing the end-to-end However, there were no similar insurance product for agriculture sensing to using the data insights products in the market then, and property and infrastructure. and thereby SatSure adopted The solution is built, keeping in today to drive their operations and a ‘customer-centric’ iterative mind the requirements of insurers product development, which and re-insurers in the times of key decisions took time. It required required regular feedback from unpredictable weather events. This the industry to be able to build new launch will be another critical educating the clients and the products in an agile manner. milestone product for the company The same culture is followed in the area of infrastructure, industry about the science behind internally as well, with feedback diversifying the portfolio in from everyone playing a pivotal this vertical from the current our technology. SatSure themselves role in shaping the products, construction change detection business, and SatSure’s growth. product.SR were being continuously educated SatSure has been continuously about the complexity of operations DECEMBER 2019 across industries. There are still a few more years for the industry to mature due to human resource and technology constraints. By looking back at their journey, SatSure can undoubtedly claim that it has been fruitful with more positives than negatives, and this wouldn’t have been possible without the continuous support of a few key customers, institutions and people who believed in the technology 49

World Leader In Computer Vision Solutions For Retail: TRAX “Understand how your products look, perform and compete on the shelf with Trax’s breakthrough computer vision platform.” Trax is the world leader in market measurement services and shelf, even accounting for stacked computer vision solutions data science to unlock revenue items. for retail, ranking in the top opportunities at all points of sale. 25 Fastest Growing Companies In addition to mobile phones and Data Discovery And on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 tablets, Trax partners with leading Visualization: list. Trax digitizes the physical innovators of IOT technologies • Collect everything so that world of retail. In 2010 Trax including fixed cameras, robotics, introduced a revolutionary new and more, to capture retail reality you can dive in anywhere and image recognition technology to in-store. explore and enrich the data the the consumer goods industry. Our way you want. purpose was twofold – to raise THE TECHNOLOGY • Visualize the data with awareness of the significance and STACK engaging dashboards for those value of image recognition and light bulb moments. to drive greater efficiencies and The Trax technology stack is a effectiveness for consumer goods cascade of advanced engines TRAX RETAIL SOLUTIONS companies. For the first time, sales working in parallel to go from image representatives could receive a to insight in the quickest time. Simplify store operations and detailed product and category maximize store productivity to information including out-of-shelf, Advanced Computer Vision: deliver a consistent shopping the share of shelf, planogram, Core technology powered by experience free from preventable pricing and promotional compliance neural networks; a game-changing shelf issues like out of stocks or and more, all delivered to their innovation in Computer Vision that misplaced products. mobile phones within minutes in excels in detecting objects within the store. shelf images, and classifying these Trax for Store Operations: images with unparalleled accuracy. Today, Trax is the global leader • Improve store productivity: in computer vision solutions for Store Digitization: Our experts Improve store productivity by CPGs and Retailers, ranking in the have developed a system that uses automating in-store execution. top 25 Fastest Growing Companies geometric techniques to account on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 for the angle and distance from • Increase store sales: Increase list. The Trax platform enables the shelf from which the photo store sales with improved tighter execution controls in- was taken. This results in a digital replenishment and reduced store and the ability to leverage coordinate database that captures out-of-stocks. competitive insights through spatial details like the size and their in-store execution tools, location of each product on every • Drive consistent shopping experience: Drive consistent shopping experience with right product placement, promotions, and price. 50 DECEMBER 2019