At Business Intelligence Group, our awards programs are only as credible as the people who evaluate them. That's why we're incredibly proud to introduce our 2025 All Star Judges: a diverse collective of technology leaders, innovators, and industry experts who volunteer their valuable time to read, score, and provide meaningful feedback to every nominee.
These aren't casual reviewers. They're senior engineers at Amazon and Google. Principal architects at SAP and Oracle. Directors at Meta and McKinsey. VPs at major financial institutions. Founders of groundbreaking startups. They represent the full spectrum of business and technology excellence, and they've committed to ensuring that every BIG Awards program maintains the highest standards of evaluation.
Why Our Judges Matter
Unlike many awards programs that rely on opaque selection processes or pay-to-play models, Business Intelligence Group has always championed transparency and crowd-sourced wisdom. Our judges don't just check boxes. They engage deeply with each submission, providing confidential feedback that helps organizations improve internally, whether they win or not.
Each judge brings their own expertise, their own perspective, and their own high standards to the evaluation process. These judges evaluate submissions across our awards programs including the BIG Innovation Awards, AI Excellence Awards, Excellence in Customer Service, and more.
When a company wins a BIG Award judged by this panel, they know it was earned through rigorous peer review by professionals who understand what true excellence looks like. While the specific judges who score each submission remain confidential to maintain objectivity, winners can confidently reference the caliber and expertise of our entire judging panel.
Meet Our 2025 All Star Judges
We're honored to introduce this year's volunteer judging panel (listed alphabetically):
Ravi Kumar Amaresam - Lead Software Engineer, Minisoft Technologies
Srinivasa Ambati - Data and Analytics Engineer, Largest Healthcare Company
Abhiram Reddy Anireddy - Estimator (Civil Engineer), Bay City Mechanical
Ramkannan Avadainayag - Independent Consultant, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Vaidheyar Raman Balasubramanian - Senior Manager/Architect, Capgemini
Radhakrishna Banavalikar - Cloud Engagement Manager, Tata Consultancy Services
Babul Bansal - Senior Cloud Architect, Bell Canada
Maneet Bansal - Senior Software Engineer, Meta Platform Inc
Ronakkumar Bathani - Manager, ResMed
Sanjay Bauskar - Senior Database Administrator, Pharmavite LLC
Nagaraju Boddu - Principal Business System Analyst, Equinix
Harsha Bojja - Engineer
Sasibhushan Rao Chanthati - Sr. Software Engineer, T. Rowe Price Associates
Prasath Chetty Pandurangan - Senior Product Designer, Gainwell Technologies
Rahul Chaudhary - Advanced App Engineering Specialist, Accenture
Surya Narayana Reddy Chintacunta - Manager, Data & Analytics, WPP Media
Srinivas Chippagiri - Sr. Member of Technical Staff, Salesforce Inc
Ugandhar Dasi - Principal, Data & AI, T-Mobile
Sri Ramya Deevi - Principal Solutions Architect, Booz Allen Hamilton
Siva Karthik Devineni - Database Consultant, Elan Technologies
Milind Diwakar - Sr SDET, HP Personal Systems
Sandeep Dommari - Senior Cybersecurity Leader & AI Thought Leader, Ping Identity
Phani Sekhar Emmanni - Project Executive/Technical Project Manager, IBM
Harshini Gadam - Business Manager, Staples
Hina Gandhi - Senior Software Engineer, Cisco Systems
Pramod Gavade - Staff System Engineer, Airbnb
Venkat Sumanth Guduru - Software Development Specialist, State of Ohio, Department of Administrative Services
Aditya Gupta - Director - Industry Principal & Segment Head, Infosys
Rajiv Gupta - Principal, Product Management Technical, Amazon Web Services
Prasanna Kumar Reddy Gurijala - SAP Solution Architect, MYGO Consulting Inc
Vinay Dutt Jangampet - Staff Software Engineer - Cybersecurity and Splunk, Intuit
Hemant Jawale - Principal Partner Solutions Engineer, Salesforce
Kiran Kalyanaraman - Sr Product IT, CEG
Krishna Kandi - Sr Software Engineer, Convoke
Aleksei Kankov - Senior Backend Developer, Revizto
Upendra Kanuru - DevSecOps Engineer, USAA
Laxman Khandagale - Lead Developer, Intercontinental Exchange
Rohit Khankhoje - Quality Leader, VAS
Harshit Kohli - Sr Technical Account Manager/GenAI & Analytics Specialist, Amazon Web Services
Sridhar Krishna Korimilli - Senior Technical Leader, Customer Success Services, Oracle America
Gowtham Krishnaswamy - Software Development Engineer II, Amazon
Vineet Kumar - Vice President/Senior Lead Engineer, CLS Bank
Bhanuprakash Madupati - Technology Leader, Minnesota Department of Corrections
Vitaly Makarenko - Commercial Director, Quadcode
Tirumala Ashish Kumar Manne - Principal Cloud Architect, Optum
Mohan Krishna Mannava - Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Leader, Texas Health Resources
Mikaiel Melkonian - Principal Associate, Senior Software Engineer, Capital One
Muzeeb Mohammad - Senior Manager of Software Engineering, JPMorgan Chase and Co
Selva Murali - Senior Engineer, Samsung Semiconductors USA
Harikrishnan Muthukrishnan - Principal IT Developer, BCBS Florida
Piradeepan Nagarajan - IT Operations Manager, Qwiet AI
Dhivya Nagasubramanian - Lead AI Solutions Architect - Vice President, U.S. Bank
Dhanveer Nambiar - Founder, Stealth Startup
Dharnisha Narasappa - Sr Network Architect, VERSA NETWORKS INC
Sajith Narayanan - Senior Manager, Capital One Services, LLC
Bhanu Raju Nida - Principal Architect / Project Expert, SAP
Oghenekevwe Ovbije - Director, Energia Core
Deepa Pahuja - Senior Solution Architect, Amazon Web Services
Naga Palakurti - Solution Architect, Tata Consultancy Services
Urvish Pandya - Technical Program Manager, Google
Mohamed Nawas Paralath - Head of HR Governance and Controls, National Bank of Kuwait
Nimit Patel - Principal Data Scientist II, McKinsey & Company
Kshitij Patil - Software Dev Engineer, Amazon
Manjunath Patil - Senior Software Development Manager, Oracle
Baba Prasad Pendyala - Staff Technical Program Manager, Walmart
Sandeep Rachapudi - Engineering Project Manager, Tata Consultancy Services
Balachandar Ramalingam - Manager - Digital Business Partner, HNI Corporation
Rājeev Reddy Vishaka - Engineering Leader
Maimoon Saleem - Senior Program Manager, Amazon
Muthu Selvam - Lead Software Engineer, VP, U.S. Bank
Mohit Sharma - Customer Audit Manager, Amazon
Abhishek Shukla - Syracuse University
Jatinder Singh - Sr Technical Account Manager, Amazon Web Services Inc.
Vivek Singh - Sr. Vice President Of IT & Strategic Planning, Palayekar Companies Inc DBA PALNAR
Kumar Singirikonda - Director of DevOps Engineering, Toyota North America
Sanchit Srivastava - Sr. Manager Data Analytics and Architecture, General Mills Inc
Svetlana Stotskaya - Marketing and Strategy Executive, Mentor, Author, Independent Consultant
Tharun Anand Reddy Sure - Senior Software Engineer, ServiceNow
Vidya Rajasekhara Reddy Tetala - Engineer Lead, Elevance Health
Sankara Reddy Thamma - DC Technical Delivery Master II, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Anaswara Thekkan Rajan - Senior Full Stack Developer, T-Mobile Inc
Arunkumar Thirunagalingam - Sr. Manager - Data & Technical Operations, McKesson Corporation
Venkatesan Thirumalai - VP, JPMC
Karen Thomas - President, Thomas Public Relations, Inc.
Indranila Tsybikova - Enterprise Architect, Ingram Micro
Tejas Tumakuru Ashok - Data Scientist, Wyndham Destinations
Ramakrishna Tumati - Software Application Developer, Intel Inc
Mansoor Veliyathnadu Ebrahim - Engineer Lead Senior, Elevance Health Inc
Sachin Vighe - Senior DevOps/Cloud Architect, Amazon Web Services
Krishna Chaitanya Yarlagadda - Sr. Manager - Data Science & Analytics, Mercury Financial
Lesia Yanytska - Luxoft USA
Jiaxi Zhu - Head of Analytics, Google
The Heartbeat of the Awards Platform
What makes this group truly remarkable isn't just their impressive titles or the household-name companies they represent. It's their willingness to give back. In an industry that moves at breakneck speed, these professionals have chosen to dedicate their time to evaluating innovations, reading through detailed submissions, and providing thoughtful feedback to organizations striving for excellence.
These judges are the heartbeat of our awards platform: ensuring that recognition for innovation, customer service excellence, AI achievements, and more is both credible and meaningful.
They're not paid for this work. They don't receive special perks or backdoor advantages. They volunteer because they believe in recognizing genuine achievement and helping the business community set higher standards.
A Commitment to Excellence
As we launch into another year of awards programs—including the AI Excellence Awards, BIG Innovation Awards, Excellence in Customer Service Awards, and more—we do so with confidence. Confidence that every winner has been thoroughly vetted by expert judges. Confidence that every submission receives fair consideration. Confidence that our transparent, crowd-sourced approach to recognition continues to set the gold standard in business awards.
To our 2025 All Star Judges: thank you. Your expertise, your integrity, and your generosity make everything we do possible. You are the heartbeat of our awards platform.
To the organizations preparing to submit to our awards programs: you're in excellent hands. When you receive feedback from our judges, know that it's designed to help you improve, delivered confidentially to support your internal growth and development.
Here's to another year of celebrating excellence, innovation, and the people who make it all happen.
Ready to submit your organization for recognition by these industry leaders? Visit bintelligence.com to learn more about our awards programs and upcoming deadlines.