Jyoti Lalchandani is a seasoned business executive with more than 25 years of experience in emerging markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In his role as IDC’s Group Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), he has been instrumental in establishing IDC’s presence in the region – first, through the initial expansion of the Dubai headquarters and then by spearheading the development of IDC offices in Johannesburg, Istanbul, Riyadh, Casablanca, Lagos, Nairobi, and Cairo.

Jyoti is responsible for the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of IDC’s market intelligence and advisory services, sales, conferences and events, go-to-market services, and office development activities across the META region. As a respected authority on emerging market tech trends, he is also regularly invited to speak at major industry events throughout the region and is frequently quoted by both the national and international media.

His field of expertise includes key tech areas such as cloud, analytics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, and he is well known for providing guidance on digital transformation strategies for the entire C-suite. He is a trusted advisor to senior executives in the supplier/enabler space across the ICT ecosystem, as well as to tech buyers from the CIO and line-of-business communities.

Starting at IDC’s CEMA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) headquarters in 1995 in Prague, the Czech Republic, Jyoti served as IDC’s regional consulting manager. In this role, he headed several country-based project teams that advised local and multinational IT vendors on issues relating to entry strategy, competitor analysis, ROI analysis, distribution and partner evaluation, and market segmentation. He later took on the additional responsibility of overseeing the CEMA software practice, in which he was responsible for overseeing all related research (applications, system infrastructure, and tools) and advisory work across emerging EMEA countries.

Before joining IDC, Jyoti served on the national board of international non-profit organization AIESEC, where he managed the association’s partnership agreements with leading Indian conglomerates. He graduated from Loyola College, India, where his studies focused on strategy management and business policy. He later attended a corporate-sponsored program at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts.

Humayun Muhammad is a Regional Sales Director at BMC Software, based in Dubai, UAE. He leads strategic growth across key Middle East accounts, driving large-scale digital transformation initiatives and building executive-level partnerships with enterprise customers. With a strong focus on business outcomes and value-driven engagement, Humayun brings deep expertise in aligning technology with customer priorities, enabling organizations to improve operational resilience, accelerate innovation, and deliver measurable impact.

With more than 26 years of experience in the ICT sector and working for various organization from satellite communication, broadband operators and technology vendors. Faisal holds a very hands on knowledge and experience in multiple technology domains and their implementation across different industry verticals.

Faisal has led numerous ICT transformation projects of enterprise and national scale across Middle East ranging from smart city, safe city, network transformation, cloud & data centers.

As Chief Technology Officer, Faisal is responsible for the alignment and implementation of Huawei’s Middle East business strategy and technology vision and translate it to business success.

In his 20 years at Huawei, Faisal has been part of both Carrier business and Enterprise division and has always been recognized as one of top achievers in the organization.

Rajesh Nagpal oversees Huawei’s Enterprise Business in the UAE, with direct accountability for strategy, revenue growth, and ecosystem development across financial services, government, energy, transportation, and retail, hospitality & healthcare (RHH). He brings over 20 years of enterprise technology and business leadership experience, with a proven record of delivering large-scale digital transformation programs across the Middle East.

In his current role, Rajesh drives adoption of Huawei’s cloud, AI, data, and resilient infrastructure and platform solutions, positioning organizations across all key verticals to meet the demands of the UAE’s national digital priorities.

Sherif Medhat is a Lead Solutions Engineer at Lead Solutions Engineer, working with enterprise and government organizations across the Middle East on observability, cloud transformation, and digital resilience. With over 14 years of experience spanning observability, cloud, and enterprise applications—including roles at Microsoft, Cisco, and IBM—he brings a strong blend of technical depth and business insight.