Speakers

Raajen Patel

EVP of Innovation, Medical Informatics Corp.

Akhila Aiyer

Principal Solutions Architect for Private Cloud AI at HPE

Raajen Patel

EVP of Innovation, Medical Informatics Corp

Raajen Patel serves as the Executive Vice President of Innovation at Medical Informatics Corp. His team builds and maintains Sickbay research products used in over 100 publications, posters, and presentations, and helped secure more than $10 million in grant funding. Raajen and his team develop next-generation algorithms from physiologic data, powering Sickbay applications that provide novel patient insights for clinicians. Notably, Raajen has co-authored 14 publications, 3 patents, and has presented on AI as an invited speaker. His teams have dressed up like him at least once.

At home, Raajen leaves instruments out in the living room in the hopes that his kids start playing them, so he can form the family band he’s always dreamed of.

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Akhila Aiyer

Principal Solutions Architect for Private Cloud AI at HPE

Akhila Aiyer serves as a principal Solutions Architect for private cloud AI at HPE. With a background in Data Science and AI, Akhila is a leader with extensive experience driving digital transformation at scale, having led impactful AI initiatives that helped transform customer engagement.

With expertise in AI/ML architecture, large language models, knowledge graphs, and real-time data orchestration, Akhila bridges cutting-edge technology with practical business outcomes. This leadership has delivered measurable results, Akhila is recognized for advancing responsible AI, data governance, and enterprise innovation.

When not navigating the world of AI, Akhila enjoys getting her hands dirty as an avid gardener and genetic tinkerer—always on the lookout to create the next amazing plant cultivar.

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