CIO & CISO Think Tank

Ali Bidabadi leads Global Cloud Architects team at Fortinet where he focuses on creating multi-cloud security reference architecture and providing cloud migration roadmap to customers . He has more than 15 years of experience designing and building Cybersecurity, SDN and NFV products in public/private clouds and data centers. ​ Prior to Fortinet, Ali was a technical Product Manager at Juniper and a Principal Software Architect at Cisco where he designed and implemented an NFV-based orchestration platform for Cisco’s Mobility Core Business (MCBU). He was a founding member of Intel Security Controller team (ISC) and led the L4-7 integration of Intel advanced Security products with VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, and OpenStack/ODL platforms

Arun is an accomplished Enterprise Architecture and Digital Transformation executive with over 20 years of experience as an Enterprise Architect, Design Thinker, Futurist, and Solution Engineer. As a people leader, Arun’s core values of empathy, integrity, equality, trust, and continuous learning form the foundation for his leadership philosophy and approach. Arun joined Salesforce ohana in 2016, since then has played a key role in elevating Salesforce's digital transformation motion to the office of customer CxOs. Arun is the founding member of Salesforce Enterprise Architecture, illuminate, and Dreamforce illuminate track. Prior to Salesforce, Arun worked for two early-stage startups - MongoDB and MuleSoft in various Engineering, Sales, and Marketing roles.

Geeta Pyne is Senior Managing Director and Chief Architect at TIAA, where she leads the enterprise architecture vision and drives technology strategy across the organization. She specializes in large-scale digital transformation, modern enterprise architecture, and AI-driven operating models that integrate autonomous systems, platforms, and human collaboration. Geeta partners closely with CIOs and executive leaders to translate business strategy into scalable technology solutions, modernizing legacy platforms and accelerating innovation through cloud, composable architectures, and AI-native capabilities. Her work focuses on helping organizations move from isolated AI pilots to secure, governed, enterprise-scale intelligent systems. In addition to her role at TIAA, Geeta advises startups and industry organizations and is passionate about mentoring the next generation of technology leaders. She began her career as a research scientist in satellite image processing and holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science & Technology.