Fremont ACM Chapter Hosts “Technology Trends Shaping Modern Industry”

FREMONT, CA — The Fremont ACM Chapter hosted its technical talk event, Technology Trends Shaping Modern Industry, on Sunday, February 15, 2026, at the Fremont Downtown Event Center

The event brought together leading engineers, architects, product strategists, and researchers from across Silicon Valley to explore how artificial intelligence, cloud-native systems, cybersecurity, identity frameworks, energy systems, and data platforms are reshaping modern enterprise infrastructure.

The evening featured distinguished speakers from Palo Alto Networks, Oracle, Visa, Salesforce, Amazon Web Services (AWS), TAE Technologies, Informatica, Intermedia, and Zscaler, delivering practical, production-scale insights grounded in real-world enterprise deployments.

A Strong Opening on AI, Cloud, and Responsible Innovation

The program began with opening remarks from Mr. Nandagopal Seshagiri, Secretary of the Fremont ACM Chapter, who highlighted the accelerating convergence of AI, cloud computing, and distributed systems. He emphasized that intelligent automation, resilient cloud architectures, and secure-by-design engineering practices are now foundational pillars of enterprise competitiveness.

Program Chairs Deepak Kole and Isan Sahoo steered the evening’s program and ensured a smooth flow across sessions. Drawing on deep experience in AI-driven cloud infrastructure, they outlined the event’s focus on next-generation computing challenges and the architectural patterns shaping modern platforms.

Featured Talks and Distinguished Speakers

Each speaker delivered focused technical insights addressing modern system design challenges and emerging innovation patterns.

Anurag Reddy Ekkati, Sr. Principal Architect, Palo Alto Networks

Talk: Fleet-Scale Certificates: Managing Millions of Trust Relationships
Mr. Ekkati examined certificate lifecycle management at fleet scale, detailing autonomous “renew-and-deploy” pipelines that continuously issue, distribute, validate, and safely rotate certificates across microservices, Kubernetes ingress, load balancers, service meshes, and IoT gateways.

Chaitanya Kulkarni, Principal DevOps Engineer, Oracle America

Talk: Bridging the Analytics Gap: Conversational AI for Enterprise Database Queries
Mr. Kulkarni introduced Oracle SELECT AI, demonstrating how Large Language Models translate natural language into optimized SQL, enabling business users to query enterprise databases without deep technical expertise.

Madhushree Kumari, Staff Software Engineer, Visa

Talk: The Smart Buffer: Using AI to Automate Caching in Distributed Systems
Ms. Kumari presented AI-driven predictive caching models that replace static LRU mechanisms, enabling distributed systems to prefetch intelligently, reduce latency, and optimize cloud costs.

Chiranjeevisantosh Madugundi, Principal Software Engineer, Palo Alto Networks

Talk: Operationalizing LLM-Based Incident Reasoning with Bounded Authority and Execution Guardrails
Mr. Madugundi discussed bounded-authority frameworks for agentic AI in SRE workflows, ensuring safe execution, runtime approvals, and auditability while reducing operational toil and MTTR.

Chandrashekhar Medicherla, Lead Software Engineer, Salesforce

Talk: Building Intelligent Incident Response with Hybrid RAG
Mr. Medicherla introduced Hybrid RAG architectures combining graph-based reasoning, semantic retrieval, and live system state integration to deliver context-aware, precise AI-driven incident response.

Gokul Chandra Purnachandra Reddy, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Talk: Beyond Agentic AI – The Rise of Agentic AI
Mr. Reddy explored how agentic AI systems are transforming legacy modernization by autonomously analyzing monoliths, identifying architectural boundaries, and generating production-ready microservices—accelerating cloud-native adoption across telecommunications and large-scale enterprise systems.

Soumya Ranjan Bej, Technology Leader, TAE Technologies

Talk: Key Trends Shaping the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Industry
Mr. Bej highlighted large-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems supporting fusion research and hyperscale infrastructure, discussing fast frequency response (FFR), degradation modeling, and AI-driven Remaining Useful Life (RUL) prediction.

Himant Goyal, Senior Product Manager, Informatica

Talk: The Consumption Economy’s Invisible Engine: How Data Platforms Power Modern Business
Mr. Goyal examined how consumption-based business models depend on scalable data platforms capable of tracking billions of micro-transactions, enabling accurate billing, analytics, and monetization.

Prabhav Rathi, Data & Analytics Leader, Intermedia

Talk: Modern Data Management in the Age of AI: From Governance to Intelligence
Mr. Rathi discussed the evolution toward metadata-driven, governed data ecosystems that form the foundation for trustworthy, scalable AI systems.

Rajesh Purushothaman, Principal Software Engineer, Zscaler

Talk: Zero Trust Identity: From Passwords to Continuous Identity Verification
Mr. Purushothaman outlined how Zero Trust architectures shift security to identity-centric frameworks, emphasizing continuous verification using MFA, behavioral signals, and contextual risk analysis to protect cloud-first enterprises.

Advancing the Bay Area Technical Community

The event generated rich technical discussions and cross-industry collaboration, reinforcing the Fremont ACM Chapter’s position as a leading forum for applied AI, cloud engineering, cybersecurity, and enterprise-scale innovation.

With additional workshops and initiatives already in planning, the chapter continues to expand its role as a premier knowledge-sharing platform serving Silicon Valley’s technology community.

Organizing Committee

Some of the other key Fremont ACM Chapter leaders who helped make Technology Trends Shaping Modern Industry a success included the chapter’s dedicated committee chairs:

• Mr. Amit Kumar Padhy, Communications Chair — Led event communications and strategic coordination, ensuring seamless engagement across speakers, partners, and the broader Bay Area technology community and beyond.

• Mr. Arun Kumar Elengovan, Vice Chair — Supported chapter-wide programs and contributed engineering leadership that elevated the technical depth of the event.

• Mr. Vinay Soni, Co-Chair and Digital Lead — Led the chapter’s digital presence, online operations, and platform management, enabling broader community engagement.

• Mr. Pavan Nutalapati, Co-Chair and Treasurer — Managed operational logistics and financial stewardship to ensure smooth execution and sustainable chapter operations.

• Mr. Nandagopal Seshagiri, Secretary—Oversees coordination, communications, and event readiness, ensuring smooth operations for each chapter initiative.

• Mr. Isan Sahoo, Program Chair—Architects the program structure and curates topics that reflect emerging trends in AI-driven cloud infrastructure and resilient systems.

• Mr. Deepak Kole, Program Chair— Shapes the technical agenda with a focus on scalable, cloud-native architectures and modern infrastructure design.

• Mr. Rakesh Keshava— Chairman of Fremont ACM Chapter

• Mr. Manjunatha Sughaturu Krishnappa— Membership Chair