Gajen brings over 25 years of experience in digital transformation, AI integration, and enterprise technology with a proven track record of scaling technology businesses and driving innovation across multiple industries.

Most recently, Gajen served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Hitachi Digital, where he spearheaded the company's global AI strategy and led transformation initiatives across industrial and enterprise portfolios. He also served as CEO of Hitachi Vantara, leading its transformation into a global leader in digital infrastructure, data management, and cloud solutions.

Prior to his roles at Hitachi, Gajen spent over 15 years at Cognizant in various leadership roles, helping grow the company from $368 million to over $16 billion in annual revenue. As President of Cognizant's multi-billion-dollar Digital Business, he led strategic acquisitions and spearheaded company-wide transformation initiatives, including building the Digital Engineering practice to a $1 billion run rate in just 18 months.

Earlier in his career, Gajen co-founded NerveWire, a management consulting and systems integration firm that was later acquired by Wipro.

Throughout his career, Gajen has been a strong advocate for responsible AI and ethical technology deployment, committed to ensuring AI-driven innovation delivers measurable impact for businesses and society.

He holds a Certificate in Harnessing AI for Breakthrough Innovation and Strategic Impact from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is also an alumnus of Harvard University's Executive Education program and Royal College Colombo.

Mark is a proven and well-respected leader with over 20 years of financial leadership experience. He joined Rackspace in 2020 as Chief Financial Officer for the Americas region before being promoted to the Chief Accounting Officer position in late 2021.

Prior to joining Rackspace, Mark served as Vice President of Finance for Acelity, a leading global medical technology company acquired by 3M. Prior to Acelity, Mark was Vice President, Finance at iHeartMedia and head of Corporate FP&A at SunEdison, Inc. He began his career at General Electric as a graduate of the Financial Management Program (FMP) and spent nearly 10 years there in a variety of key financial leadership roles across manufacturing, supply chain, business development, FP&A and as a divisional CFO for GE Aviation.

Mark obtained a Master of Business Management from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Arts in History from DePauw University.

Mark resides in San Antonio, Texas with his wife Tara and four children.

Kellie Teal-Guess brings over 30 years of experience in Global Human Resources with a strong background in Strategy, M&A Integration, Talent Management, Organizational Design, Change Management, and Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS).

Kellie most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Cynosure, a medical device company located in Boston, and before that, as EVP, Chief People Officer at CyrusOne. In both roles, she led Global Human Resources and internal Real Estate. Before CyrusOne, Kellie was with ProQuest LLC for four years. Prior to that, she was with Dell Corporation for over nine years as the Executive Director, Human Resources, supporting more than 18,000 employees in its global Services Delivery group.

Kellie holds an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio and an M.P.A. and B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Mike is the Chief Legal Officer for Rackspace Technology, bringing over three decades of experience as a technology lawyer to his role. He has been with Rackspace Technology for 16 years, having joined the company as part of its acquisition of Datapipe in 2017.

Before joining Rackspace, Mike served as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Datapipe for over a decade. His wide-ranging legal experience in the technology sector began at Bross Cummings Pereira & Moore, a full-service law firm that he founded and managed. The firm, based in New Jersey, represented high-tech, telecommunications, and public-sector corporate clients.

Mike holds a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Washington University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management Information Systems from Syracuse University.

Beyond his professional life, Mike resides in Northern New Jersey with his wife and their three children. His deep commitment to his work and his family defines his character both in and out of the office.