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Jay Yogeshwar, PhD

CEO at Awardos Corp.

Dr. Jay Yogeshwar is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, innovator, an executive with over 25 years of leadership experience at the intersection of AI, enterprise IT, media, and telecom. As Co-Founder and CEO of Awardos, he is spearheading the development of next-generation AI-assisted knowledge management systems designed to transform enterprise productivity across support, services, product development, and sales operations. Key Highlights: - Adjunct Professor of AI, Rutgers University - Technical Emmy Award recipient for pioneering contributions to digital media innovation. - Founder and CTO of Front Porch Digital (successful exit to Oracle), where he led product innovation in media asset management and content archiving for 75+ global media organizations. - Global Lead for Media & Entertainment at Hitachi Vantara, building a $130M business unit focused on scalable, cloud-enabled solutions for the Communications, Media, and Entertainment sectors. - Inventor with 20 awarded U.S. patents in media technologies, AI, and digital systems architecture. My Mission: To harness the power of generative and agentic AI to create secure, responsive, and transformative knowledge systems that drive operational excellence and unlock the full potential of enterprise teams

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