Arun Buduri is a renowned technology executive leader, innovator, mentor, and startup advisor with extensive experience in the consumer products and big data space. He has a passion for creating products, solving hard problems, launching blue ocean business verticals and world-class award-winning products, and holds/filed multiple patents with a crucial mix of Internet of Things, Home Automation, and Big Data technologies. Buduri has launched numerous world-class award-winning home controls and automation consumer products both in the US and emerging markets, and has led large teams spanning the US, India, and China. Buduri's expertise includes Consumer Electronics Products, Business/Technology/Innovation Strategy, Internet of Things (IoT), Voice-enabled Home Automation, ZigBee, Z-Wave, and Big Data Technologies, and he thrives in high-risk challenging environments. He is a hands-on coder, a winner of multiple coding hackathons, and a teacher who has conducted many Big Data Hands-On Workshops in multiple countries in partnership with Google Cloud.