In his role as strategic program manager, Riwaj Sapkota focuses on business and product development of Azena’s oil and gas remote monitoring suite to help multinational upstream companies improve operational reliability and environmental performance with the help of AI video analytics. He has a decade of experience in IoT, connectivity and data science, enabling customers from various industries to capitalize on the digital transformation. Before joining Azena, Sapkota co-founded dstack.ai, a Germany-based AI start-up. Prior to that, he held various roles in product and business development at technology companies. Sapkota holds a master’s in electrical engineering and an MBA in Innovation and Business Creation. He can be reached at riwaj.sapkota@mail.azena.com.