Balazs Fejes vs Mahesh Vinayagam

Balazs Fejes

CEO of EPAM Systems

BIO: Before September 2025, Mr. Fejes served as EPAM’s president of global business and chief revenue officer, where he led global client engagement, oversaw market activities, and was responsible for EPAM’s global business operations. During his more than 20-year tenure with EPAM, Mr. Fejes has held a number of senior roles, including president of the Europe and APAC markets, where he led business activities in those regions, co-led global business operations, and oversaw EPAM’s banking and financial services business unit. He also served as chief technology officer (CTO), where he was responsible for ensuring EPAM’s global software development centers operated at the forefront of industry standards for efficiency and quality. Mr. Fejes joined EPAM in 2004 as part of the acquisition of Fathom Technology, a Hungarian software engineering firm he co-founded, where he also served as CTO. Prior to co-founding Fathom Technology, Mr. Fejes held senior technical leadership roles at Great Plains (Microsoft Business Solutions) and Scala Business Solutions. Throughout his career, Mr. Fejes has been a hands-on innovator, visionary architect, and software engineer, earning multiple awards and programming championship honors.

Mahesh Vinayagam

CEO of qBotica

BIO: Mahesh Vinayagam is the CEO and Founder of qBotica, Inc., a pure play Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm specializing in providing Center of Excellence (CoE), Intelligent Automation, OCR, Machine Learning and Conversational AI to leading Fortune 500 firms and Small to Medium sized corporations. Mr. Vinayagam is a Technology industry veteran with over 20 years performing various leadership roles for several prominent technology firms, including Syntel, Inc. He successfully led Syntel’s largest client account for many years helping them achieve significant revenue growth in his illustrious tenure with them. He led initiatives across Digital, Cloud, Robotics and Business Operations. Mr. Vinayagam possesses a unique combination of experience across Technology, Client Relations, Sales, Process Operations and Business. Mr. Vinyagam also serves as an advisor and volunteer for several technology startups, including Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain industries. He is currently the CSO for an AI driven home service startup, Kozee, leading the organization’s strategic efforts. He is widely respected for his insights and background in the technology field and serves on the Forbes Technology Council, Non-Profit Boards and several advisory roles.