Keynote speaker Dhiraj Mukherjee is one of Shazam’s co-founders and someone with extensive knowledge and experience in digital business. He boasts an outstanding reputation in both the startup and corporate worlds.

The Financial Times named Dhiraj one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs in 2015. The following year, speaker Dhiraj Mukherjee became one of The Digital Banking Club’s “Power 50″‘ elected members. His professional experience includes working at Virgin Money as the Head of Banking Innovation. At Virgin, he was in charge of creating new services needed for digital banking. The goal of one of these services was to serve 2.2 million students in the United Kingdom.

Dhiraj has worked in various industries, such as consulting, media and entertainment, and charity. As a co-founder of Shazam Entertainment in 2000, he developed the first mobile app that recognizes music. The app has been downloaded more than 1 billion times. He served as a Shazam’s director from 2000 to 2003, during which time the company obtained £600,000 in seed funding. Shazam also received more than £10 million in venture capital investment. Apple purchased Shazam in 2017 for an estimated $400 million.

As an active angel investor, he has concentrated on a number of startups that use artificial intelligence to improve society. Dhiraj is a frequent speaker at conferences on topics such as entrepreneurship, innovation, and emerging technologies.