Naureen Meraj is the Senior Global Director for Gamification and Employee Engagement at NTT DATA, Inc, a subsidiary of the 6th largest IT Services Company in the world.   She created the Gamification practice in an effort to improve learning, collaboration, sales, customer loyalty and employee productivity across NTT Data's blue-chip client base through the use of game mechanics and immersive game-like experiences.   Her team's pioneering work in gamification has been recognized by Information Week as one of the 500 best innovations for 2012 and 2013. Most recently her Gamified eLearning platform won the 2014 CLO Learning in Practice Award for achievement in business impact as well as the 2014 Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Award for best advance in social learning technology.  Naureen advises corporate leaders around the world on using gamification to improve their business, and her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Forbes.  In addition, Naureen also developed and leads the employee engagement practice, which helps maximize the benefits of an engaged workforce, both for NTT Data and its clients.