Richa Daga Bio
Richa Daga is an international technical speaker, author, mentor, and engineer by heart. As a Software Lead at Cisco, she develops products that pioneer the breakthroughs to build the Internet of the future.
Richa is a recognized IoT Thought Leader and is a recognized speaker at the global Internet of Things Community’s conferences, Global Grace Hopper Conference, IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference, Sub-Optic Conference, Women in Telco Conference, Digital Confex, Women Who Code Conference, Neuco podcasts, TechUp Women Summit, IEEE Sustainability Conference and Women in Tech Global Conference.
Richa won the Women Tech Global Conference Speaker of the Year Award’22 among 170+ countries. She was also bestowed with the prestigious Women Professionals Award by HerRising’23 at India’s largest conference for women.
Richa got invited to write about her life’s journey for an Anthology of Global Women of Influence to inspire women and the next generation. She is an international best-selling author and features as a global woman change-maker in the book, ‘The Butterfly Effect’.
Richa spearheads Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, as the India leader of Cisco Women in Science and Engineering ERG, in which she aims to groom technical women in leadership roles and inspire young girls to take STEM as a career
Richa has received multiple awards at Cisco for going above and beyond with her work and for her industry contributions.