Session: How to scale inside the home and outside as a senior women tech leader
Learning to Scale both inside the home and outside at work environment is critical part of successful career growth. Understanding what are your values, what are the strengths and where to lean for support and adapt are crucial for women leaders as they balance both at home and outside. This topic is to explore and understand how women leaders adapt, change, learn and scale and what mechanisms do they invent and adopt through the journey.
Bio
Madhuri:
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Madhuri is VP of engineering at Salesforce. She is a Technology executive focused on driving delivery of critical customer facing applications in global markets while managing global high performance technical org (200+). She has over 20 years of experience in technology, financial and consulting industries.
She leads with her core values of compassion, curiosity and courage to empower teams to bring their best to the table. She holds MS, MBA and BS engineering degrees from three continents.
Sujata Kosalge Bio (go/sujata-bio)
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Sujata Kosalge is Vice President of Engineering for the Core Data organization at Google. Core Data is responsible for data at Google, working closely with teams across the company to serve their data needs. Joining Google as an engineer in 2007, she was an integral part of the growth of Google’s Adwords API before leaving Ads. Sujata is passionate about Diversity and Inclusion, and is proud to have held the DEI chair for Ads, and a committee member for Core. Sujata is also one of the global co-chairs for Women@ ERG group, and is excited about the responsibility of making Google a more inclusive and equitable workplace for Women. Prior to joining Google, Sujata was an engineer at eBay and worked in their infrastructure group. In her free time, she loves to travel with her husband and two boys.
Lakshmi:
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Lakshmi Baskaran is an accomplished business leader, entrepreneur, and angel investor with over two decades of experience in the tech industry. She has built and managed high-performing engineering teams for startups, scale-ups, and publicly listed companies across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
She is currently serving as the VP of Engineering at Metadata, a SaaS company that offers a Marketing Operating System to prominent brands and businesses worldwide.
Lakshmi is passionate about coaching and mentoring business leaders and empowering women to pursue careers in technology. With the right support, she firmly believes that any woman can unleash her potential and make a significant impact on the world, rising to the heights of a great leader, entrepreneur, and a board member.
Lakshmi shares her insights on leadership and technology through her writing on Medium and Thrive.
Trishala
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Trishala Pavagada is a seasoned tech leader driven by her passion for cultivating diverse teams and fostering inclusive cultures. With a wealth of experience spanning across small startups to large corporations, she specializes in spearheading transformative technical and organizational initiatives aimed at enhancing innovation and productivity, all while prioritizing customer value delivery.
Trishala is currently serving as VP of Engineering at Five9, a leader in the cloud contact center software.
Trishala is committed to fostering a culture of collaboration and empowermen. She champions initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognizing the inherent strength in embracing a multitude of perspectives and experiences.