From the comforts of the city, I was thrust into an environment where infrastructure was lacking. As the daughter of an entrepreneur, I gained a unique perspective on building an educational institution in rural India but felt less than my peers in the city. The selection into a global team of 20 for NASA’s <x> program built my confidence.
Witnessing some of the best minds iteratively build ...
Controlling a machine through the uncertainty of the troposphere makes me feel alive.
My earliest memory as a child is a field trip to Buckley Air Force Base, where my Dad, a military pilot, showed me the massive panels of the 777 …
I have worked with products of scale at Google and Meta. To gain experience in Digital Marketing and Strategy for small businesses and to help my friend’s boutique, I worked closely with her to strategize for the growth phase.
We developed processes that ...
I led a team of three to take the office security solution live for 3m+ customers with minimal glitches. Leading up to the event, I had several interactions with the VP of Strategy of a client ..
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Are you ready to jump? I shouted, “Yes,” masking the risks with the adrenaline rush of jumping from 10,000 feet above the ground. It was the precise moment when my legs left
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I was obsessed with App development right from high school when I won the Google Code Jam competition. Once I applied my skills to large tech giants, I explored ways to help non-profits with fast..
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When 2020-21 set a record in fundraising for SaaS companies started by white founders, black communities struggled to raise funds. As a black founder from Detroit, I found inspiration from the sub-culture with unique designs that disrupted the clothing industry, but Silicon Valley ..
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As a non-profit on a mission to increase financial inclusion for women in rural India, we undertook the challenge of changing culture where husbands controlled how women’s incomes were spent.
While men spent 65% of their income on alcohol...
I grew up in a volatile family where violence was the language that everyone understood. As the middle kid, I was the mediator, negotiator, and pacifier. The role kept the family from disintegrating into chaos, but the mental stress ..
With 4+ years of experience as a Technology Consultant, I have worked in the insurance, e-commerce, and Banking industries. While implementing a $12M software solution for an e-commerce giant in the US, I was entrusted to build..
I thrive in an Entrepreneurial culture, and implemented the first AI-driven software programming module that improved the product shipping time by ~20%.
Implementing frontier solutions is exhilarating. Looking back, I ..
Coming from a middle-income family, I am fortunate to be among the 27% of women in India who are employed in a full-time role. Despite a shift in attitude towards sharing household chores, women still ..
When I began my career in a start-up, the return on our investment was calculated with the knowledge that if we overspent, the company would fail. Frugality became the greatest virtue. Because of the diverse responsibilities in a start-up, I ..
Relocating from the US to Fiji with comfortable housing in the island’s capital felt like a privilege compared to the hundreds of thousands of villagers, who have seen their beloved land gulped by the ocean’s rage.
We established rapport with neighboring clans..
Figuring out the shortest path from the villages to the suburbs of Mumbai for the <x> pipeline project to designing the shortest interactions before food is delivered to your doorsteps, I have been fortunate to engage with the Government of Maharashtra and also present my understanding of user resistance to the team at Uber.
What makes me feel alive is when..
Starting the day with memorizing the photo of the mailman, plumber, and essential handymen was a ritual that I was used to as a 5-year-old. I babysat my 2-year-old twin sisters as my mother was managing two shifts as a single parent in the US. From finding tricks that pacified my sisters to rationing Quesadillas, I grew up faster than my friends.
Marketing for my uncle’s restaurant business, I
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Initially, in my career, I assumed that Financial Services is all about technical skills. Once I gained mastery of the technical, I realized it was not sufficient to grow in my career. By pro-actively seeking cross-functional opportunities, I interacted with..
In 2018, our company's valuation improved by 15x when an investor showed interest in acquiring us. From paper millionaires, we had a real shot at financial independence.
When the deal fell apart, we recognized that ..