Speaker

D r Shantha mohan is an Executive In Residence, Innovation Lab at Carnegie M ellon U niversity's Integrated Innovation Institute, where she mentors and guides students

Dr.ShanthaMohan is a global software engineering leader and entrepreneur with a proven track record of growing and mentoring technical teams and generating customer RO I across the globe Retail Solutions Inc., the company she co-founded, is a leader in retail analytics in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) domain She ran product development for the company and was responsible for scaling the product development team worldwide and delivering multiple analytic applications Before Retail Solutions, Shantha had over 20 years of experience focusing on mission-critical systems to support semiconductor and other high-value-added manufacturing A t Consilium, now part of A pplied M aterials, she managed the development of three generations of manufacturing execution systems. Such software systems are mission-critical, highly scalable, and highly available, and companies such as Intel and Infineon depend upon them for their manufacturing.

O utside CM U , Shantha is a mentor of start-ups and students from her alma mater. She provides career advice to new graduates and those making career transitions She is a member and volunteer of the Society of W omen Engineers (SW E) Shantha is also a member of The Carnegie M ellon W omen's A ssociation (CM WA ) and is active in the Barbara Smith W omen's M entoring Program H er book?Roots and W ings?Inspiring stories of Indian W omen in Engineering?was published in 20 18 She co-authored?D emystifying A I for The Enterprise,?published in 20 21 H er most recent book on leadership,?Leadership Lessons W ith The Beatles,?was published in M ay 20 22 by Routledge Press/Taylor & Francis.