I’m a builder, turned investor, & am now back to BUILDING as CEO, Virtualness, mobile-first platform making web3 accessible for creators & brands. I’m driven by the mantra “When businesses succeed, livelihoods flourish.” On the building side: ♦️I started my career as an engineer at Silicon Graphics, & was part of the high-performance computing technology wave ♦️As a product leader, I was at the forefront of the mobile shift w Good Technology (acquired by Motorola) ♦️As a business leader, I led a SaaS consumer security product line at Phoenix Technology (before SaaS was a phenomenon!) (acquired by Absolute Technology) ♦️I was Managing Director, Facebook India & South Asia for over six years, starting as their first employee in India — We started one of four global operations offices that now serve over 3B people; built APAC SMB business & then focused on India revenue —We grew India business to several $100Ms of annual revenue & got investment buy-in for the vision of $1B. The team has since surpassed $2B — My subsequent experiences at Facebook focused on emerging and high-growth markets ♦️Co-founder Laddrr, social impact initiative focused on stepping up careers of ten million moms On the investing side: ♦️I’m Founding Investment Partner of F7 seed fund ♦️President, Athena Tech II, third in series of all women-led SPACs bringing talent, access to capital & transaction experience to enable a market leader to access public equity capital markets ♦️I was the first female Investment Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers (SBIA), manager of the $130B+ SoftBank Vision Fund - I led a portfolio of $5B+ across 9 investments, two new unicorns, three companies publicly listed (IonQ, WE, PEAR) — My focus was fast evolving sectors like quantum computing, additive manufacturing, enterprise, health tech, gaming & web3 — I served on IC of Emerge, global accelerator for brilliant companies led by underrepresented founders Board roles include: ♦️WeWork & Pear Therapeutics ♦️Served as Chair, Stanford Business School Management Board ♦️Advisory Board, Dean’s Leadership Council, Syracuse University College of Engineering My work has led to recognitions like ♦️Fortune India’s “Most Powerful Women ♦️Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business ♦️Lifetime Stanford Associate recognizing the university’s most dedicated volunteers I’m passionate about K-12 education, next-gen diverse leaders, mental health advocacy, tech for good & entrepreneurship I’m a (slow) runner - ask me about my next half-marathon. I love the outdoors & have hiked Mt. Everest Base Camp twice