Influencing the Product Strategy as an Engineering Leader
Madhuri Dhulipala
Rukmini Reddy
Sujata Kosalge
As an engineering leader, you are often pigeon holed into your domain and it is hard to partake in product strategy decisions. This is easier in smaller startups but much harder to do in larger companies.
As an engineering leader what it takes to be a strategic force when it comes to Influencing the product strategy? Many times this can be challenging due to the organizational boundaries and entrenched decision making processes . This panel with leaders who have managed just Engineering and both Engineering and Product organizations, will help you in determining how to expand your influence and make an impact in product stragety. They will share their expertise and proven techinques that has helped them make profound impact and be the guiding force and equal partner. This panel will equip you with the skills and strategies to elevate your influence and contribute significantly to your company's product strategy as an engineering leader.
About Rukmini Reddy
Rukmini Reddy is a SVP of Engineering at Slack. She joined Slack in 2020 to re-architect and re-imagine the Slack Platform. Rukmini has held executive roles for the past decade at several other enterprise SaaS companies. She has been recognized for her work with several industry awards like 2021 Okta Tech Up-and-Comers list , Twilio Developer Searchlight award and Cloudverse 100 people building the next generation of the internet. Her experience as an immigrant, a woman, and an engineer with over 2 decades of technical experience, have prepared her to lead large and diverse engineering teams,innovate at scale and forge genuine human connections with her colleagues.
About Sujata Kosalge
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 now one of the co-chairs for Women@North America, 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.
About Madhuri Dhulipala
Madhuri is the VP of Engineering at Salesforce. She is a technology executive focused on driving the delivery of critical customer-facing applications in global markets while managing a global, high-performance technical organization. She has over 20 years of experience in the 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. Her motto is to never give up and to always demonstrate value, learn, and grow by stepping out of her comfort zone. She holds MS, MBA, and BS engineering degrees from three continents