Preethi Guruswamy is a technology leader with almost twenty years of experience. She is an expert in providing strategic direction, entrepreneurship, and delivering technology products using the latest methodologies and agile delivery techniques. Preethi is experienced in leading cross-functional teams, from seasoned professionals to younger teams, in Program Management, Engineering, Quality and Release Management. Preethi is a strong leader who inspires, coaches, and mentors the team & colleagues to achieve superior results. She has built a team from scratch to become a self-managed team. Preethi has excellent analytical, problem-solving, prioritization skills, and time management skills. She has proven capability to conceptualize solutions to challenging situations & implement practical, cost-effective plans.

Preethi is an expert in Cloud Solutions, specifically DBaaS (Database as a Service), Platform as a service (PaaS) and SaaS, Continuous Integration, Hadoop ecosystem, Big data Technologies, and Spark Streaming. She has also had leadership experience involving geographically dispersed teams. Preethi is an influencer and motivates and supports others. She is a thought leader who can inform, convince, and persuade others to act on key initiatives. Preethi is also experienced in collaborating with both colleagues and clients and has built confidence quickly by coaching and mentoring people. She is an expert in cultivating impactful C-Level relationships, incorporating a diversity of thought, and careful stakeholder management. Preethi is also a public speaker on Technology, Leadership, and Gender Diversity, having spoken internationally.

Preethi studied at the University of Mysore and has worked for companies like Intuit, Informatica, Oracle, and Logica. She is the Founder and President of Lean In Women In Tech India (Lean In Witi), and the former Lean In Regional Leader at Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation (Leanin.Org + Optionb.Org).