A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale

Harini Gokul is a Microsoft Executive, Global Technology Leader and Investor with unique expertise in driving digital transformation for Fortune 500 customers. She was recently elected to the Medina, Washington City Council and is on the board of the Washington Technology Industry Association. Harini is an engineering graduate and received her MBA from Vanderbilt University. In her 15 plus years at IBM, Microsoft and Amazon web services, Harini has built cloud businesses, created strategic partnerships and led GTM programs at scale, to help customers realize value with digital transformation. Harini has experienced building and growing teams across India, Europe, and the United States. She is active and the Pacific Northwest startup ecosystem. Harini is also an angel investor, a limited partner with Flying Fish ventures and an advisor to multiple companies. Harini is an international speaker, focusing on the convergence of technology and policy and the role of data and ethics in the future of work. In this episode we talk about the devastating effects that COVID-19 has had upon working women who are leaving the workforce at a startling rate. What are the implications of this for Diversity & Inclusion and especially in the Technology sector and for gains that have been made in promoting women to executive leadership roles in the US & Globally? Harini offers insights about how AI (artificial intelligence) is already transforming the future of work for the next generation and beyond.