Padmasree Warrior
Padmasree Warrior | |
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 Warrior in September 2016 | |
| Born | Yellepeddi Padmasree Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh,India |
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| Spouse | Mohandas Warrior |
| Children | 1 |
Padmasree Warrior(bornYellepeddi Padmasree) is anIndian-Americanbusinesswoman and technology executive. She is known for her leadership roles in technology firms likeCiscowhere she served as theCTOfor seven years, and atMotorolawhere she was the CTO for five years. She also served as theCEOofNioUSA, an electric car maker. Currently, she is the founder and CEO of Fable, a curated reading platform focused on mental wellness.[1]She also serves on the board of directors ofMicrosoft[2]andSpotify.[3]
In 2014, she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful woman in the world byForbes.[4]In 2018 she was also featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" byForbes.[5]
Early life
[edit]Yellepeddi Padmasree was born into aTelugufamily inVijayawadaofAndhra Pradesh,India.[6]She went to school at the Children's Montessori School and Maris Stella College in Vijayawada. Warrior received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering fromIIT Delhiin 1982.[7][8]She holds a master's degree in chemical engineering fromCornell University.[9]
Career
[edit]Motorola
[edit]Warrior joined Motorola in 1984[10]Over the course of her 23 years at the company she served as Corporate Vice-president and general manager of Motorola's Energy Systems Group, and Corporate Vice-president and Chief Technology Officer in itsSemiconductor Products Sector.[10]Immediately prior to becoming Motorola's CTO, she served as general manager of Thoughtbeam, a product of Motorola, inTempe, Arizona.When named Motorola's CTO in January 2003, Warrior became a senior vice-president and in 2005 she was promoted to executive vice-president.[11][12]
During Warrior's tenure as CTO, Motorola was awarded the 2004 National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States, the first time the company had received this honour. During this period she was a proponent of "Seamless Mobility" – the concept of having seamless communication across all facets of a person's life. The dream was not fully realised and the concept was eventually dropped from Motorola marketing presentations.
Cisco
[edit]On 4 December 2007, she left Motorola to become CTO atCisco Systems.[13]She leftCiscoin June 2015.[14]
NIO
[edit]She joined the Chinese electric car company, NIO Inc, in December 2015 as a board member and as CEO and chief development officer for NIO U.S. She resigned from NIO in December 2018.[15]
Fable
[edit]In September 2019, Warrior founded a new startup, Fable, where she serves as its president and CEO.[2]In January 2021, Fable launched its app, a subscription-based book recommendation engine and private social network.[1]Warrior has said they're working to improve cognitive fitness.[16]
Recognition
[edit]Fortune Magazinecalled her one of four rising stars on its Most Powerful Women list,[17]placing her between the 10 "highest paid" and the "Young and Powerful" categories. In 2005,The Economic Timesranked Warrior as the 11th Most Influential Global Indian.[18]In 2001 she was one of six women nationwide selected to receive the "Women Elevating Science and Technology" award from Working Woman Magazine.[19]As of 2014, she is listed as the 71st most powerful woman in the world byForbes.[4]In 2018 she was also featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" byForbes.[5]
Warrior is featured in the Notable Women in Computing cards.[20]
Board participation
[edit]Warrior has been a member ofMicrosoft's board of directors since December 2015.[21][2]She is also a board member atSpotify.[22]She was a member of theGap Inc.board from 2013 to 2016[23]and theBoxboard from 2014 to 2016.[24]
Warrior also serves on the boards ofThorn,[25]theJoffrey Ballet,[26]Chicago'sMuseum of Science and Industry,[27]Chicago Mayor's Technology Council,[28]and advisory council of Indian Institute of Technology.[29]She previously served on theCornell Universityboard,[30]the Texas Governor's Council for Digital Economy,[10]the Technology Advisory Council for theFCC,and the Advisory Committee for Computing and Information Science and Engineering of theNational Science Foundation (NSF).She is serving as a mentor in the State Department's International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership.[29]Warrior served on the board of directors forCorning Incorporatedfrom 2005 through 2008.[31]
Personal life
[edit]Warrior is married to Mohandas Warrior and has a son.[32][33]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Can former Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior build a better social network for book lovers?".Fortune.14 January 2021.
- ^abc"Padmasree Warrior".Microsoft.2 December 2015.Retrieved20 June2020.
- ^"Padmasree Warrior".Spotify.Retrieved20 June2020.
- ^ab"The World's 100 Most Powerful Women".Forbes.Retrieved26 June2014.
- ^ab"Padmasree Warrior".Forbes.
- ^"NextEV's Padmasree Warrior on Studio 1.0 - Bloomberg".YouTube.4 October 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 14 December 2021.
- ^"IIT-Delhi Award goes to Padmasree Warrior, CTO Motorola".The Economic Times.Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 23 August 2004.
- ^"IIT alumni dominate global Indian tech influencers list".The Times of India.Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 18 February 2012.Retrieved27 June2012.
- ^Gilpin, Lyndsey."Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior: Engineer, Artist, Business Leader, Sage".TechRepublic.ZDNet.Retrieved28 June2014.
- ^abc"Padmasree Warrior".VideoLectures.Net.Retrieved27 June2012.
- ^Padmasree Warrior Biography from MotorolaArchived8 July 2011 at theWayback Machine
- ^WITI – Hall of Fame
- ^Savitz, Eric."Cisco Names Padmasree Warrior Chief Technology Officer".Tech Trader Daily.Barron's.Retrieved28 June2014.
- ^"Report: Cisco CTO Warrior is leaving the company".
- ^"Chinese Tesla competitor NIO loses its US chief executive, Padmasree Warrior".Business Insider.
- ^"Fable is working to improve cognitive fitness, says CEO Padmasree Warrior".Business Insider.13 November 2019.Retrieved20 June2020.
- ^"50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2006 | Fortune Magazine".Money.cnn.Retrieved13 April2013.
- ^Duttagupta, Ishani (11 April 2005)."Advantage IIT".The Economic Times - indiatimes.Archived fromthe originalon 11 April 2005.Retrieved19 April2015.
- ^"TECHXNY/PC EXPO and Working Woman Magazine Announce Winners of First Annual W.E.S.T"(Press release). Prnewswire.Retrieved13 April2013.
- ^"Notable Women in Computing".
- ^"Microsoft proposes election of new board members".Microsoft News Center.Microsoft. 19 October 2015.Retrieved30 December2015.
- ^"Spotify - Governance - Board of Directors - Padmasree Warrior".Spotify.Retrieved17 June2019.
- ^Lynch, Shana."Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior joins Gap board".Silicon Valley Business Journal.American City Business Journals.Retrieved28 June2014.
- ^"Padmasree Warrior leaves Box's board after joining Microsoft's".VentureBeat.29 January 2016.
- ^"Thorn - About Us".Thorn.Retrieved17 June2019.
- ^McKenzie, Sheena (20 May 2014)."5 things you didn't know about Cisco's Warrior".Leading Women.CNN.Retrieved28 June2014.
- ^Dugdale, Addy (10 March 2010)."Crib Sheet: Padmasree Warrior, CTO of Cisco Systems".Leadership.Fast Company.Retrieved28 June2014.
- ^Cooney, Michael (5 December 2007)."Cisco lands Padmasree Warrior, Geek Queen".Layer 8.Network World.Retrieved28 June2014.
- ^ab"Padmasree Warrior".WITI Hall of Fame.WITI.Retrieved28 June2014.
- ^"Board of trustees adds seven new members".Cornell University.28 May 2013.
- ^Reese, Brad (19 May 2008)."Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior off Corning Board of Directors".Network World.Archived fromthe originalon 14 January 2015.Retrieved28 June2014.
- ^McAlone, Nathan."12 spouses who are lucky to be married to the most powerful women in Silicon Valley".Business Insider.Retrieved9 July2019.
- ^"5 things you didn't know about Cisco's Warrior".CNN.20 May 2014.Retrieved9 July2019.
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