Dialpad Name: Prashanti Aduma Company: Dialpad Job title: CIO Date started current role: November 2022 Location: San Francisco Prashanti Aduma is a transformative leader with more than 20 years of leadership experience at high-growth startups and enterprises. She is the company’s first ever CIO and plays a significant part in advancing the core business systems, data, and security framework in concert with Dialpad’s rapid growth and global scale. What was your first job? My first role was an Applications Developer at Stanford University. I was born and raised in India. I am a mechanical engineering graduate and also completed my post-graduation diploma in computer applications before moving to Silicon Valley. I quickly realised I was getting super bored and there were not many entry-level opportunities for mechanical engineering. At the time every company in Silicon Valley was very anxious to resolve the Y2K flaw, more famously known as the ‘millennium bug’ and there was a lot of demand for young programmers. As the saying goes, ‘When in Rome, do as the Romans do’ That’s when I updated my resume, went to a tech job fair and got my first job at Stanford University. Did you always want to work […]
CIO Spotlight: Prashanti Aduma, Dialpad
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