With two decades of success driving innovation and leading teams through disruptive technology cycles, Sowmya empowers executives and leaders to incubate, launch, and drive growth of new offerings from idea to scaled execution worldwide. Sowmya is a seasoned leader with experience in consulting, product engineering, training development, and training go-to-market. During her time at leading technology companies including Google, Amazon Web Services, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and Sapient Consulting, she built a successful track record of strategic leadership and corporate entrepreneurship. Sowmya has collaborated with enterprise customers, partners, governments, and higher education institutions to innovate amidst major technology disruptions including the rise of e-commerce, cloud, and now generative AI. Sowmya’s breadth of experience uniquely positions her to support senior leaders who drive complex initiatives that require engineering, sales, consulting, and other geographically distributed teams to march in unison in fast-paced environments. She has built high-achieving teams who consistently deliver on ambitious goals without burning out. Through multiple career pivots, Sowmya has honed best practices for rapid and effective onboarding and succession planning. As a strategic partner and executive coach, Sowmya has supported senior leaders, at Google and at startups, across a range of roles in engineering, sales, finance, professional services, and more. - In the Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Seed and LEAD Incubator & Startup Accelerator (LISA) programs, Sowmya mentors startup founders on product and go-to-market strategy. - In the Startups for Sustainable Development program, Sowmya coached leaders at startups on building a strong team culture, identifying blind spots, and managing relationships with the founding team. - In the Phoenix Asian Women Leadership Development program, Sowmya coached women leaders on how to self-advocate, build influence, and develop high-performing teams - In the g2g coaching program, Sowmya helped leaders across Google develop their careers, grow management skills, navigate key transitions, and handle crucial conversations. Sowmya is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach (ACC). See LinkedIn profile for more information.