Padmasree Warrior is known for her leadership roles in technology firms like Cisco where she served as the CTO for seven years, and at Motorola where she was the CTO for five years.
18 Facts About Padmasree Warrior
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Padmasree Warrior served as the CEO of Nio USA, an electric car maker.
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Padmasree Warrior serves on the board of directors of Microsoft and Spotify.
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Yellepeddi Padmasree was born into a Telugu family in Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Padmasree Warrior went to school at the Children's Montessori School and Maris Stella College in Vijayawada.
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Padmasree Warrior received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from IIT Delhi in 1982.
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Padmasree Warrior holds a master's degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University.
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Padmasree Warrior joined Motorola in 1984 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 its Semiconductor Products Sector.
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When named Motorola's CTO in January 2003, Padmasree Warrior became a senior vice-president and in 2005 she was promoted to executive vice-president.
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Padmasree Warrior joined the Chinese electric car company, NIO Inc, in December 2015 as a board member and as CEO and chief development officer for NIO US Padmasree Warrior resigned from NIO in December 2018.
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In September 2019, Padmasree Warrior founded a new startup, Fable, where she serves as its president and CEO.
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Padmasree Warrior is featured in the Notable Women in Computing cards.
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Padmasree Warrior has been a member of Microsoft's board of directors since December 2015.
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Padmasree Warrior was a member of the Gap Inc board from 2013 to 2016 and the Box board from 2014 to 2016.
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Padmasree Warrior previously served on the Cornell University board, the Texas Governor's Council for Digital Economy, the Technology Advisory Council for the FCC, and the Advisory Committee for Computing and Information Science and Engineering of the National Science Foundation.
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Padmasree Warrior is serving as a mentor in the State Department's International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership.
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Padmasree Warrior served on the board of directors for Corning Incorporated from 2005 through 2008.
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Padmasree Warrior is married to Mohandas Padmasree Warrior and has a son.