Ritu has more than 20 years of experience in the information technology industry. She has held senior technical leadership positions in multi-national hardware and software companies including Harris Semiconductors, Digital Equipment Corporation (now Hewett-Packard), Microsoft Corporation, and Amazon Inc. At Microsoft she was part of the core operating systems division where she delivered over a dozen important features in three Windows release cycles by motivating diverse engineering teams and driving results through all stages of the development cycle. At Amazon, she led a games platform group to deliver Amazon’s video game analytic service in record time. Previously she founded S-Cube and served as its chief executive officer. S-Cube provided software consulting services to the top Fortune 100 companies.
She received her BS and MS degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Rutgers University and the University of Massachusetts respectively. She received her MBA degree in Technology Management from the University of Washington Seattle.
Ritu founded CK to help change the perception that innovation in computing is limited to individuals with certain types of personalities. She is on a mission to inspire young people, especially young girls, to embrace computing by showing them the fun side of it while exposing them to the possibilities of having positive impact on our global society.
Alka has extensive experience with tech companies as an engineer, manager, and top-level director from her time at Cisco Systems. She has an MS degree in computer science from the University of New Hampshire as well as two undergrad degrees, a BA in math/computer science from Smith College and a BS in computer science from Delhi University.
Mandira brings 20+ years of experience employing customer research, setting product vision, designing, developing and shipping high quality software products to millions of customers as a Group Program Manager at Microsoft and currently as managing partner at her consulting services company, CVG Partners, where she drives business development and manages projects for the company.
Through her work at the Seattle Art Museum, she loves connecting people to art to generate new perspectives in how we see the world. She is passionate about encouraging girls to pursue careers in technology which led her to get involved with DSFA. She has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Smith College (Northampton, MA).