Good day, everyone! Welcome back to another episode of "The Power of Women in the World of Tech" podcast! This is season 5, dedicated to Empowering Women in Tech—your guide to excelling in the tech industry!

I'm your host, Neelima Mangal, and today we have a passionate tech executive joining us, Syamala Bandla, who is virtually flying in from SFO

Syamla is currently the Senior Director of Production Engineering for Products at Meta which includes Meta’s Ads, Payments, Business Platforms, Instagram, WhatsApp and several other products. Prior to Meta she held leadership roles at Dell, Qualys, Risk Management Solutions, Fidelity Investments where she took the teams through transformation and growth.

She is deeply passionate about driving Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, recipient of several awards in the industry for her efforts and was recently named as one of the top 100 Women of Influence by Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Syamla pursued her Masters in Information Technology(Thesis pending) at Harvard University and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering and is a recipient of Gold Medal from Nagarjuna University, India.

Outside work she enjoying hiking and biking with her family

So, Syamla, welcome to the show! We are thrilled to have you join us Let's talk about Building the Next Generation of Women in Cloud Computing, what strategies do you believe are crucial for building the next generation of women leaders in cloud computing?"