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Cisco’s Padmasree Warrior

By • Apr 15th, 2013 • Category: Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, India, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Women Achievers Special
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Padmasree Warrior is Cisco’s Chief Technology and Strategy Officer. She joined Cisco in 2007 after having spent many years working at Motorola in Chicago. At Motorola she was an Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this wide ranging interview we talk about role of CTO to Cisco’s strategy in an economic downturn [...]


Playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar

By • Apr 8th, 2013 • Category: Books and Authors, Featured, India, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Women Achievers Special
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Meet Anupama Chandrasekhar, a playwright based in Chennai. Her play Disconnect made its West Coast debut at the San Jose Rep in March 2013. This is perhaps the first time that an Indian playwright’s work is being staged at San Jose Rep. Disconnect is translated in a couple of European languages and made its European debut [...]


Mathew Lillard: Fat Kid Rules The World

By • Dec 6th, 2012 • Category: Entertainment, Featured, Hollywood, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
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Meet actor turned director Mathew Lillard, who talks about his debut film Fat Kid Rules The World. Based on a best-selling novel by AL Gooing it’s a poignant and interesting coming-of-age film about two teenage boys with very different personalities. What unites them together is their love of music. Lillard is using new and interesting [...]


Ford’s Futurist Sheryl Connelly Part-2

By • Oct 26th, 2012 • Category: Business & Tech, Featured, Ideas, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
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In Part-2 of our conversation Ford Motor Co’s futurist Sheryl Connelly talks about her role as a futurist. While we can predict the future, we can help shape it is one way of describing what she does points out Sheryl. A car is much more than taking you from Point A to Point B she [...]


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