Revathi Pillai refused to let outdated norms or societal expectations define her path. As a leader in tech, she broke barriers and blazed trails while staying fiercely committed to her family.

In this empowering episode, Revathi shares her incredible journey - from kickstarting her career while 7 months pregnant to rising into executive roles as a woman of color in tech. She shares how she gained respect and brought teams along, never compromising her authenticity.

Beyond achieving immense career success, Revathi is also an entrepreneur and prominent voice giving back to empower other women. Her story inspires us to challenge the status quo, lean into our strengths, and lead the change we wish to see.

Takeaways:
How Revathi negotiated flexible work arrangements while still climbing to executive leadership roles

Her "secret sauce" for gaining respect and bringing teams along with bold vision

How she creates opportunities for "me time" even with a packed schedule

Getting a behind-the-scenes look at her entrepreneurial journey launching a business with her daughters

Revathi’s empowering message on embracing your authentic self as a leader

Her advice for overcoming barriers and being unapologetically ambitious

Inspiration to challenge norms, blaze your trail, and lift others along the way


Tune in for an insightful and uplifting conversation!


I’ve built a career as a transformational leader driving product innovation, engineering processes, and global teams that set companies apart from the competition. My strengths include pinpointing emerging trends, demanding excellence in product development practices, and generating revenue streams from new markets and products/extensions. 
I am known for a deep understanding of the entire technology stack coupled with versatility and experience directing all functions required to achieve business goals and fast-paced deployments of quality software and hardware solutions on time.
I excel in building/leading technology talent, instilling a “can-do” mindset, and fostering a culture of “customer obsession.” I’ve assembled and inspired highly skilled, geographically diverse and distributed development teams recognized for producing award-winning products. Navigated global teams through periods of uncertainty and change such as M&As and recessions.
Some of my contributions in technology optimization, product development/innovation, process design/improvement, include:
✔Building engineering processes, cultures and teams that deliver high-quality, world-class products at small, medium, and large companies. Transformed engineering organization at AES Corp. to release its first new product in 10 years and leverage existing technology for new customer segments.
✔Spearheading the strategic innovation engine and managing engineering for multiple product lines in parallel, on time and on budget. Frequently established new multimillion-dollar revenue streams by adapting existing products/IP for adjacent markets.
✔Deploying best-in-class, scalable engineering processes in every role that improved performance against schedules and deliverables. Increased on-time delivery of new releases from 45% to 100% and accelerated concept-to-market time 30%.
In addition, I am a multiple patent holder with strong technical breadth of knowledge across mobile, platform, firmware and hardware. Consistently ensured that technology stack, tools, and processes met the high expectations of engineers and customers.

Revathi's hair oil company: http://www.ourvishwas.com/
Follow Revathi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/revathi-pillai/

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