What I Do Leading R&D teams launching Honeywell Smart Energy end-to-end solutions all from a trusted provider in utility technologies and services. Operating in over 130 countries and employing 5,500+ experienced individuals worldwide, proudly reimagining the future of utilities with a smarter approach to water, gas and electricity utilities.
Why Engineering? Growing up as a child in India; we basically we wired to pick either engineering or medicine. As a matter of fact my mom is a doctor and I wanted to be a doctor but I took a faster and easier path as my family says to become an engineer and pursue Masters in Computers science in USA. But let me tell you growing up in In India helps your brain automatically wire well to solve problems and navigate situations analytically with ease due to the high dynamic environment and competition we grow up in. I was naturally learning programming in school and developed C programs early in my school life and by the time I was ready to make a choice this was much easier choice for me to make.
School Days I studied in Hyderabad , India. My schooling was from St. Alphonsas High school in Hyderabad and Engineering in Computer Science is from CBIT, Osmania University in Hyderabad. Extremely proud of both the institutions that made me what I am today!
My Day At Work It’s like any normal first few hours in a day day for everyone, be it the CTO, offering leader, QA leader, Engineer. My day typically begins at 5AM. I kick start by working out on Peloton. We all should ensure to put ourselves more into a zone that would give us energy to be 100%. Health is very important. Get my kids dressed up and send them out to school. And get on to calls. And my work goes on. My day doesn’t end. Whether its homework, office work, technology discussion, however you want to term it, its all part of the day @work @home these days. As I look at my specific work items in a day- I usually keep a list of the things I should work on night before I sleep . First being the things my team has approached me for help, second my goals for the day, strategic items to move the needle on, people related items that are must do.. . There’s always a constant reprioritization based on my meeting. Even though I am part of multiple meetings, I pick the things where I can make an impact and add value for my team.
Best Part Solving problems though engineering solutions ultimately enabling outcomes that impact people.. example creating smart energy solutions for utilities and residents.. saving water around the world , saving lives via safety solution through our smart gas metes by detection of gas and shutting off automatically.. or ensuring our grid is resilient and ensuring people have power all the time and enabling all this via analytics!
Proud Moments Taking up an engineering manger role giving up coding is a proud moment for me, being an engineer at heart it took me a lot of guts to become a manager and letting go off hands on coding all the time and to be a code reviewer and approver... that enabled me to be what I am. That is one of the career changing moments for me and that was a stepping stone for me to start building high performing teams which i am proud to do over an over again now!!!
Challenges Leaving my home country 20 years ago and coming to USA has been the biggest challenge however that has been the biggest opportunity for me to grow in career! Life is a journey!!!
My Family I have 2 boys , 9 and 14 years old...husband who is also an engineer and currently SVP of Technology in Wells Fargo!
Dreams and Goals Life is a journey. I keep dreaming long term and short term goals for work and family... At the end of the day, if we doing a job to keep the business running we need to have very aggressive goals but have meaningful steps to achieve those!! Execution is the key!!! At home, I ensure we as family set short and long term goals for us whether it is vacation, assignments for kids :) And I'm someone who likes to challenge myself and challenge the team. Dream big!!!
Want to be an Engineer? Become your best!! Chase your dreams!! Believe in yourself!! Accept Change; Grab opportunities!! Learn from Mistakes!! Taste of success; never give up!! Take risks and own the decisions!!!
Hobbies A little bit of exercise!! I love to cook!! My husband plays tennis and my kids play tennis and we have a park right next to our community. I would love to go back and play tennis at some point. Poker is one of the other things that I enjoy playing when I meet my family. I love to shop, whether it is jewelry, or saree shopping. Finally Movies!!!