Asha Rao (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Management at California State University – East Bay, and the Associate Chair of the Department. She has over 25 years of expertise in designing and teaching management courses in MBA and EMBA programs in the U.S., Canada, China, Singapore and India. She consults and conducts research on leadership, negotiations, creativity, international HR, diversity and inclusion, and other areas of organizational behavior. She has published in leading management journals. Asha is a passionate educator and creative problem solver.

Before moving to the SF Bay Area she served as a faculty member at Rutgers University and McGill University.

Nehal Mehta is currently Director of Strategic Alliances at Genesys. In her 25+ years of experience in high-tech companies like Symantec, NetApp and Unisys, Nehal has held positions in engineering, alliances and sales. She had successes in building and mentoring high functioning global teams of 100+ engineers. Nehal is on the board of Wogrammer and Dare 2B Digital and is a Founding Circle member at Neythri. She is passionate about kids in STEM and women in technology, and frequently presents on personal branding, networking and achieving work-life integration.

Shirin heads Global Clinical Affairs at Agilent Technologies, with responsibility for development and execution of clinical strategies to support Agilent’s Cancer Diagnostics, Genomics Solutions, Life Sciences and Clinical environment across the enterprise.

Prior to joining Agilent, Shirin was Director of Global Clinical Affairs at Medtronic with responsibility for disease screening and therapeutic products for the Minimally Invasive Therapies Group. Shirin joined the early team at BARRX Medical in 2006 where she developed and executed the clinical strategy that contributed to BARRX’s success. BARRX was acquired by Covidien in 2012 which subsequently merged with Medtronic.

Shirin has held senior Clinical and Regulatory positions for over 2 decades. She is considered an SME in the field of Clinical Affairs. Shirin holds an MS in Chemistry from San Jose State University / Stanford University, an MS in Biochemistry from Bombay University, and a BS in Life Sciences and Biochemistry. Shirin has published several papers in peer reviewed journals and has 2 patents.