Aparna Gopalakrishnan is an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, having joined the firm in April 2021 after serving as Vice President. Prior to this role, Aparna worked at E*TRADE from June 2017 to April 2021, holding positions as Senior Manager Application Development, Software Engineering Manager, and Senior Staff in Software Engineering. Before E*TRADE, Aparna gained experience at HCL Technologies from October 2011 to December 2016 as a Lead Software Engineer and Software Engineer. Aparna holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from The Johns Hopkins University (2018-2021) and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Mahatma Gandhi University (2007-2011).