Soumyasree Vinod

Global Data Director at Women in Big Data

Soumyasree Vinod has a strong background in software engineering and analytics, with over 20 years of work experience. Soumyasree is currently a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at Workday, a position they have held since October 2022. Prior to that, they were a Manager of Software Engineering at the same company from May 2019 to October 2022.

In 2021, Soumyasree also took on a leadership role outside of their main job, serving as the Co-Director of the WiBD Bay Area Chapter at Women in Big Data. Additionally, in 2022, they became a Fortune Connect Fellow at Fortune.

Before joining Workday, Soumyasree worked at SAP for five years from 2012 to 2017, where they served as a Development Expert, Engineering lead, and Architect for machine learning and analytics projects. Prior to SAP, they worked at Sybase for 12 years, where they held various roles including Principal/Staff Software Engineer Team Lead, Senior Software Engineer, and Software Engineer.

Soumyasree's work experience also includes an early job as an Application Developer at Peirce Leslie India Ltd in 1995-1996.

Overall, Soumyasree Vinod has a strong technical background and a history of leadership roles in software engineering and analytics.

Soumyasree Vinod's education history is as follows:

- In 2016-2017, Soumyasree attended the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where they pursued a Professional Education degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

- Soumyasree also completed the LEAP (Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program) certification from SAP in November 2016.

- Soumyasree participated in the MIT Sloan School of Management's Executive Program on "Artificial Intelligence - Implications for Business Strategy," although specific start and end years are not provided.

- From 2018 to 2021, Soumyasree pursued an MBA in Data Analytics with a focus on Big Data, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics from Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.

- Soumyasree has additional certifications from SAP, including "High Availability and Disaster Recovery with the SAP HANA Platform," "SAP Prepare to Lead," and "Touch IoT with SAP Leonardo."

- Although specific years are not mentioned, Soumyasree mentions studying Computer Science at California State University - East Bay.

- Soumyasree also completed an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Applications from Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus.

- Finally, Soumyasree holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Calicut, with a minor in Maths and Physics.

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Timeline

  • Global Data Director

    June 1, 2024 - present

  • Co-Director, WiBD Bay Area Chapter

    November, 2021