Janani Sriram on Making Moves and Finding Grooves in a Data Science Career
About This Video
Janani Sriram, former Director of Data Science at Bain & Company, joins host Shelly Darnutzer, WiDS Director of Strategic Impact and Growth. Jan shares her journey from academia to engineering roles at Microsoft and Groupon, the challenges that shaped her growth, and her transition to leadership. Explore how self-awareness, meditation, and balancing personal life with career have been key to her success, along with insights on what she’s focused on now.
In This Video
Janani Sriram has over a decade and a half of wide ranging data science experience across academia and industry, across big techs and startups. She started her career as an intern with Microsoft Research and most recently held leadership roles at LinkedIn and Bain.
Director of Strategic Impact and Growth
Shelly has been with WiDS since 2018, and is in charge of Strategy, Impact and Growth for the organization. Before WiDS Shelly worked in various engineering leadership roles for companies such Intuit, Wireless Seismic, Openwave, the University of Colorado, US Bank, and Blue Cross Blue Shield MN. Shelly is also a certified Leadership Coach and has enjoyed coaching clients since 2014.