ANNOUNCEMENT - Ayati is thrilled to announce the appointment of Sheila Rohra, CEO of Hitachi Vantara, to the Board of Directors. Sheila has been a long time supporter of female health/adolescent health education and girl empowerment, and uses her platform to advocate for sustainable change. Sheila has a track record of bridging the gender gap for women in technology and strives to do the same for adolescent girls who dream to break the cycle of early marriage and poverty by staying in school.
Sheila Rohra - “I am a passionate supporter of Ayati and the important work that it does to create opportunities for young women in India. Through these programs, we are collectively helping to build a pipeline of strong, talented women to lead the next generation. As someone who was fortunate to have support from my family for my education, I am excited for the chance to help this team provide those educational opportunities for so many others.”
Ayati looks forward to partnering with Sheila to find innovative ways to broaden our impact and amplify our voice. Please help us extend a warm welcome to Sheila!
Sheila Rohra, as CEO of Hitachi Vantara, focuses on accelerating growth through transformation and innovation with a customer-first mindset. Under her leadership, the company develops and delivers innovative data infrastructure solutions designed to accelerate customers’ digital transformations around the globe. Sheila joined Hitachi Vantara in February 2023 as Chief Strategy Officer and was named President of the data infrastructure business in August 2023 before being named CEO in November 2023.
Prior to Hitachi Vantara, Sheila served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Infrastructure Business at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Before that, she spent 10 years at NetApp where she served as SVP of Customer Success and led an enterprise-wide transformation as Chief Transformation Officer. Sheila also had leadership roles at Cisco and Bay Networks (later acquired by Nortel Networks).
Sheila lives in the Bay Area and volunteers as a board member for women in technology organizations. In her leisure time, Sheila enjoys traveling, hiking and cooking with her family.