Ishita Majumdar
Technologist | Tinkerer | Builder
Various Startups
I lead with influence and inspiration. I create a compelling vision to create business value in collaboration with my stakeholders. I inspire high-trust teams to transform the vision into scalable, customer-centric solutions. With a knack for connecting dots and building cross-functional workflows, I excel in bringing vision to execution in fast-paced, ambiguous environments. Trusted with complex transformational initiatives, I leverage my expertise in Data, Analytics, Platforms, and AI to drive a data-driven culture.
I love working with data and make sense out of it. This allows companies to make better decisions for their clients and customers around the world.
I typically meet with clients to understand what is working for them and if they have any challenges. I talk to through the challenges and then brainstorm on my own on how to solve these hard problems. It is as if I spent the entire day doing Sudoku and going from Moderate to Hard level!
I studied, Math and Operations Research in college and grad school. I learned all the mathematical tools and then I learned to apply these tools to solve hard problems. My very first job was building tools to understand the performance of switches that our company sold. I gradually started building more complicated models and tools to understand how the products that we sold are functioning. I became interested in learning about how business works, so I went back to school and earned an MBA to better understand how research is done and can be used to build products. I have worked in Motorola, IBM, Huawei, and eBay. Today, a significant amount of my time is spent on defining: What is the problem? What are the solutions? What is the benefit to the clients? What is the benefit to the world? And then deciding - let's do it!
I want to get more and more insights from data and make sure anyone can access data and learn something from it. I want to make sure that all decisions are based on data.
I build communities, I paint, I read books, I hike, and volunteer.
"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg RBG is one of my personal sheroes.