May 18, 2020
Reema Poddar is a highly successful executive with 26 years of
experience in the software Industry. Poddar is a respected thought
leader in Technology and authority on Digital and Organizational
Transformation. Her successes include accelerating Digital &
Organizational transformations enhancing customer experiences,
enabling companies to improve automation, developer productivity,
and operational excellence.
She recently served Teradata Inc, as the Executive Vice President
and “Chief Product and Development officer” of the company and was
responsible for leading worldwide product, technology, innovation,
corporate security, and analytics strategy. Here she was
instrumental in helping the company through its ambitious cloud
transformation and the transition of multibillion-dollar product
line from a perpetual to a subscription-based offering. In 2018 &
2019 under her leadership, Teradata delivered the world’s first
Data and Analytics Platform – “Vantage”, and the first SaaS
application- “Vantage CX”. These multi-cloud offerings led to
acquiring net new enterprise logos & doubling the cloud revenue for
the company. Prior to joining Teradata, Poddar held a variety of
senior executive positions within General Electric Company, Emerson
Electric and Software Start Up - Intellution Inc.
She is a passionate leader who empowers teams to take risk, fail
fast and learn. She is focused on helping women in all areas of
technology to reach their next level of success in life and work
and is actively involved in a variety of STEM programs, Women in
Technology initiatives and other nonprofits.
She holds several business, technology, and CEO leadership awards
at GE and the companies she has served. In 2019, Poddar was named
one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National
Diversity. In 2018, Poddar was honored by the San Diego Business
Chambers for her business impact and technology leadership, as well
as San Diego Magazine recognized her in the top 5 of the city’s
powerful female leaders. Poddar is also an honored recipient of the
2015 Edison Awards for New Product Innovation for healthcare
industrial internet of things. In 2014, she was honored with the
Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology award for the most
innovative new product solution.
Poddar holds a Master’s in computer science and a Master’s in
Physics.