EP#126 Women Hold Up Half Sky but Suffer in Silence: It's Time for Change. Straight talk with Rachel Mushahwar Vice President, General Manager, US Enterprise, Government, and Cloud Industries, Intel

Rachel Mushahwar is a global executive with 23+ years of experience in a variety of industries where she has consistently delivered significant and measurable bottom-line results and has been continuously rewarded with new challenges and opportunities. An expert in aligning strategy with organizational vision and objectives, she leads new initiatives with C-suite executives to help them shape and refine their strategic objectives and achieve business goals through implementation of strategic roadmaps, solid technology foundations, and standardized process management. Mushahwar is the Vice President and General Manager of US Business Consumption Enterprise, Government, and Cloud Industries at Intel and leads 9 different industry verticals in the US (Cloud, Retail, Transportation, Manufacturing, Energy, Financial Services, Government/SLED, Media/Entertainment, and Health Life Sciences) and is accountable for ~$4B in sales.  Her focus is on enabling companies to realize the value of innovative offerings and delivering end-to-end innovative solutions to the industry that solve real-world business problems. She was recently named as "US Business Woman of the Year" by Insight Success and named by ChainStoreAge as one of the "Top Ten Women in Technology" in January 2017 and Women's Wear Daily listed her among the "Top Industry Transformers" in December 2016.  She has been on Wall Street Journal Live, and most recently NBC Press Here talking about how industries need to transform to compete. Mushahwar holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and an MBA in international business (both summa cum laude) and is an alumna of Columbia's Graduate School of Business in New York. She is an active supporter of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education and programs. She is on the board of National Retail Federation. Follow her on Twitter @RachelMushahwar or on LinkedIn.