The Wharton Club of Southern California invites all members and non-members to this continuing series. Catalysts represent leaders across different industries that continually drive change to enhance their business and community. Wharton Women proudly sponsors this series designed to create and foster collisions through rich discussion and connection. This month, Catalysts spotlights Sangeeta Anand WG88.
When: Thu Feb 16, 5:30pm - 6:30pm PST
Where: Online event (Zoom link will be sent to registered participants in advance of the event)
Cost: Paid Members, Free; Non-Members, $15
The Catalyst:
Sangeeta Anand WG88
Sangeeta Anand is a Public Company Board member, Investor and Advisor to startups and a former CXO technology leader. She brings extensive cloud, cybersecurity, SaaS and AI experience in scaling growth and transforming business strategy, product portfolios, marketing, and operations. She has held GM, CMO, and Head of Products executive roles at Fortune 100 firms, including Cisco Systems, F5 Networks, SafeNet Inc (acquired by Gemalto/Thales Group), and startups Xylan Corp & Alkira Inc. During her 12 years at Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), she led critical software capabilities as the company grew from $9.0B to $43B. She was recruited in 2020 as a board member for The Sage Group (SGE-LN), UK’s largest technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange and constituent of the FTSE 100. With over 3 million customers, Sage is a world leader in accounting and business management software for small & medium customers. She serves on the Audit and Risk Committee. Sangeeta holds two MBAs, one from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with a major in finance, and one from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management in Pune, India, with a major in marketing. She graduated with honors from the University of Delhi, India, with a Bachelor of Science degree.
The Host:
Sheila Bangalore WG21
As a public company board member, chief legal and strategy officer with a Wharton Finance MBA, Sheila Bangalore honed her legal/compliance, corporate strategy and governance experience over 20 years in senior roles across multinational, highly regulated, technology (B2B/C) and retail businesses, including Zappos, Bally Technologies, Aristocrat Gaming and MP Materials. Sheila’s results-oriented focus, collaborative style and ability to develop and lead high-performing, diverse teams enable growth and transformation.