Padmasree Warrior
In 2007 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by New York's Polytechnic University.
Career
Padmasree Warrior joined Motorola in 1984, as one of only a few women in its Arizona facility and she served in a broad range of roles over the course of her twenty-three years at the company, eventually achieving the position of Chief Technology Officer in its Semiconductor Products Sector, which became Freescale Semiconductor. When named Motorola's CTO in January 2003, Warrior became Motorola’s first female executive and in 2005 she was promoted to executive vice president.
On December 4, 2007, she left Motorola to become CTO at Cisco Systems.
Recognition
Fortune Magazine called her one of four rising stars on its Most Powerful Women list, placing her between the 10 "highest paid" and the "Young and Powerful" categories. In 2005, The Economic Times ranked Warrior as the 11th Most Influential Global Indian.
In 2001 she was one of six women nationwide selected to receive the "Women Elevating Science and Technology" award from Working Woman Magazine and her achievements were further recognized by American Immigration Law Foundation in 2003. In 2004, she was conferred with the Distinguished Alumni Award by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. During Warrior’s tenure as CTO, Motorola was awarded the 2004 National Medal of Technology by President George W. Bush..
Directorships
Padmasree serves on the boards of Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet and Museum of Science and Industry, the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Chicago Mayor’s Technology Council, Cornell University Engineering Council and advisory council of Indian Institute of Technology.
She previously served on the Texas Governor's Council for Digital Economy, the Technology Advisory Council for the FCC and on the Advisory Committee for the Computing and Information Science and Engineering of the National Science Foundation (NSF). She is also serving as a mentor in the State Department’s International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership.
Padmasree also served on the Board of Directors at Corning, New York based specialty glassware maker Corning Incorporated from 2005 through 2008.
Personal life
Padmasree Warrior is married to Mohandas Warrior, CEO of a Madison, Wisconsin-based company called Alfalight.