Sharmila Deshpande, Chief Technology
Officer, Trucendent
Debbie Leonetti, Senior Vice President Global
Services and Repair and Sales Operations, Integra
LifeSciences
Chaya Pamula, President & CEO, PamTen and SheTek
Founder
Sharmila Deshpande
supports technology teams for delivery of software
initiatives. She specializes in developing and motivating
teams to perform at their highest potential while
accomplishing common organizational goals. Sharmila has held
leadership positions in Software Development and Technical
Project Management in Financial Services, Telecommunications
and Life Sciences domains. She started her most recent
position as Chief Technology Officer for a FinTech startup,
Trucendent. Sharmila is passionate about solving problems
that facilitate progress for teams. In her spare time, she
likes to hike and mentor women and men in any role in the
software lifecycle.
Debbie Leonetti is
senior vice president of Global Service & Repair and
Commercial Operations for the Codman Specialty Surgical
Division. She joined Integra in 1997 and is responsible for
leading the Division’s U.S. Sales Operations function in
addition to its global service and repair program for
customers around the world.
During her tenure at Integra, Debbie has held
many executive positions including Chief Marketing Officer,
CVP and President of Global Instruments and President of
International. Debbie played a major role in the early
stages of Integra helping shape it into the company it is
today.
Debbie is a trained registered nurse and has her Executive
MBA from UCLA. She is a dedicated wife, mother and
grandmother and supports her community through Athletes
Helping Athletes, Inc., an organization her husband founded
in 2002. The mission of Athletes Helping Athletes,
Inc. is to connect local special needs athletes with
mainstream student-athletes in a spirit of friendship for
their mutual benefit and inspiration.
Chaya Pamula is the
President and CEO of PamTen Inc, a global technology company
which she co-founded in 2007 following her successful career
in IT at Bristol Myers Squib. She is a technologist,
philanthropist, a visionary, mentor, an entrepreneur and
above all a passionate human being. She holds an MBA and an
Executive Education Certification from Harvard University.
Her positive approach, energy and creativity propelled her
towards achieving the challenging goals she had set for
herself. She founded SOFKIN (Support Organization For Kids
In Need) an NGO (Non-government organization) that is
currently supporting over 100 destitute &
underprivileged children in India. SOFKIN creates loving and
caring homes where the children are given medical attention,
cared for, fed, educated, and provided with a nurturing
environment which encourages overall personality growth and
leadership skills under Chaya's guidance and inspiration.
SOFKIN has youth groups established in New Jersey,
Philadelphia and India where the students from local high
schools and colleges volunteer for the organization.
Her passion to empower young girls and women
in the field of Technology led her to found SheTek in 2018.
SheTek is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to
increase the percentage of women represented in the
technology industry by creating a pipeline of talent that is
highly skilled and job ready. This unique SheTek community
is powered through partnerships and collaborations to
provide training, mentorship and internships that lead to
job placements through SheTek Staffing Services.
Chaya serves on the board of a number of non-profit
organizations including Maher, which is supporting destitute
women and children in India, and Gender Reconciliation
International, supporting communities through gender
reconciliation and inter spiritual training and workshops.
She is a welcomed speaker at many technology and social
change events around the world. At the United Nations
Commission on Status of Women, on gender issues and women
empowerment; As a panelist on 'Access to Justice' at the
Harvard India Conference 2016, a prestigious event attended
by dignitaries, politicians, organizations and celebrities
from India and around the world; at an International
Inter-spiritual Conference For Women in leadership and also
at many other technology & leadership conferences held
in India & Canada.
Chaya is a Certified Business Process Management
Professional (BPMP), Project Management Professional (PMP)
from PMI and Six Sigma Green Belt. Her accolades and awards
include Smart CEOs Future 50 Companies, NJBIZ Top 50 Fastest
Growing Companies, NJ Best 50 Women in Business, and NJBIA
Executive of the Year for 2018.