As a business and technology leader in the semiconductor industry, Sarala has led global engineering teams at IBM and Siemens in the field of Electronic Design Automation and Linux operating system development. In driving product development, she has collaborated with universities, industry partners and open source consortiums.

Sarala holds a BS degree in Electronics Engineering and MS degree in Computer Science.

She serves on the Oregon Workforce Talent Development board, the Industry Advisory Board for PSU’s ECE department as well as Board director and STEAM committee chair for Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest. She represented Siemens as a member of the Global Semiconductor Alliance’s Women’s Leadership Council.

Sarala is a champion of diverse and inclusive teams, with experience launching and supporting Employee Resource Groups as well as leading mentoring circles. She retired from Siemens as a Senior Engineering Director. In transitioning from the corporate world, she is focusing her skills and experience advocating for policies and initiatives to increase gender diversity in the field of Engineering and Computer Science.