Testimonials from Work History

Sarala has a unique ability to manage complex technical projects. Her organizational and communication skills coupled with her technical background allow Sarala to converse fluently with engineers as well as with non-technical staff.

I worked with Sarala when she was a Senior Manager in Electronic Design Automation. She has a good and highly effective combination of technical, organizational, and people management skills. She is both a leader and a mentor. She sets strategy and direction to her team. She empowers them to develop their own thoughts and ideas regarding tactical decisions. At the same time, she is ready to provide guidance and direction as needed. She motivates the team and ensures they are successful.

I am happy to endorse Sarala Paliwal. I have observed that she is a highly effective manager with with a wide range of organizational skills. She is excellent at building a strong team dynamic across a large and diverse set of personalities. She understands how to drive the correct balance of customer interaction to facilitate execution excellence. In her role as my manager she consistently exhibited the ability to coordinate both the technical and the personnel issues across the entire team.

I was a co-coach with Sarala for the Women’s Networking Group at Siemens. Sarala’s deep technical knowledge combined with her understanding of organizational dynamics, leadership skills, and complemented by her general business acumen will be an asset to all those who have the opportunity to work with her.

Jacqi Tull
Former Predictive Insights and Analytics Director
Siemens DISW

Sarala is an effective and savvy executive who gets the best out of spirited engineers. She has a talent for working on a personal basis with her team and across organizations so that everyone is successful. I worked with Sarala on some important and relevant virtualization and Linux engineering projects for IBM’s best customers.