Shalini Joshi is an enterprise technology and operations leader with nearly two decades of cross-sector experience who now advises startups and serves as CIO at major public organizations, including the Seattle Housing Authority. She specializes in translating complex, multi-stakeholder strategy into disciplined execution—strengthening governance, aligning boards and executive teams, and delivering measurable operational outcomes in highly regulated environments. Shalini’s background spans hands-on IT and product roles at Boeing, Microsoft, and insurance and healthcare firms through senior public-sector CIO positions, giving her a rare blend of technical fluency and policy-savvy leadership. A Cornell-trained HR transformation practitioner with an MCIS in computer science and an MA in psychology, she brings both organizational design insight and technical rigor to change programs. Known for bringing structure and clarity where systems and teams are fragmented, she consistently turns governance and strategy into repeatable performance.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
HR Transformation, HR Transformation at Cornell University
MA, Psychology, MA, Psychology at SNDT University Mumbai
MCIS, Computer Science, MCIS, Computer Science at Cleveland State University
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