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Executive MBA Alumni Profile Saranya Sriram, ’20
As an Executive MBA student at Booth’s Hong Kong campus, Saranya Sriram, ’20, developed the skills and confidence to lead.
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- September 21, 2023
- Executive MBA - Leadership
Saranya Sriram, ’20, has deep expertise in science and technology. With degrees in engineering, computer science, and physics, she works as a principal product lead at Microsoft Azure.
Recognizing the value of relationships and cross-disciplinary collaboration, she decided to pursue an Executive MBA at Chicago Booth. She’s based in Singapore, so she commuted to the Hong Kong campus for classes. At Booth, she gained the confidence to solve problems, reinvent, and get things done.
“Through the EMBA Program, I developed a very strong executive presence,” Sriram says. “To me, that has been the biggest ROI.”
Saranya Sriram: Through the MBA program, I developed very strong executive presence, strong time management, confidence, accountability, ownership, trust, and valuing relationships. To me, that has been the biggest ROI.
I work as a principal product lead for a very innovative, globally-distributed database on the Microsoft Azure Cloud. Coming from an extremely science STEM background, just having the opportunity to see industries outside software development itself was my first aha moment. The second thing from an EMBA program is also to be able to tie it back to my industry. The third one is valuing friendships. So I realized the difference between using the word networking versus building relationships. I'm very excited about my future career. Booth gave me the confidence to say that, "Hey, you can reinvent. You can solve problems. You can innovate. You can figure out how to work with people. Let's just get it done."