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During this episode, You, Me, and Your Top Three host and CGS Advisors CEO, Gregg Garrett, speaks with Kripa Krishnan, Director, Cloud Product Operations at Google, Inc. Kripa speaks about her journey that took her from India and the Middle East to Silicon Valley. She reflects on her unique career that spans art, music, medicine, finance, and now technology. And, of course, she speaks about her \\u2018Top Three\\u2019 \\u2013 from path-nudgers who helped her try new things even when she didn\\u2019t see them, to reverse mentors who helped her recognize new patters, to friends who just listen. And, you have to hear what she has to say about having empathy as a leader.

Kripa Krishnan was born in Chennai, India. Attending a university in India with the idea she would someday be a doctor, Krishnan changed course midstream and decided to follow her real passion \\u2014 playing in a rock band. She moved on to theater and the performing arts, until she accidentally took a Computer Science course at the University of Massachusetts -- which took her on a path to working in tech. She worked as a systems administrator for a while, and was a college lecturer. She built the foundations for a telemedicine network in Kosovo. Eventually, this path led her to Alphabet Inc.\'s Google, where she has made her mark as senior director, technical program management, Google Cloud Platform. Krishnan is the first woman director in the SRE organization at Google, which is something she is very proud of. Something she\\u2019s even more proud of is being a character in a children\\u2019s book promoting STEM education. And for the record, she\\u2019s the "Prolific Problem Solver" in the book "Ara the Star Engineer." Her community involvement has included the Board of Advisors, Department of Management Information Systems at the University of Arizona.

Segment 1: Overview

1:02\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Women making history in technology \\u2013 Grace Hopper. Radia Perlman. Katherine Johnson.

5:04\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Kripa Krishnan \\u2013\\xa0 Director, Cloud Product Operations at Google, Inc.

6:55\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 From medicine to art to finance to technology.

Segment 2: The \\u201cTop Three\\u201d

9:34\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Kripa\\u2019s \\u2018Top Three\\u2019: A Friend, a Professor, and Dr. Mohan Tanniru \\u2013 A nudge to a path.

13:44\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Komal Singh\\u2019s \\u201cAra the Star Engineer\\u201d \\u2013 featuring Kripa Krishnan

17:32\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u201cEveryone should have a lot of people they can go to.\\u201d

18:16\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Kripa\\u2019s \\u2018Top Three\\u2019: Reverse mentors \\u2013 You can also learn from those with less experience than you.

22:00\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Kripa\\u2019s \\u2018Top Three\\u2019: Friends \\u2013 don\\u2019t change just to change \\u2013 \\u201cdo anything stupid.\\u201d

24:49\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Kripa\\u2019s \\u2018Top Three\\u2019: Great Managers \\u2013 mentors, teachers, and holding the mirror to your face.

Segment 3: Industry Disruption & Transformation

25:39\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Adapting what you learn to your leadership style.

28:19\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What leaders should pay attention to in the technology space.

30:36\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u201cThe definition of technology itself is becoming harder to articulate.\\u201d

32:24\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The impact of technology at the industrial level.\\xa0

35:55\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Does society understand the critical role information is playing?

Segment 4: Leadership & Wrapping Up

40:25\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Leaders: \\u201care able to rally people to move toward an environment that is different from the one they started with.\\u201d

41:51\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The differences for women in technology leadership.

44:53\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Advice: \\u201cIt is really important to push past friction point. That is what will propel you.\\u201d

46:34\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Hack for leaders: Try to see something from another person\\u2019s perspective and lead with empathy.

Contact Kripa Krishnan:

• Kripa\\u2019s LinkedIn

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• Gregg\\u2019s LinkedIn
• Gregg\\u2019s Twitter
• Gregg\\u2019s Bio

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