Chitra Dwarka

Symposium Roles
Partnership Team Member 2016 (Chair)
Bio
Chitra Dwarka is an accomplished leader with over 20 years experience in product management, new product development, strategic planning, team building, management, execution and deployment of complex software projects.   She is providing product and program management consulting services to teams and clients creating immediate business value by delivering high quality products and services with clearly defined strategy, business modeling, product definition and design, customer development and effective client relationship management.  In prior roles as VP of Global Product Management and VP of Product Development at State Street Corporation, she led cross-functional high performance teams to deliver multiple new technology products and major projects for business operations and client base, providing portfolio planning and platform governance, business case development, demand management, risk and compliance oversight to meet enterprise business and client goals.  
 
Chitra is on the organizing team for the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, and is a member of the MIT Enterprise Forum and Boston Product Management Association (BPMA).  She is a life-long learner with areas of interest in biomimicry, design, sustainable innovation and social entrepreneurship.  Chitra holds an MBA from Simmons Graduate School of Management.