Dr. Doreen Galli

Dr. Doreen Galli is a proven innovative executive in emerging technologies. She has served as a corporate officer at Global Fortune 10 Deutsche Post World Net serving DHL Mail as CIO/CTO; her other Fortune 50 executive appointments include IBM, Dell, AT&T, and most recently Microsoft where she served as CTO and platform architect for Azure itself. As an IBM Master Inventor, Galli holds eight patents, including technologies you use every day, and some of the most profitable in IBM's portfolio. She also has 2 more patents pending with Microsoft. As an entrepreneur, Galli was involved with WebMD from its inception; she founded InfoEgis, Patient Forward, and TBW Advisors. Galli is also a former Gartner GTP analyst.

Galli’s career is built upon a solid foundation of five degrees by age 25, including a triple-major Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Waterloo (Canada), complemented by a recent AACSB Honors MBA. An All-American Athlete Collegiate Runner, Galli enhanced her formal education with process improvement certifications of Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma, and Pull Thinking, along with Technology and Network Transformation Certifications from AT&T. She is a Top 25 Women on the Web recipient and a published author with over 200 articles. Her first book, "Distributed Operation Systems" was published by Prentice Hall in English and Chinese. Her second book, "Galli’s Keys to Success: Optimize your College Career" is available via online bookstores. Galli has been an invited speaker at such distinguished venues as Forbes Executive Summit, CIO Summit, CIO Academy, Grace Hopper, Network+ Interop Las Vegas, Las Vegas Women's Leadership Summit, Gartner’s Catalyst, as well as The Internet Security Conference.