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Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great American Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
Avast is a Bronze Sponsor of the Women of Silicon Valley 2020 Conference. The Women of Silicon Valley is a platform to facilitate movement - to bring together women to celebrate success, to overcome challenges, to learn skills, to support one another, and to positively and irreversibly change the technology landscape. Leena Elias, VP of Product Delivery at Avast, will be speaking about her passion for technology and how it's shaped her career.
This event has been rescheduled from May to October 15-16, 2020.
Leena Elias is VP of Product Delivery of Consumer Products within Avast’s consumer business. Leena leads the implementation and delivery of Avast’s solutions to partners globally. She manages the Product Management, Project Management, and Customer Success teams, working with our partners day-to-day on applications that span parental controls, location, security, and IoT.
Leena Elias is an experienced technical leader with a track record of successfully delivering complex cross-functional programs. Ms. Elias’ broad working experience includes IT Consulting, Engineering Management, Client Services, Operations, and Customer Success. Prior to joining Avast, Leena was Head of Professional Services at Narvar, a SaaS platform for retail operations. Before joining Narvar, she was Director of Technical Services at Moovweb, a SaaS company focused on cloud-based mobile experience optimization, where she leads a global team of engineers to deliver post-sales technical services offerings including implementation, onboarding, and ongoing support.
Leena holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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