Sowjanya Shetty is the founder of Attitude Makeover, a platform that helps people navigate change in their careers, identities, relationships, and personal lives. After spendingover 25 years in the corporate world across engineering, product strategy, and leadership at companies like Bharat Electronics, Microsoft, HP, and GE, she stepped away to explore something deeper: how real, lasting transformationhappens.
Today, Sowjanya brings together systems thinking, behavioral psychology, and storytelling to help people make sense of change. Her work speaks to those who are in transition — mid-career professionals, individuals going throughidentity shifts, or anyone who’s paused to ask, “What’s next for me?”
Through her podcast, workshops, tools, and reflective content, she offers practical ways to rethink personal power, move through uncertainty, and rebuild with intention. Her voice is honest, grounded, and often laced with humor.
At the heart of it, she believes that change isn’t something we have to endure. It’s something we can design, one step at a time.
She guest is a seasoned business development leader with over 19 years in the financial services industry. As Vice President at KFin Technologies, she spearheads businessdevelopment for the high-growth Alternate Investment Funds segment, driving scale, innovation, and client value.
Beyond her professional role, Madhulika is a passionate mentor and ecosystem contributor—she’s a CXO Incubator Member, Katalyst Mentor, LinkedIn Top Voice, and part of Deloitte’s SheXO Women’s Leadership Program. A writer, speaker, and advocate for emerging leadership, she actively supports the growth of young professionals.
Balancing her roles as a full-time executive, mother of three, and community leader, Madhulika embodies a collaborative, empathetic, and adaptive leadership style. She is deeply committed to making a positive impact on both business and society—while staying grounded through travel, nature, music, and a focus on wellness and spirituality. A true explorer at heart, she lives for the thrill of new places, fresh air, and the perfect song to match the moment.
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The guest today is an experienced and internationally savvyexecutive and board advisor best known for defining strategies and leading organizations that align talent and capabilities to deliver results across world locations. Drawing on her deep expertise of global markets and extensiveHR leadership, she has a history of leading award-winning multicultural teams and is a catalyst for transforming organizations for profitable growth.
She has lived and held executive HR roles based in numerous world locations including Singapore, India, and Europe. She has extensive experience working in global markets, leading teams, and developing human capital strategies across the United States, China, North/Southeast Asia, India, LatinAmerica, and Europe. On the personal front she lives in Minneapolis with her husband Timothy. She has 4 children Kilan, Lindsey, Timothy and Sydney She enjoys inetrior decoratiion, starting to enjoy art bother performing arts and visual arts. Also strating to enjoy gardening.
Currently the CHRO of Bio-Techne Corporation, pleasewelcome Cheryl Bethune
An accomplished thought leader withnearly two decades of experience in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence.Throughout her career, she has demonstrated exceptional skills in managing anddelivering complex projects across various domains, consistently showcasingoperational excellence. Anju possesses a remarkable ability to build and mentorsuccessful teams, fostering a creative work environment.
Currently, Anju holds the position of Enterprise DataAnalytics Delivery Leader at NetApp, where she plays a pivotal role in theorganization's digital transformation journey. Her contributions includedefining digital transformation strategies, developing data strategies, andleading identity and access management initiatives.
Beyond her professional endeavors, Anju is deeplypassionate about fitness and actively participates as a crossfit athlete. Inher spare time, she also enjoys coaching in strength and conditioning classes,further showcasing her dedication to promoting healthy lifestyles
Strategic and innovative HR professional who translates business vision into HR initiatives that improve performance, profitability, growth, and employee engagement. She has about 2 decades of experience in the field of Human Resources and believes in putting back the “Human” into the workplace .
She has worked with organizations like Fidelity Investments , State Street , Hudson’s Bay and is currently Sr. Director with Netradyne Tech . She has worked across the verticals of HR ranging from Talent acquisition , Talent Development , compensation to Business partnering and Employee relations . She has also worked in Hangzhou , China for a period of 2 years in the capacity of a HR Leader .
She is a TED speaker, a trainee psychotherapist with transactional analysis as the background. She is also an author of a book of poems “Moments Unpacked” available on Amazon
A teacher, entrepreneur, corporate professional who loves to help those who cannot help themselves, Suresh Perugu has had a distinct career. Let us learn from him how you can make the most of accidents that happen in life and still make a phenomenal success out of it.
With over 24 years of dynamic experience in the IT industry, she proudly serves as the India Head of Technology for Koch Business Solutions. Leading a team of 1400+ technologists spread across various Koch businesses and technologies. Her professional trajectory spans diverse functional domains, including Banking and Financial Services, as well as Manufacturing and Engineering. Notably, she has garnered extensive experience across FinTech organizations like Integral, Finastra, and State Street, where she contributed significantly to technological advancement and organizational growth.