Conversation with Karna Nisewaner, Cadence Design Systems

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Conversation with Karna Nisewaner, Cadence Design Systems

Women @ RopesTalk

28 minutes

2 years ago

Conversation with Karna Nisewaner, Cadence Design Systems

On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, hosted by IP transactions partner Megan Baca, IP transactions counsel Emily Karlberg interviews Karna Nisewaner, the general counsel of Cadence Design Systems. Karna describes her path from engineering student at Princeton to GC at an innovative software company where she can “geek out on technology.” As a leader, she describes her approach to managing teams, including an important lesson learned early in her career. Reflecting on the value of lawyers on business teams, Karna shares some advice about listening, while also recounting how a run for the local school board helped sharpen her business skills.