Shantha Mohan

Dr. Shantha mohan is an Executive In Residence, Innovation Lab at Carnegie Mellon University's Integrated Innovation Institute, where she mentors and guides students.

She is a global software engineering leader and entrepreneur with a proven track record of growing and mentoring technical teams and generating customer ROI across the globe. Retail Solutions Inc., the company she co-founded, is a leader in retail analytics in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) domain. She ran product development for the company and was responsible for scaling the product development team worldwide and delivering multiple analytic applications. Before Retail Solutions, Shantha had over 20 years of experience focusing on mission-critical systems to support semiconductors and other high-value-added manufacturing. At Consilium, now part of Applied Materials, she managed the development of three generations of manufacturing execution systems. Such software systems are mission-critical, highly scalable, and highly available, and companies such as Intel and Infineon depend upon them for their manufacturing.

Outside CMU, Shantha is a mentor of start-ups and students from her alma mater. She provides career advice to new graduates and those making career transitions. She is a member and volunteer of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Shantha is also a member of The Carnegie Mellon Women's Association (CMWA) and is active in the Barbara Smith Women's Mentoring Program. Her book Roots and Wings – Inspiring stories of Indian Engineering Women was published in 2018. She co-authored Demystifying AI for The Enterprise, published in 2021. Her book on leadership, titled Leadership Lessons With The Beatles, was published in May 2022 by Routledge Press/Taylor & Francis. In April 2023, a second edition of Roots and Wings was published.