Nalini Panchita Kotamraju, Ph.D. is a sociologist with expertise in how people and organizations use and experience technology.

Currently, Nalini serves as Senior Vice President of Research & Insights at Salesforce, leading a team that generates insights for product development. Her passion for technology was sparked when she observed the transformative impact of the Internet in her work at the NGO Office for the historic 1995 United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, China.

Dr. Kotamraju has held professorships at the IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and the University of Twente (Netherlands). She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a B.A. cum laude in Social Studies and Women’s Studies from Harvard College.