Bhavana Bartholf is an award-winning leader and sought-after expert in the field of providing vision and accelerating Digital Transformation for corporations across industries worldwide. Throughout her career, she has served as a customer focused, transformational leader, innovative technologist, STEM advocate, and ally for women and racial/ethnical minorities (REM). She has a proven track record for building high performing organizations with focus on growing female/REM workforce and is dedicated to driving systemic change to create inclusive work environments. In 2022, Bartholf was recognized by The Charlotte Business Journal Women in Business Achievement Award 25 Outstanding Women. In 2021, Bartholf was recognized by the National Diversity Council as one of the Top 100 Women in Technology (2021) and has been named one of the 2021 “Power 50” Women in Leadership. She was named one of the 2021 Women Worth Watching in Profiles in Diversity Journal. Bartholf has over a 20-year diverse career with Microsoft across their customer success, sales, marketing, consulting, and support businesses. Today, she is responsible for advancing technical sales strategy across solution areas to enable digital transformation for Fortune 500 companies. Bartholf currently serves as a Board Director for WEX Inc and NC State College of Engineering foundation. She has served for six years on the board of The Gift of Adoption, a non-profit that provides adoption assistance through grants. Bartholf earned her Master’s degree in Engineering from North Carolina State University, as well as her Bachelor of Science in Math, Physics and Manufacturing Engineering (triple major) from India. Today, she is a director on the Board of NC State College of Engineering. She and her husband, Matt Bartholf, reside in Charlotte, North Carolina, with their three children.