UiPath 宣布任命 Madrona Ventures 管理总监 S. “Soma” Somasegar 为其董事会成员。Soma 在技术领域拥有超过 30 年的经验，他曾在微软领导开发部门，并投资了多家科技公司，包括 UiPath、Snowflake 和 Pulumi。Soma 将为 UiPath 的长期发展提供宝贵的经验和见解。

👨‍💼 **Somasegar 是一位经验丰富的技术高管、企业领导者和投资者，他在增长管理和培育新兴技术方面拥有数十年的经验。** 过去十年，Soma 一直投资于那些正在重塑企业数据堆栈并改变企业公司和员工核心工作流程的技术公司。他的投资涵盖了广泛的技术领域，包括自动化、机器学习和人工智能、下一代云基础设施、智能应用程序以及开发人员平台和工具。在 Madrona，Soma 帮助领导了对 UiPath、Snowflake、Pulumi、Common Room 和 Statsig 等公司的投资。他目前还担任 Pulumi、Seekout、Tigera、Bobsled、RelationalAI、Statsig、Rhythms 和 Go1 的董事会成员。

🏢 **在加入 Madrona 之前，Soma 在微软工作了近 30 年，领导了公司的开发部门，负责 Visual Studio 和 .NET 产品系列，这些产品是数千万开发人员构建应用程序的核心基础。** Soma 还领导了微软在波士顿、加拿大、中国、印度和以色列的研发实验室的开发。

🚀 **Soma 相信自动化是创新和生产力的交汇点，并与 AI 相结合，具有改变公司和整个行业的巨大潜力。** 他期待与 UiPath 董事会合作，帮助公司实现其愿景，并为股东创造长期价值。

🤝 **UiPath 董事长兼首席执行官 Daniel Dines 表示，Soma 在为当今一些最关键的企业技术创造价值方面的丰富经验，将成为其董事会的宝贵财富。** 他将长期愿景与短期战略决策需求相结合，对企业技术领域的深入了解将有助于 UiPath 实现其使命，帮助客户利用 UiPath 企业自动化和 AI 平台实现更具影响力的业务成果。

👨‍🎓 **Soma 拥有路易斯安那州立大学计算机工程硕士学位，以及印度金迪工程学院（安娜大学）电子与通信工程学士学位。** Soma 还因其在技术和计算机科学方面的成就而获得安娜大学的荣誉博士学位。他热衷于赋权和教育世界各地的女孩，并支持妇女教育和赋权计划。

Somasegar brings over three decades of experience building successful B2B and developer-led businesses to UiPath board

UiPath, a leading enterprise automation and AI software company announced the appointment of S. “Soma” Somasegar, Managing Director at Madrona Ventures, to its Board of Directors effective Sept. 5, 2024.

“I am excited to welcome Soma to our Board of Directors”

As a seasoned technology executive, business leader, and investor, Soma brings decades of experience in growth management and fostering emerging technologies.

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For the past decade, Soma has invested in technology companies that are reinventing the enterprise data stack and changing core workflows for enterprise companies and employees. His investments span a wide variety of technology areas, including automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence, next-generation cloud infrastructure, intelligent applications, and developer platforms and tools. At Madrona, Soma has helped lead investments in UiPath, Snowflake, Pulumi, Common Room, and Statsig, among other companies. He also currently serves as a board member with Pulumi, Seekout, Tigera, Bobsled, RelationalAI, Statsig, Rhythms, and Go1.

Prior to joining Madrona, Soma built a career at Microsoft over nearly three decades, where he led the company’s Developer Division responsible for the Visual Studio and .NET family of products that are the core building blocks for tens of millions of developers to build applications. Soma also led the development of Microsoft’s R&D labs in Boston, Canada, China, India, and Israel.

“Automation is at the intersection of innovation and productivity and holds great potential to transform both companies and entire industries in combination with AI,” said Somasegar. “I look forward to collaborating with the UiPath Board to help the company execute its vision and deliver long-term shareholder value.”

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“I am excited to welcome Soma to our Board of Directors,” said Daniel Dines, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at UiPath. “I believe Soma’s extensive experience in driving value creation for some of today’s most essential enterprise technologies is an asset to our Board. He brings a balance of maintaining a long-term vision and recognizing the short-term requirements for strategic decision-making. His well-developed understanding of the enterprise technology landscape will be important as we pursue our mission to help customers achieve more impactful business outcomes with the UiPath enterprise automation and AI platform.”

Soma holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from Louisiana State University and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from Guindy Engineering College, Anna University in Chennai, India. Soma also received an Honorary Doctorate from Anna University for accomplishments in Technology and Computer Science.

He is passionate about efforts to empower and educate girls around the world and supports women’s education and empowerment initiatives.

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