Who We Are: Linda Bernardi

Global VP, Innovation, Capgemini
Board of Trustee, Anita Borg Institute: 1996-2006
Linda BernardiFor 20 years Linda has held senior executive positions in advanced technology, the software industry, biotechnology, genomics and the enterprise computing arena. Her technical passion is in large scale information systems. She has managed global operations and orchestrated business development and services around the world. She founded her company ConnecTerra, which was acquired by BEA Systems in 2005.
In 2006 Linda focused on strategic consulting through her company, StraTerra Partners. To take her vision and passion in technology to a larger scale, Linda joined Capgemini in 2007 as Global VP of strategy and innovation, where she currently focuses on new technology strategies for Capgemini at a global level. In addition to serving on the board of ABI for a decade, Linda is a member of the SETI Institute Board of Trustees, and will be chairing a new board in conjunction to ABI, called the Circle of Excellence later in 2007.

Officers

General Counsel

  • Allison Spinner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Staff

Our Founder

Board of Trustees

  • William Wulf, Ph.D., Former President, National Academy of Engineering, Board Chair
  • Bill Unger, Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund - Vice-Chair
  • Robin Abrams, Investor
  • Margaret Ashida, Director, Diversity and Workforce Programs - IBM Software Group
  • Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President, Research, and Director, HP Labs, HP
  • James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing Director & CFO, Mayfield Fund - Treasurer & Vice President
  • Francine Berman, Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego and Fellow, ACM
  • Debi Coleman, Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures
  • Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Payroll, Intuit
  • Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President, Research and Systems Engineering, Google
  • Penny Herscher, President & CEO, firstRain
  • Kathy Hill, Senior VP Ethernet and Wireless Systems Technology Group, Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Leah Jamieson, John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, and Ramsburg Distinguished Professor, Purdue University
  • Wayne Johnson, Vice President, University Relations, Hewlett-Packard
  • Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
  • Ike Nassi, Executive Vice President, and Head of Research, Americas and China, and Head of Global Business Incubation, SAP
  • Brian Pawlowski, CTO, and Senior Vice President, NetApp
  • Richard Rashid, Senior VP and VP Research, Microsoft
  • Justin Rattner, Senior Fellow & CTO, Intel
  • Cheryl Shavers, Former Undersecretary of Technology, Clinton Administration, & CEO of Global Smarts, Inc.
  • Telle Whitney, President & CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
  • Linda Bernardi, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)
  • Greg Papadopoulos, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)

Individual and Organizations

Board of Advisors