India-born Padmasree Warrior, one of Silicon Valley’s high-profile women executives, has been appointed as the US CEO of a Chinese firm which is building an electric car to compete with American electric car manufacturer Tesla. Warrior, 55, will be the Chief Development Officer and CEO of the US start-up NextEV.
A technology industry veteran, Warrior was most recently Cisco’s Chief Technology and Strategy Officer and had stepped down from the position in June this year. Warrior's track record as a technology visionary is ‘undisputed’ and her knowledge of the global markets and business acumen are “surpassed only by her ability to lead distributed teams of engineers and developers toward a common goal,” NextEV's Founder and Chairman William li said.