Silky Vaidya

Silky Vaidya

Director R&D (Engineering, Product)

SIRV Consulting Ltd.

Silky Vaidya is an Interim CPTO, Board advisor, Engineering and Product leader with 20yr+ global experience in various sectors in technology led start-ups and enterprises. Led pioneering start-ups to create innovative products and exit successfully to the likes of CISCO, Qualcomm, Samsung, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Aeroflex. Strategised and conducted various Agile, DevOps, Technology, Digital and Knowledge transformations. Ex-Global Director R&D at CDK Ltd. , currently she runs a pre-seed start-up advisory, where she works with founders as a CPTO in building the strategy and scaling up technology, market and talent and coaches leadership. She is interested in championing and speaking on various topics in Engineering excellence, Product Management, AI, Ethics, Leadership, D&I, Sustainability, and Future of innovation and work. She is also a Board Advisor on We&AI, Mentor at Reed Technology Leadership practice and on the EMEA leadership Board of the Women in Big Data program..