Sharon Mandell is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer leading Juniper’s global information technology team. In this role, she leads the ongoing enhancement of the company’s IT infrastructure and applications architectures to support the growth objectives of the company. She and her team are also responsible for showcasing Juniper’s use of its technologies to the world.
Prior to joining Juniper in 2020, Mandell was the Chief Information Officer for TIBCO Software and previously developed her leadership strategy at Harmonic, Black Arrow (now Cadent), Knight Ridder and the Tribune Company. Throughout her career, Mandell developed a level of expertise in cybersecurity and compliance, enterprise architecture and road mapping, data and analytics, digital transformation and customer service. She is passionate about supporting women in STEM careers and in her free time Mandell serves on various arts and education related boards. She also proudly serves on the computer science advisory board at Temple University.
Mandell holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Temple University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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In this episode, CSB Director CB Bhattacharya is joined from San Jose, California by Sharon Mandell, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at #Juniper Networks, a $4.5 billion company that develops and markets networking products including routers, switches, network management software, and more. Sharon leads the ongoing enhancement of the company’s IT infrastructure and applications architectures to support the growth objectives of the company. She and her team are also responsible for showcasing Juniper’s use of its technologies to the world. Juniper’s ongoing commitment to reducing materials use and converting ocean-bound plastics into useful packaging is saving nearly 50,000 pounds of virgin paper and 24,000 pounds of virgin plastic each year. They continue to focus on climate change and are investing in onsite energy generation and energy purchases from renewable and lower-carbon sources. In the Episode Sharon Mandell and Prof. Bhattacharya discuss 🌏 How companies can find synergy between...
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