

Oct 19 - 23, 2026
Los Altos High School

Janaki Akella
Senior Executive / Board Director
1) Southern Company 2) Sallie Mae 3) Akamai 4) Fractal.ao
Pivoting to follow your passion

Meet the Speaker:
I enjoy Corporate Governance as the sitting Board Director at Southern Company, a $100B market cap public Gas and Electric Utility, Fractal.ai, a company poised to go public, Akamai and Sallie Mae.
I am humbled to have been conferred the Distinguished Alumni Award by my alma mater, CEG, Asia’s oldest Technical Institution
I am a seasoned executive with unique experience blending technology background with global strategy consulting as McKinsey & Co Partner, Operations leadership and Digital Transformation as a Google Executive and executive management as a Public Board Director
I have successfully driven large scale business transformations having been privileged to lead 100+ consulting engagements at McKinsey working directly for the F100 C-Suite in High-tech Growth strategy, Business and Digital Transformation in North America, Canada, Europe, and Asia.