Aakrati is a Director of Identity and Access Management, Cyber Security at Baker Hughes. She started her career as a consultant and held various roles in increasing responsibility for Acquisitions & Integrations, ERP, Sales and Operations, Finance and Cyber Security. She has over 20 years of experience in building global high-performance teams focused on strategy, execution, and customer experience. She is exceptional at driving change in complex organizations, connecting business needs with technology. She won a “Women and Technology award in Manufacturing Process Excellence”, “Excellence award for significant impact on business operations” and is Six Sigma Green Belt certified. Originally from India, she holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from Cleveland State University, is PMP Certified, CISM certified, a certification from Stanford University in IT Benchmarking and currently resides with her family in Houston.