Shruti Worlikar is a cloud professional with technical expertise in data lakes and analytics across cloud platforms. Her background has led her to become an expert in on-premises-to-cloud migrations and building cloud-based scalable analytics applications. Shruti earned her bachelor's degree in electronics and telecommunications from Mumbai University in 2009 and later earned her masters' degree in telecommunications and network management from Syracuse University in 2011. Her work history includes work at J.P. Morgan Chase, MicroStrategy, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). She is currently working in the role of Manager, Analytics Specialist SA at AWS, helping customers to solve real-world analytics business challenges with cloud solutions and working with service teams to deliver real value. Shruti is the DC Chapter Director for the non-profit Women in Big Data (WiBD) and engages with chapter members to build technical and business skills to support their career advancements. Originally from Mumbai, India, Shruti currently resides in Aldie, VA, with her husband and two kids.