Sharmeelee Bala

Vice President of Engineering, Gap

San Francisco

Sharmeelee Bala is the Head of Global Engineering for End to End Supply Chain and Enterprise Data and Analytics for Gap Inc. In this role, she is responsible for providing leadership, strategy, and vision in the development, design, and implementation of all global systems that support "product to market" functions for all the different brands, as well as driving the data and analytics strategy for Gap Inc. Sharmeelee is also the Head of Gap Inc’s Hyderabad Development Center. Prior to this role, she spent almost 20 years with Walmart Labs in various leadership roles in the technology division. She also spent two years as an expat in India responsible for building a leading technology development center in Bengaluru for Walmart Labs. Sharmeelee is very passionate about encouraging young women and girls to seek interest and careers in STEM. Sharmeelee holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering Technology from BITS Pilani, India.