Shireen Santosham

Shireen Santosham is a tech optimist. In 2016, under Mayor Liccardo, she launched San Jose’s Smart City Vision initiative and has since championed affordable broadband, autonomous vehicle pilots, a comprehensive privacy policy, and apps and social media help residents interact with the city more easily.

She was named to GovTech’s List of 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers in 2018, and her work is featured in Bloomberg Technology, KQED, and Ars Technica. She has spoken at the Consumer Electronics Show, Mobile World Congress, the United Nations Beijing +20 conference, the United States Congress, Harvard University, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and Columbia University.

Shireen holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.P.A in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School, and a B.S. and B.A. with honors from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a fellow at the Young Leaders Forum hosted by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.