I am continuing this conversation with Rachana Shenoy, Engineering Leader HPE talks about balancing career growth, avid speaker and continuous learner

In this part of the conversation, 

• Rachana shares her stress and delivery pressures balancing it with employee engagement scores 
• She shares some of the key techniques for budding managers
• Creating an environment of fun and accountability 
• Embracing team members as a complete person rather than a skill or a resource
• Gen Z mindset doesn’t like to be a follower and being a digital native - they need ability to channelize the reusability, validation and clean code principles
• Thankful for the amount of support that was available from enterprise firms
• Extremely passionate about art, decor and that helps me to balance the profession and advocates strongly to have a passion project

Rachana Shenoy is a Seasoned Engineering leader with over 18 years of Industry experience, currently working in the Hybrid Cloud Division at Hewlett Packard enterprise. In her current role she leads development teams for both On Prem and SaaS based Cloud Native Enterprise Scale Storage Management Solutions. Rachana is passionate about building self driven and motivated teams , enabling them to build innovative solutions addressing critical customer needs.

Rachana has extensive experience in Domains like Storage, Server, Cloud, Distributed, Enterprise software development. Rachana is also a DEI evangelist and DEI Champion and has been contributing to various Diversity and Inclusion initiatives within and outside the organization. She is also an active member of Lean In Women In Tech community , and believes in paying it forward through community events and activities. 

In her free time Rachana loves to dabble in creative pursuits and is a passionate artist, crafter and art educator. She is also an avid traveler and loves to explore different places, diverse culture and cuisine.

Rachana can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachana-shenoy-4014116a/