Padmasree Warrior

Padmasree Warrior is Chief Executive Officer of NIO U.S. She also serves as the Chief Development Officer of NIO, as well as a member of its Board of Directors. In these capacities, she is responsible for the brains of NIO's autonomous, electric vehicles and the overall user experience. She is based in San Jose, CA where NIO US is headquartered.
Previously, Warrior served as the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTSO) for Cisco until September 2015. In this capacity she was charged with aligning the company's technology and business strategy to business results. She was in charge of corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions, venture investments, and strategic partnerships. Previous to that she was the GM for Cisco Enterprise segment and co-led Cisco's worldwide engineering organization. Prior to joining Cisco, she was executive vice president and CTO at Motorola. Under her leadership, Motorola was awarded the 2004 U.S. National Medal of Technology.
Padmasree Warrior has been widely recognized for her creative, visionary leadership by Forbes, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal and The Economic Times. In 2013, The International Alliance for Women gave her the World of Difference Award. In 2012, Business Insider called her one of the "25 Most Influential Women in Wireless". The Aspen Institute gave her the first Leadership in Science and Technology Award. India's National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) named her the Global CTO Award winner.
Warrior holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.
In addition to the company’s board, Warrior serves on the board of Microsoft, Cymmetria and Zendrive. She held previous board seats for Gap and Box.
Warrior is married and has a son. You can follow her on Twitter @Padmasree.