Today we’d like to introduce you to Puja R Rios.
Hi Puja R, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
Puja Bhola Rios is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Kevel, a leader in the Retail Media Technology
Previous to Kevel, Puja was the Chief Revenue Officer of Frame.io. While at Frame, Puja led the company to over $100M in Annual Reoccurring Revenue (ARR) and a multi-billion dollar exit to Adobe.
She spent seven years at Xerox and thirteen years at CareerBuilder as their SVP of Enterprise Sales and Customer Success. While at CareerBuilder, Puja founded and ran her company’s Women’s Alliance, CareerBuildHER.
As a Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author, her Forbes book,“Get It Together: A Winning Formula for Success from the Boss You Need,” guides readers through what it takes to achieve the results they want in business and life.
She is the author of the Huffington Post feature blog, “Me vs. Fibromyalgia,” as well as a contributor to The Huffington Post and Forbes.
A dynamic speaker and an energetic leader, Puja is a fierce advocate for inspiring people to “Get It Together.”
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
As a female Chief operating officer, there were many challlenges along the way, including breaking the proverbial glass ceiling. My true challenage came in the form of a car accident that changed my life for worse in some ways and better i others. SEE: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-360-look-at-fibromyalgi_b_9440738
Do you any memories from childhood that you can share with us?
Being a piano teacher at the age of 12. I had 10+ students and it taught me how to lead and manage. No to mention, was so fun!
Contact Info:
- Website: kevel.com
- Instagram: @pujarios
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/puja.rios
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pujarios/
