Lakshmi Gudimella

Lakshmi Gudimella is a Senior Cybersecurity Manager at Whirlpool Corporation responsible for developing and executing robust security strategies to protect the company’s expansive assets against emerging threats. She is a seasoned professional with several years of hands-on experiences in Cloud Security, Security Engineering, Threat & Vulnerability Management and Cloud Architecture. In her 14+ years of career, she has worked in various IT and Security roles at Fortune500 companies such as Whirlpool, Wells Fargo, Assurant, Bank of America and BlueCross BlueShield demonstrating successes in supporting enterprise critical business applications in manufacturing, financial, insurance and healthcare domains.

Lakshmi holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas at El Paso and a first generation immigrant living in SWMI with her family. She is driven by a strong passion for giving back to the community and deeply committed to inspire women to pursue careers in technology.