Brands
Alison Wagonfeld set to join Nvidia as CMO after a decade at Google
CALIFORNIA: Alison Wagonfeld, one of Silicon Valley’s most seasoned marketing leaders, is preparing to take on a new challenge as chief marketing officer at Nvidia, closing a near ten-year chapter at Google Cloud and opening another at the heart of the global AI boom.
Wagonfeld has been the public-facing marketing force behind Google Cloud since 2016, steering everything from brand and product marketing to demand generation, global events and public sector outreach. In that time, Google Cloud transformed from a challenger brand into a serious enterprise heavyweight, a shift closely tied to her steady, narrative-led approach to marketing.
Beyond Google, her CV reads like a tour of modern tech history. She currently sits on the board of Bill, the US-listed financial operations platform for small and mid-sized businesses, where she serves on both the compensation and cybersecurity committees. Earlier, she was an operating partner at Emergence Capital, working hands-on with fast-growing cloud startups and their leadership teams.
Her career began well before cloud was a buzzword. From co-founding the early online mortgage platform Quicken Loans at Intuit, to helping scale a car-buying marketplace backed by Kleiner Perkins, to shaping Silicon Valley case studies as executive director of Harvard Business School’s California Research Center, Wagonfeld has consistently operated at the intersection of technology, storytelling and growth.
An MBA from Harvard Business School and a magna cum laude degree from Yale complete the picture. As Nvidia continues its rapid rise from graphics specialist to AI powerhouse, Wagonfeld’s move signals a sharpened focus on narrative, trust and global influence. For a company defining the future of computing, the message is clear. How the story is told matters more than ever.
Brands
PeopleStrong appoints Adishri Charla SVP marketing to drive global growth
Former UiPath marketing head to scale brand, demand and expansion across regions
NEW DELHI: PeopleStrong has brought in marketing heavyweight Adishri Charla as senior vice president, marketing, tasking her with sharpening the company’s global brand and fuelling its next phase of growth.
Charla steps in with nearly two decades of B2B marketing experience across both fast-moving start-ups and global technology giants. She joins from UiPath, where she served most recently as director and head of marketing for India and Saarc, playing a key role in the automation firm’s rise to category leadership in the region. Her work there ranged from revenue-driven marketing strategies to building strong customer and community engagement programmes.
At PeopleStrong, Charla will oversee global brand strategy, demand generation and customer engagement as the HR tech firm expands across India, Asia, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
CEO Sandeep Chaudhary said the company was looking for a leader who could connect brand storytelling with measurable business outcomes. “Adishri brings global marketing experience and strong team leadership. We are confident she will help sharpen our positioning and support our next phase of expansion,” he said.
Charla previously held marketing roles at Oracle India and IBM India, working across cloud, systems and product marketing. An MBA graduate from Symbiosis Centre for Management and HR Development, she has also completed executive programmes at Columbia Business School and ISB.
Sharing her excitement about the move, Charla said PeopleStrong has the potential to reshape how organisations across the region think about HR technology. She added that her focus will be on building stronger brand connections while driving measurable business impact.
Backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, PeopleStrong today serves more than 500 enterprises and has won several industry recognitions, including honours at the ET Human Capital Awards and the People Matters Infini-T Awards. Charla’s appointment signals the company’s intent to strengthen leadership as it scales its global ambitions.
