Lalatendu Satpathy

I would describe myself as highly curious and focused on learning in every aspect of life, personal and professional. In my professional life, I enjoy problem-solving and taking on new challenges. I've taken on many different challenges in over fourteen years of experience, including risk, consumer, payments, procurement, and platform. No matter what I'm working on, I always stay vested in problems that I care about and try to optimize every step of the process. In my personal life, I spend a lot of time refining my skills by reading, writing blogs, learning new languages, gardening, and learning chess theories. For instance, recently, I read and researched various openings in chess and mastered many of them. I found it fascinating how an incredible opening and planning can change the entire game from these chess games. This new perspective helped me shape my project planning and execution for a better product outcome. As a Director of the user experience at the SAP Ariba Platform team, I am responsible for managing, mentoring, and creating design strategies for incubation initiatives. I work with cross-functional teams to ensure we are focused on building great products using proven design methods and processes. I firmly believe that as a leader, my priority is to enable each individual in my team to achieve great success in everything they do.