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BLACKBERRY<br />

Following BlackBerry’s incredible<br />

turnaround, we talk to Neelam Sandhu,<br />

Senior Director of Business Operations<br />

Office of the CEO, about BlackBerry’s<br />

reinvented focus, the fast-emerging<br />

Enterprise of Things, and challenges<br />

faced by women in tech<br />

98<br />

‘Do what you enjoy the most and you’ll<br />

never work a day in your life’ – this<br />

may be a well-versed platitude, but<br />

for Neelam Sandhu it has proven to be<br />

sound advice when navigating through<br />

her career. She knew that she reveled<br />

in fast-paced and dynamic environments,<br />

that she wanted to utilize her skills in<br />

business strategy, and most importantly<br />

that she wanted to work for a company<br />

for which she could be a genuine<br />

ambassador. This inevitably led her to<br />

the world of technology and ultimately<br />

the doors of BlackBerry. The rest, she<br />

says, is history.<br />

Now, Senior Director of Business<br />

Operations Office of the CEO at<br />

BlackBerry, Sandhu describes her<br />

role as one which “touches every<br />

JANUARY <strong>2019</strong>

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