GlobalFoundries | FGB Inspiration: The Antidote to Burnout

Romy Newman is Co-founder and President of Fairygodboss, a business with the mission to improve the workplace for women everywhere. Before venturing into the crazy world of entrepreneurship, Romy ran digital advertising sales and operations at The Wall Street Journal, and also worked in marketing at Google and Estee Lauder. Romy studied American studies, literature and art at Yale and many more practical things at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Romy is a frequent speaker and contributor to Fortune, Huffington Post, and Inc. She is a proud mother of two, wife to a very supportive husband, devoted yogi and crossword puzzle lover. Romy is highly motivated to bring better performance and productivity to our companies and our country by making the workplace work better for women.

Gita Ramakrishnan is a Section Manager at GlobalFoundries, Malta NY location where she currently leads Line Control, New Product Introduction and Test Wafer Operations playing a crucial role in enabling both the present and future of GF business. She is originally from Chennai, India and moved to the US to pursue her undergraduate studies in Industrial Engineering followed by graduate education in Engineering Management. Before taking on a leadership role within GF she was a Manufacturing Operations Engineer and an active member of Global Women, Global Ambassadors and SWE at the collegiate level.