Neeti Mehta Shukla

Neeti Mehta Shukla grew up in Chennai, India, took a Bachelor of Commerce and then an MBA at Bond University in Australia, graduating six years before the company was founded, and moved to Silicon Valley early in her career. Her background is in brand development, marketing and corporate social responsibility rather than engineering.

Neeti Mehta Shukla is a co-founder of Automation Anywhere and its chief impact officer. She started the company in 2003 with her husband, Mihir Shukla, alongside Ankur Kothari and Rushabh Parmani, launching it from the guest bedroom of their house. She served as the company's senior vice president for brand and culture, shaping how it explained software bots to buyers who had no category for them, and in November 2021 she was named its first social impact officer. In that role she leads the company's giveback and sustainability work, including free automation training aimed at people outside the usual technology pipeline, and she speaks publicly on AI ethics and diversity in technology. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).