Rita lives at the intersection of business and technology and is passionate about leveraging analytics and AI to transform industries. Rita has over 25+ years of experience in Product Marketing and Product Management incubating businesses, creating markets and launching new technologies and products. Most recently, Rita was the VP, Product Marketing and interim CMO at MuleSoft, a Salesforce company. She led a team focused on extending MuleSoft’s integration platform into industries by creating solutions and GTM strategies to help companies unlock data to deliver innovative solutions. Prior to MuleSoft, Rita was the Vice President of Global Marketing (CMO) at GE Healthcare leading marketing for their analytics and AI division that launched the first FDA approved AI enabled medical devices. Before GE, Rita was with IBM Watson as one of the founding members of the Watson ecosystem, where she architected and executed a brand new ecosystem and partner organization to spur innovation and fuel a new generation of applications infused with IBM Watson's artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. Rita has a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Illinois and an MBA from DePaul University in International Business. As advocate of working mothers, women in tech, and creating a work/life balance, Rita is always hungry to expand her mind and empower others to do the same.