Nivia is a technologist with 20 years of engineering and leadership experience.

Her career path has included nearly every role in tech; but her true passion is inspiring people to do their best work.

These days Nivia plies her trade as a Director of Engineering for Spotify’s billion-dollar Ads business.

Nivia gives back to the tech community by speaking at, chairing and attending tech conferences.

Her hobbies include: mentoring Black engineering leaders; reading; and chilling with her hubby Andre and their feline overlord Zuko.

You can find her on Twitter as @lanooba or on LinkedIn.