Preeti Kovvali is a senior member of IEEE and a volunteer for 12 years. She has been serving on the board of IEEE Young Professionals and IEEE WIE for the last 5 years. Preeti’s educational background is in Information Technology & Engineering and currently is working as an Infrastructure Project Manager for a key Telecom customer in Belgium. She has previously worked as a delivery and project manager for critical customers from UK, USA, Australia, Nordics and Asia that include Fortune 500 organisations. Her expertise also includes organisations & communities management, customer engagement and people management.  In her free time, she practices percussions with a local Belgian Band and also enjoys hiking.