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Sonita Lontoh is a technology executive focusing on Internet of Things (IoT), 'smart' connected energy/devices, and green technology.〔(Can Emerging Markets Re-Create Silicon Valley? ) ''Forbes'', June 2014〕 In particular, she focuses on societal benefits and global cross-border collaborations on innovation, human capital and leadership development. 〔(Green Hero ). Asian Fortune News, January 11, 2014〕 She was of Minahasa and Minangkabau descent from Indonesia.〔swa.co.id(Sonita Lontoh: Srikandi Indonesia di Lembah Silicon )〕 ==Career and Achievement== She is an executive at Trilliant, a venture-backed technology company in Silicon Valley.〔(Everyday Money Travel ). ''TIME'', July 10, 2014〕 〔(US Travel Airlines ) Reuters, July 10, 2014〕 Prior to this, she was a leader at PG&E Corporation, a Fortune 200 energy-based holding company in San Francisco, with assets of more than $45 billion and revenues of more than $15 billion, serving over 15 million customers in California. Earlier in her career, Lontoh was a management consultant at the strategy consulting firm Bain & Company and spent a few years as a technology entrepreneur.〔(Green Advocate ) Tatler, January 2013〕〔(Money and Investing ) BBC Capital, April 2014〕〔 (Internet of Things ) The Peggy Smedley Show, June 2014〕 Lontoh is a professional mentor for the TechWomen program, a United States Department of State women-in-technology initiative spearheaded by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to implement President Barack Obama’s vision for greater collaboration between the United States and emerging leaders in global communities.〔(Have a Mentor ). ''Forbes'', November 15, 2012〕 Lontoh is a co-founder and chairman of the board of the Indonesian Diaspora Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to empowering Indonesian diaspora worldwide and help with Indonesian-American relations.〔(IDF Chairman Educates Audience on Technology Disruption ). Reuters, December 6, 2013〕 She is also co-founder and Executive Director of the Silicon Valley Asia Technology Alliance, a nonprofit focusing on increasing global cross-collaborations between Silicon Valley and the technology and business communities in emerging Asia. 〔(This Organization Gives Indonesia a Chance to Catch Up with Silicon Valley ). Tech in Asia, October 28, 2014〕 She was the working liaison representative for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Lontoh is a member of 85 Broads, a global network for professional women originally founded in 1997 as a network for current and former Goldman Sachs employees who worked at the firm's headquarters at 85 Broad Street, NYC, and at other Goldman Sachs offices worldwide. On May 15, 2013, the ''New York Times'' reported that Sallie L. Krawcheck, a former executive of Bank of America and Citigroup, had agreed to buy 85 Broads.〔(Krawcheck Agrees to Buy 85 Broads ). New York Times, May 15, 2013〕 Lontoh received the Diaspora Entrepreneurship and Corporate Excellence award from the Government of Indonesia〔(Trilliant Executive Receives Diaspora Award ). Marketwatch, July 31, 2012〕 and was named a Global Emerging Leader Under 40.〔(Green Technology Expert ). The Jakarta Globe, August 22, 2012〕 She was invited to the White House to attend an event to honor AAPI Women Champions of Change.〔(White House to Honor AAPI Women as Champions of Change ). San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 2013〕 Lontoh received her Master of Engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was also a cross-registered graduate student at the Harvard Business School. She earned her MBA in Strategy and Marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California Berkeley. 〔(Champion of Change ). Prestige, February 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonita Lontoh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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