Technology, Media & Telecommunications at Deloitte: Meet & Greet

Jessica is a Deloitte Consulting Principal and is the National Managing Principal for the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry. Jessica leads a TMT industry practice that continues to define our thriving future. In her prior role, Jessica was responsible for reimagining how Deloitte engages, serves, and collaborates with hyperscale companies, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Salesforce.Previous roles include:
· U.S. Department of State Lead Relationship Partner
· Federal Strategy & Operations Service Area Leader
· National Strategy & Operations Chief Marketing OfficerJessica has many accolades outside of Deloitte, including being named one of the Top 25 Consultants by Consulting magazine and one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business by San Francisco Business Times.

Girija is the lead Principal for the Hardware and Consumer Tech industry portfolio within TMT at Deloitte. The team works closely with Hardware and Consumer tech organizations to radically transform their business and grow in the digital era by helping them undergo large-scale digital transformations, developing new business models in a rapidly changing tech landscape, and achieve organizational excellence.

Girija personally bring over 23 years of experience helping corporate clients maximize shareholder value through innovation, business model transformation, large scale digital transformations, and global technology implementations.

Ayo is a Principal in Deloitte Consulting's strategy practice with 17 years of consulting experience, serving clients in the Technology and Telecom sectors. He advises business leaders on business transformation, with specific expertise in transforming Sales, Channel and Customer operations. Recently, his focus has been on helping his Tech sector clients transition their products and services to the Cloud and other new as-a-service business models. Ayo has an MBA from the University of Maryland and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Ife. Currently serving as the Diversity and Inclusion lead for Deloitte Consulting, Ayo focuses on creating a consistent experience for all employees to ensure they are comfortable being their authentic selves. While at Deloitte, Ayo served as champion for the Management Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT) for over a decade, creating a community for future diverse leaders. He is also the Dean of the Deloitte Consulting Immersion Program, driving leadership development for underrepresented minorities.

Nina Zhang is a Managing Director in Deloitte’s Strategy and Operations practice, focused on Technology, Media and Telecom clients. Nina has over 15 years of experience advising clients on building, offering and evolving advanced product solutions through organic development, M&A and transformation. Her industry sector experience spans Semiconductor, Hardware, Software and Private Equity. Nina holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Irvine and an MBA from the University of California Los Angeles’s Anderson School of Management. Nina has published and presented at several IEEE conferences.

A career consultant spending the last 16 years leading TMT executives and end users alike through organization change required to make transformations successful. Tech-enabled transformation, strategic change, training strategy, Org M&A, org design, change management.

Nicole is a Principal in Deloitte’s Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) practice. In her more than 15 years with Deloitte she has focused on helping clients in the information services and publishing sector find their way to adapt and grow in a dynamic market. This often includes rethinking how tech and operations teams can support new business models and the tools they use to do it. Nicole holds an MBA from Stern School of Business and New York University with a focus in Operations and Organizational Behavior and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland in Marketing and Supply Chain Management.

Elizabeth is a leader in Deloitte Consulting's Human Capital practice, playing at the intersection of organization and workforce strategies for leading Technology, Media and Telecom companies. With over 15 years of experience leading clients through business model and Future of Work transformations. I oversee several leadership programs and inclusion initiatives for underrepresented minorities and women. I'm an official spokesperson for the firm on the topic of destigmatizing post-partum depression and minimizing negative career impacts for mothers returning to work. My work in this space landed me a “2020 Working Mother of the Year” award in Working Mother magazine.