Lakshmi Nidamarthi

CEO| COO | Chief Product Officer | Ex-Amazon | Non-profit Board Member | Startup Advisor | Scaling world-class Technology, Product, Operations, and Teams within the E-Commerce, EdTech & AI

Role
Advisory Board Member at aiEDU
Location
Seattle, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Lakshmi Nidamarthi

Executive leader with 20+ years of demonstrated expertise building and scaling technology, product, operations, and design teams on a global level — driving product adoption and market share growth for Fortune 50 organizations (Amazon, McKesson HBOC), mid-market firms (DreamBox Learning), and startups. Recognized consistently for strategic vision and innovation, including playing a key role in pioneering numerous high-profile products on the Amazon Marketplace platform—in addition to launching Kindle and Frustration Free packaging.Hold a BS in Computer Science and MS in Artificial Intelligence. Completed the Women Board Directors Development Program and part of the Onboarding Women Program offered by Perkins Coie, Deloitte, Madrona Venture Group, Cascadia Capital, and Spencer Stuart. Strategic advisory and board roles include serving as a Board Member and Governance Chair for Washington Autism Alliance (WAA), as well as an Advisor for the Graham & Walker Catalyst program and TechStars Seattle accelerator program. Additional history advising a stealth streaming AI startup and mentoring other entrepreneurial startup founders Areas of expertise include:• Executive Leadership, Strategic Planning & Vision• Global Team Recruitment, Mentoring, Development & Leadership• Startups & New Venture Formation / Intrapreneurship• Technology Scaling / Building Technology Solutions• Product Strategy, Roadmap Planning & Lifecycle Management• Market Disruption / Innovation / New Market Expansion• Corporate Scaling, Infrastructure-Building & Growth Planning• Operations Management / Process Improvement & Optimization• Business Transformation, Turnarounds & Restructuring• Employee Engagement, Performance Management & Retention• Enterprise-Wide Project & Program Management• Board Reporting & Relations / Stakeholder Communications• Corporate Development | M&A Due Diligence & Integration• Analytics, Metrics & Data-Driven Decision-Making• Client Relationship Management / Business Development

Experience

  1. Advisory Board Member

    aiEDU

    Aug 2025 — Present

    The AI Education Project (aiEDU.org) is a nonprofit organization working to scale equitable AI literacy and workforce readiness to underrepresented communities across America.

Education

  • UW Foster School of Business

    Executive Board Directors Program

    2023

  • The University of Georgia

    Master of Science (M.S.), Artifical Intelligence

    1998

  • University of Madras

    Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

    1996

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