Biography

Sophia has served as a member of BlackLine’s Board of Directors since March 2020. A prominent AI business leader, Sophia draws on her over 20 years bringing emerging technologies and products to market at top high tech companies. Sophia previously served as the Chief Product Officer at Aptiv managing over $5 billion in annual revenue.

Prior to that, she held executive leadership roles at Microsoft including Chief AI Technology Officer in Business Applications and General Manager for AI products and search. Prior to Microsoft, Sophia served as Doppler Lab’s Chief Product Officer. Previously, she headed Google/Nest’s Silicon and Architecture Roadmap team and led the Platform Architecture “Think Tank” Program at Apple. Sophia is an AI advisor for the U.S. National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering. Sophia also serves on Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering board. She previously served as a chair of World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.