Chaya is a technologist, philanthropist, a visionary, mentor, an entrepreneur and above all a passionate human being. She holds an MBA and an Executive Education Certification from Harvard University. With over 25 years of Information Technology experience, Chaya has led numerous productivity initiatives involving Business Process Improvement, business transformation/re engineering, and IT portfolio optimization. As co-founder, President and CEO of PamTen, Chaya conceptualizes innovative software products and solutions for PamTen and its clients, and oversees them from development to implementation.
Chaya combined her business acumen and passion for charity to found SOFKIN (sofkin.org), a non-profit organization that creates loving and caring homes for destitute and underprivileged children. SOFKIN operates in The United States and in India and provides a supportive, nurturing home to over 100 beautiful children.
To encourage and empower women in the field of Technology, Chaya created SheTek in 2017. This PamTen initiative has a mission to raise the percentage of women represented in the technology industry through a strong community of partners that are passionate about empowering women in the field. SheTek also looks to provide women entrepreneur’s technology assistance through offerings that give them access to solutions and CTO services that help them grow their business.
Chaya is a welcomed speaker at many technology and social change events around the world, including Women in Tech East Coast 2019, the United Nations Commission on Status of Women (CSO), as a panelist on ‘Access to Justice’ at the Harvard India Conference 2016, an International Inter-spiritual Conference For Women in leadership, and many other technology & leadership conferences.
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