Nivia is a technologist with over 20 years of engineering and leadership experience.
Her career path has included nearly every role in tech; but her true passion is inspiring people to do their best work.
These days Nivia applies her talents as Director of Engineering for Spotify's new music team, tasked with bringing enriching artist expression tools and experiences to Spotify.
Nivia gives back to the tech community by speaking at, chairing and attending tech conferences.
Her hobbies include: mentoring Black engineering leaders; reading; and relaxing on her farm with her hubby Andre and their feline overlord Zuko.
Whether it’s the current macroeconomic situation affecting the tech industry, or the global pandemic, or the 2008 global economic crisis before, there will always be uncertainty.Even smaller crises have the impact of disrupting everyday life. Imagine the impact on Black employees during the George Floyd protests; or on AAPI employees over the past year. It is unrealistic to expect that employees a...