Gladys is passionate about using data to identify new market opportunities and solve product management challenges. Her background is in asset management, fintech and tech hardware. She advised startup founders, private equity investors, lenders, government leaders and multinationals on growth financing and impact strategy during her time at Invest Africa and J.P. Morgan. While pursuing her MBA at Columbia Business School, Gladys worked at series A fintech start upand developed curriculum for the school’s first ever course on “New Growth and Business Opportunities in East Africa”. An advocate for youth employment in Africa, Gladys has served on non-profit boards of Ongoza and Kaz'O'zah Art. Gladys received her Bachelors in Engineering and Anthropology from Brown University.