Shruti Challa is Senior Vice President of Revenue at Sonder, a leading next-generation hospitality company that is redefining the guest experience through technology and design. At Sonder, Shruti has played a pivotal role both in the company’s accelerated growth, expansion and RevPAR outperformance over traditional hotels. Shruti is also an avid investor in tech startups boasting investments in over 25 deals in companies ranging across various stages and industries, author in publications like WSJ and Fast Company, as well as an advocate for disenfranchised populations. Before landing at Sonder, Shruti was on the leadership teams at two companies that were acquired; one by Booking.com and the other by Groupon. She has a degree in economics from Stanford and (almost) finished her masters in predictive analytics at Northwestern.