Manisha Aurora is a Global Privacy Attorney at Verizon working under Verizon’s Chief Privacy Officer. Prior to joining Verizon, Manisha was the COO and General Counsel of Sooryen Technologies. Served as Group Legal Head for HCL America Inc. Licensed in California, & India, and certified as CIPP-US; CIPP-M; CIPP-EU. She has led Privacy programs at Meta, Pinterest, and Opendoor. She has a strong engineering background and is SCRUM Master certified. Currently, pursuing Product Management at Kellogg’s School of Business. Speaker on AI, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and DEI. Writes regularly on LinkedIn and Medium. She is a DEI Champion and leads many programs on inclusion and belonging, in-house and externally. Active volunteer at SAVE, VIBHA, Maitri, and other non-profits.