Girija is the founder of a specialist consulting company, Forcing Function LLC, with over 25 years of experience in the technology sector in USA, UK, Canada and India. A practicing engineer, she has real world experience in 2 major industries - telecommunications and transportation. Girija's experience in the communication industry spans satellite systems, Voice-over-IP, Switching, Signal processing and vital safety-radio communication systems. Since 2011 Girijas has been serving as an SME in the rail industry for trackside and on-board integration of wired and wireless systems. She is currently using her unique cross-disciplinary experience to collaborate with startups and research agencies to design solutions for transportation. Girija has an undergraduate degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Bombay and a graduate degree in Signal Processing and Communication Systems for the University of Virginia. She is licensed in Maryland and California and is currently the President and Social Media chair of her local engineering chapter.