Sujatha Sivarajah ( @sujatha_sivarajah ) is the Vice President of Strategic Execution & Operational Excellence for McKesson Canada ( @mckessoncanada ).
She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss the significant impact of her parents while she was growing up, being a part of a graduating class that comprised only 10% females, building teams at multiple companies including LifeLabs and Sanofi, being a woman of colour in a male-dominated field, the importance of building a solid foundation, her fascination with history, and so much more.
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– LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujatha-sivarajah-p-eng-80897a9/)
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Timestamps
00:19 – Ara introduces this week’s guest, Sujatha Sivarajah
00:43 – Sujatha speaks on her upbringing; Jaffna, Ohio, Nigeria
02:19 – Sujatha’s dad being her mentor; advice for parents
06:08 – Being a woman of colour in a male-dominated field (Electrical Engineering)
9:52 – Her time at Ford during a recession in Canada; and then LifeLabs
17:11 – Leaving LifeLabs after 7 years to build another team; this time at Sanofi
21:10 – What is pharmaceutical manufacturing?
22:23 – Was the lack of pharmaceutical manufacturing during the pandemic true?
24:17 – What McKesson does, and what her role here is
26:13 – What Sujatha hopes to accomplish during her tenure at McKesson
27:34 – Her view on work-life balance
29:19 – Parkinson’s Law – work expands to the time allotted for it
30:35 – How she secured her roles; never saying “no”
40:24 – What she would have done in another life; anthropology or archaeology
42:13 – Advice she would give her 16-year-old self
44:02 – The legacy she wants to be remembered for by friends and family
45:25 – Creator Confessions
53:19 – The Wrap Up
Intro Music
Produced And Mixed By:
– The Tamil Creator
– Yanchan
Written By:
– Aravinthan Ehamparam
– Yanchan Rajmohan
