From healthcare to microfinance to mobile technology, she has applied her life’s work to finding viable, scalable ways to deliver solutions that benefit low-income communities.

Shalu comes to IDEO.org from Abt Associates where she leveraged a private sector business design background to support global health projects. She most recently co-authored a tool to measure the sustainability of health organizations and designed a challenge fund to spur innovation in East Africa.

Shalu also has extensive experience in the private for-profit world, including strategy consulting at Bain & Company where she supported Fortune 500 businesses, and Digitas, where she used analytics to improve her clients’ marketing programs. She was a Clinton Fellow in India and has an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Shalu has a fabulous husband, Subu, and a feisty son, Mokshay. They enjoy exchanging strange animal noises in their free time.