Cynthia Maxwell led product teams that helped make it possible to use your phone for making video calls, reading books, communicating on Slack, or browsing Pinterest. With a path that has taken her from academic work in computer science through VR at NASA Ames Research Center to Apple, Pinterest, Yahoo and Slack’s, Cynthia has been a leader in the software industry for 19 years with a front-row seat to several major platform shifts.