Truly Global by Anna N. Schlegel

Anna N Schlegel is Truly Global, she provides an insider’s look at how large companies move into international markets to successfully deliver and scale their product to customers across different cultures. She has unlocked significant new revenue to the organizations she has worked with. In her 30 years of experience leading global expansion in the technology industry, and as Vice-president and GM of Globalization, Anna brought Japan’s NetApp business from ranking number 12 to number 1 in data storage.

She has worked extensively to drive global market growth by entering new markets, enabled Joint Ventures in China, and OEM partnerships in Asia and Europe. Her strategy leverages all the product and strategic upfront investment to build a cohesive strategy for global expansion, which supports the company's growth goals.

Today, Anna N. Schlegel is Vice-President of Product, Global Infrastructure, International Markets, and Globalization at ProCore Technologies. Over the past 30 years, Anna has led globalization teams at top technology companies in the Silicon Valley, including Cisco, VeriSign, VMware, Xerox, and NetApp. Her work has been published in Forbes, Fortune, the European Union, Gala-Global, Multilingual, and many other industry forums. Anna has consulted for Google's International Product Team throughout her career, and is a requested speaker at the Berkeley Haas Institute, Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Stanford University.

Today, Anna Chairs 3 private global Boards, Presides the Catalan International Economic Circle study on Women, is a Catalan DIPLOCAT consultative member, and continues her philanthropic work with the non-profits she has co-founded such as Women in Localization, and STEMentors Silicon Valley.

In December 2021, Anna was awarded the "Creu de Sant Jordi" Medal of Honor by the Catalan Government for her leading efforts in Technology and Business, considered the highest honor as a Catalan national.