Nita Patel, P.E., is Senior Director, Engineering Lead Design Center at Otis leading a critical part of the global engineering innovation that provides new capabilities in connected, smart, IoT-based elevator systems. Nita is Director of the IEEE Foundation and is 2022 President-Elect of the IEEE Computer Society. Nita has served in many engineering, advanced technology development teams and in strategic IEEE volunteer roles. She founded and led the first five years of the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (WIE ILC) and served as 2013-2014 Women in Engineering International Chair. Nita received her MS Computer Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering and BS Mathematics from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.