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As CEO of Cybervation, a high-growth technology solutions and staffing company in Columbus, Ohio, Purba serves clients nationwide with enterprise software solutions, custom software/mobile app development, IT consulting, IT and healthcare staffing services. Under Purba’s leadership, Cybervation has developed many innovative software platforms that were built without external investors but with extensive preparation and attention to detail. The company has offerings for different industries namely healthcare, food and hospitality, retail and procurement. The latest product, BistroUX, used by many local restaurants is a promising solution providing carry out/curbside ordering, gift cards, ecommerce, coupons, loyalty programs, reservations and much more.
As an organization, Cybervation is deeply committed to empowering girls and women for STEM careers through community-focused efforts and its nonprofit organization, CoolTechGirls. In 2013, Majumder founded CoolTechGirls, a nonprofit with a vision to expose school-age girls to a variety of academic and career options through hands-on activities and showcasing women role models.
Purba is an accomplished software executive with over 25 years of experience in software development, consulting and program management. Purba worked in corporate America for over 15 years, including as a vice president at JPMorgan Chase and as a senior software professional with Sterling Commerce (now IBM).
Purba and Cybervation have earned numerous awards and recognition for business and philanthropic contributions: 2020 Business Diversity in Business Award, 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award by the Ohio River Valley Women’s Business Council, 2016 Proclamation by the City of Dublin in Honor of National Entrepreneurship Week, the Smart 50 Award in 2016 and 2017, the Columbus Business First BizTech Minority Business Award in 2017, the BizTech Outstanding Woman in Technology Award in 2016, the Smart Business Progressive Organization award in 2016, the Philanthropic Leader Award by the Ohio Asian American Commerce Group in 2016, and the First Corporate Caring Award in 2015. Sunny 95 recognized her as one of its 20 Outstanding Women in 2014.
She has been a member of the National Board of Directors for Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD), the Enterprising Women Advisory Board, and the Leadership Council of the Women Business Collaborative.
She is the mother of two daughters and resides with her family in Dublin.
As president of Lightwell Inc. – a leading Dublin, Ohio-based Information Technology firm that serves clients across the North America and Europe-Michelle leads the daily business operations in addition to developing and overseeing the company’s growth initiatives. Since founding Lightwell in 1998, she has been responsible for all aspects of the business at one time or another. Lightwell is consistently ranked in the Top 10 Central Ohio Women-Owned businesses.
Michelle has assisted hundreds of Fortune 2000 organizations in developing and executing their global IT strategies. Before founding Lightwell, Michelle spent several years of her career working in global financial operations for Procter & Gamble.
Michelle is a member of the Women Presidents Organization, Young Presidents’ Organization and supports multiple organizations that specifically focus on the advancement of females and female entrepreneurs, including Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD), the Women’s Fund, and National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Michelle has been recognized as one of the “Forty Under Forty” leaders to watch by Columbus Business First and a Smart Business Magazine 2017 Smart 50 honoree. In the past, Michelle has been honored with the CVS Caremark Good Samaritan Award for Community Service, as a WELD “Woman You Should Know,” and a NAWBO Visionary Award winner. Michelle believes that each of us has a social, cultural, ethical responsibility to the communities in with we live and work and is very active in her community.
As a partner at Whalen & Company, Lisa leads estate and trust planning. Lisa has extensive experience working with nonprofits and businesses in providing practical advice on operations. During her 22 years in public accounting, Lisa has worked with a variety of clients in diverse industries. This experience along with her depth of knowledge in taxation provides clients with business planning of great value.
Lisa is a member of the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Worthington Estate Planning Council, the Women Presidents Organization, the Women’s Economic Leadership Development National Board and the International Women’s Business Forum.
Karen is a fourth generation entrepreneur with a life-long passion for persuasive visual and written communication. Working in her family’s business stocking merchandise and directly selling to customers gave her an early appreciation for the power of prominent visibility and persuasive information, which she applied to store layout and direct mail designed to drive sales.
As a teenager, Karen garnered numerous national and regional awards for advertising design, photography, and illustration for the high school newspaper. These successes led to large-scale fundraising event management including press releases and television interviews, as well an invitation to be the first student speaker at the Bowling Green State University Journalism Workshop.
After college, Karen continued her education as she evolved from graphic designer to customer service coordinator to inventory systems administrator at Champion International Corporation, a Fortune 500 company.
Sullivan Solutions LLC was formally established in 1996 to handle Karen’s growing freelance project load. By mid-1997, Karen was ready to make the leap from corporate America to full-time self-employment pursuing the work that she loves: Creating compelling visual and written content for a variety of clients and managing their overall marketing strategy. Today, Sullivan Solutions serves a variety of service, manufacturing and retail clients that all have one thing in common: They want strong messaging and strong results.
Karen is a member of AIGA, the professional organization for design, and the National Association for Women Business Owners. She has served as the VP of Communications for NAWBO Columbus from 2009 through 2012 and was voted 2011 Member of the Year. She also volunteers as marketing consultant for Ohio Ministries of the Church of God’s Camp Marengo.
Karen is happily married to Patrick Sullivan. They enjoy their motorcycling, snowboarding, and ballroom dancing. They have one son, Daniel, who has filled their lives with guitar music, snowboarding, lacrosse, concussion clinics, utter fear, and extreme joy.
Liz came to CoolTechGirls inspired by the mission to empower girls to develop foundational skills needed to pursue the studies and careers of their choice. The opportunities in the fields of STEM are immense, and by tapping into students' originality, everyone is able to benefit from what they can create.
Prior to joining CoolTechGirls, Liz has worked in both profit and nonprofit sectors with a focus on education. She spent four years in the classroom as an english teacher and is highly trained and experienced in working with students who are English language learners from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. As an outgrowth of her nonprofit experience, Liz co-founded Students for Civic Impact in 2024 with a mission to promote activism and to develop high school students' communication skills and political awareness.
Liz brings incredible passion and dedication to her work, and she enjoys collaborating with colleagues and volunteers. As a Girl Scout and AmeriCorps alumna, she is always looking to make a difference.
To enjoy her free time, Liz loves listening to soundtracks from movies and theatre shows, taking scenic hikes, and spending time with friends and family.
CTG Program Planning monthly meetings are supported by volunteers from Cardinal Health STEM Team. We are incredibly thankful to the employees of Cardinal Health for being an integral part of our program since we started in 2013. Volunteers attend our events regularly. They have served as mentors and judges to middle and high school girls. In 2019, a group of volunteers from Cardinal Health served as mentors for the Dublin City Schools Franklin University CBUS Hackathon teams.