#292 Talking Gender Diversity, Business Growth & World Hunger - Christa Quarles, CEO of Corel

<p><b>Christa joined Corel as the CEO and sits on the company’s board of directors. Corel builds software solutions that simplify the task journey for knowledge workers. Corel is a KKR portfolio software company - KKR is one of the most prestigious private equity giants with assets of more than 470B under management. </b></p><p><b>Christa is an accomplished executive with more than two decades of experience leading businesses and initiating financial and operational initiatives.</b></p><p><b>Currently, she sits as a board member of Affirm, Inc, and Kimberly-Clark. Prior to Corel, Ms. Quarles served as CEO of OpenTable and had previously held executive roles at NextDoor, Inc. and The Walt Disney Company. </b></p><p><b>While working at OpenTable, she led the company through a period of transformational change, successfully transitioning to cloud-based, small business solutions, and driving meaningful bottom- and top-line growth across its global operations.</b></p><p><b>As Senior Vice President, Interactive Games at The Walt Disney Company, she oversaw Disney Interactive&apos;s profitability and helped the company rank second in the global mobile games publishing space.</b></p><p><b>Prior to OpenTable, she worked as the Chief Business Officer of Nextdoor, a marketplace that connects local communities with small businesses. </b></p><p><b>Christa studied Economics at Vienna University of Economics and Business and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in Economics and German. She also received an MBA from Harvard Business School. </b></p><p><br/><br/></p><a rel="payment" href="https://tetranoodle.com">Support the show</a><p><br/><br/>Follow me on Facebook ⬇️<br/><a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWVrSWpSSnhnRFpfUWhKSHFMT2RtdDRWMjB4UXxBQ3Jtc0tub0otc08zOVNCUWs5b2FybHB1R1lvS09VY1JZVjR0WFJlU3dBeFM2R1B1WjB2R2lQS0lxb3NZb1ZGU2ExOVNucXZ6S291dC1IQlpBdGJSQ2VkazVMZ0ozc3JOUkZCVUVRS25Oa2lqMVNMTF9EdWZacw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmanuj.aggarwal&amp;