Carrol Chang

Biography

Serving as CEO of Andela since September 2024, Carrol is committed to scaling the business while remaining true to its mission-driven approach of connecting brilliance with opportunity. She joined Andela from Uber, where she led efforts to improve work for nearly 7 million flexible workers around the world as the Global Head of Driver & Courier Operations. Carrol has held positions with McKinsey Company, Portraits of Hope, and the administration of President Barack Obama. She is passionate about expanding opportunity in all forms to underrepresented populations and making commerce more generous and kind for all stakeholders.  She holds a BA from Harvard and both a JD and MBA from Northwestern University.

Sessions

1. How AI Is Transforming the Workplace

   Wed, Nov 4, 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT

   Track Artificial Intelligence

   Geography used to define opportunity. Carrol Chang, CEO of Andela, brings a global lens to that shift. Andela's developers have operated in distributed environments out of necessity for years, adapting and upskilling long before distributed work became a Silicon Valley talking point. This session explores how leading organizations are rethinking hiring and workforce strategy in an AI-first world.