Liz Haque, Director, IT Global Operations, Western Digital

Liz Haque is the Director of IT Global Operations at Western Digital, where she leads the IT Procurement team and the Enterprise Application Training team, overseeing a global team based in the U.S., India, Japan, China, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

With over 15 years of experience in implementing cutting-edge technologies in Cloud Software as a Service, Automation, and Workflow, Liz has transformed business processes for large manufacturing and technology companies. She is a highly collaborative and team-oriented leader, responsible for delivering source-to-pay process and technology transformation and enterprise-wide training for ERP programs.

Prior to her role at Western Digital, Liz worked as a software engineer at Hitachi, where she supported MM and PP modules of SAP and Procure+.

She holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from San Jose State University, a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Sciences from Strayer and a degree in Computer Engineering from University of Houston.

Liz was interviewed as an IT leader for Western Digital's Connect News, where she spoke about balancing her professional and personal life and emphasized the importance of establishing strong connections and enduring relationships to achieve organizational goals and align with the corporate strategy.

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