Carla Rodríguez leads the Client Software Enabling organization, chartered with partnering across the SW ecosystem to optimize applications to run best on Intel platforms. In addition, Carla’s team works closely with ISVs to integrate key Intel technologies to improve end user and ITDM experiences across productivity, security, manageability and creator usages. In addition, Carla has held numerous roles in finance during her 18-year career with Intel.

Carla completed her MBA from Thunderbird and served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Romania. She was awarded the Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers award from the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) for her leadership capabilities in demonstrating a commitment to the Latinx community. In May 2021, Carla was named one of the Power 100 Women of the Channel by CRN and in October 2023 was named a top 100 technology leader within the United States by HITEC.

Carla lives in Portland, Oregon and outside of work spends her time as a busy mom of two girls and together with her husband, runs a boutique winery and vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.