Congratulations to Haritha Yearuva, Dallas SWE’s February 2020 member of the month!
Haritha Yearuva hails from Hyderabad, India. She relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, in 2010 to pursue a masters degree in electrical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Moving to Boston was a significant change for her, both culturally and socially, as it was her first venture outside of India, away from her family and friends. After graduating, she chose a career in the architecture and engineering industry, with a focus on the mission critical data center design. Her company relocated her to Dallas in 2013 to support the rapid growth of the data center industry in the region, which serves as a major network hub along the nationwide fiber network. Eight years later, she has expanded her experience, now focused on renewable energy, working as a Senior Electrical Engineer at Telios Corporation located in Dallas.
Haritha’s present focus is on the design of large scale solar photovoltaic installations providing clean energy to the utility grid. She is constantly challenged by work in this evolving industry. In 2019, she achieved her personal and professional goal of becoming a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), which gives her authority to be in responsible charge of major projects submitted to state and local municipalities for construction approval.
As she has learned and advanced in her career over the past eight years, she has become a mentor herself at the firms she has worked for, guiding younger designers from both a technical and a project management perspective. Haritha has dreams of one day running a small engineering firm in the future where she can employ female engineers and provide an excellent service to the community. In the last eight years, she mentored good numbers of people at work and outside the workplace.
Haritha joined the Society of Women Engineers in the year of 2014. She has a passion for supporting women in the STEM industry. In 2019, Haritha made it a point to become more actively involved in the local Dallas SWE chapter, and has found it immediately rewarding. She has been involved in the organizing of the 2019 holiday party, and the 2020 social brunch, both successful networking events that brought SWE members together to develop personal and professional relationships. At present, she is leading efforts in creating and implementing a mentoring program within the Dallas chapter. She also works with both the membership and programs committees at SWE Dallas.
Outside the work, Haritha likes to travel, read, watch sports (mostly football) with her fiancé and loves going to the movies.
“I always knew I wanted to contribute to the empowerment of women in general and in the workplace, and in the process, I found SWE Dallas as the best medium to do that. This past year the time and service I contributed to SWE gave me a sense of satisfaction and gratitude. In every event, I get to meet new people and hear about their unique experiences and challenges. Hearing their experiences motivates me to do more with my life. Meeting other immigrants gives me a feeling that I’m not alone in my pursuit of professional and personal goals far away from where I was raised.”
Haritha Yearuva
