Frances Paulisch is the leader of the Siemens Software Initiative, a cross-company initiative focused on software and digitalization that includes strategic topics, best practice sharing, reporting, and training. A main focus of her work is empowering cross-functional teams to work together well over the whole development lifecycle, especially when considering relevant quality attributes such as performance, security, and scalability. Dr. Paulisch has over 20 years’ experience in software engineering and management areas. She is also an active member of the global software engineering community, including ICSE, IEEE Software, and ACM SIGSOFT.