About theboardiQ
Are you ready to unleash the full potential
of your board and executive team?
Today, more than ever, there is a need for a platform that promotes hiring based on the foundational pillars of "equal opportunity" (everyone has access to opportunities), "égalité" (state of being equal - everyone has the same rights and opportunities) and "equity" (fairness in outcomes - providing resources to ensure everyone has a chance to succeed). The thought process of enabling a world where finding the perfect mix of experience and future-focused talent is swift, efficient, and aligns with your values.
A platform that is fair in assessing the best of the best fit candidates based on your core skills and knowledge irrespective of your age, religion, political affiliation, color, gender and physical ability.
theboardiQ makes this a reality. The cutting-edge, zero-code platform unlocks a global network of ready-now and future-ready leaders, experts in sustainability, tech innovation, transformation and equal opportunity. By building more egalitarian boards and executive teams that align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, World Bank's Ease of Doing Business and the World Economic Forum's vision, theboardiQ paves the way for a more just and equitable future.
But it's not just about values. The platform is faster, more accurate, and more cost-effective than traditional methods. It leverages AI-powered insights to streamline the search process, saving you valuable time and resources.
The Story
theboardiQ was born out of Smitashree Menon (Smita), Founder and CEO's own experiential and immersive experiences in corporate leadership roles at Motorola (Motorola Inc, Motorola Google, Motorola Lenovo including serving on their India legal entity boards), MetLife, Sun Microsystems and IBM as well as doing executive search in the valley, to make a difference in getting the right skilled and knowledge executives into positions of influence and power for board and executive roles.
The name "theboardiQ" (iQ signifying intelligent boards) was a gift from Frank Orozco, former CTO at Slickdeals, a Goldman Sachs investee company, who she helped hire into that role. Frank is of Latino origin and has served as an Advisor with theboardiQ.
Her chance meeting with two fellow Sun Alumni at a Sun Reunion in the Bay Area in 2019, helped onboard them on to the Technical Advisory Board at theboardiQ, initially. Shantanu Gudihal, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, has authored AI playbooks that have generated more than $100 Million in revenue and has had a successful exit with MeshLabs that was acquired by Pega Systems. Bharath Mundlapudi, CEO at Enterprise Minds, was one of the original brains behind the source code of Hadoop at Yahoo and has worked at Netflix before starting his own entrepreneurial journey.
Smita's humble efforts in launching theboardiQ Hall of Fame in late 2020, with the clear intent to move the needle in recognizing and shining the spotlight on the best executive talent in Corporate America, has met with success and harnessed 600+ Media Press Releases, 40+ Official Corporate Communication Releases | 20000+ LinkedIn Likes | 1,000,000+ views | 500+ Tweets and Retweets.
Her blend of strategy and leadership experience helped her shape the "Edge Strategic Coaching" module on the Platform, which incorporates several proprietary innovations - the game changing ACE learning paths, Compass - helping you thrive across 5 generations in the workforce, theboardiQ Economic Relevance Score that ranks 50 States across 11 key economic indicators and theboardiQ Tariffs Dashboard that promotes geo-political acumen - facilitating ease of doing business across 185+ nations and powering mutually beneficial global trade.
Smita has herself, been conferred many Regional and Global Leadership Awards during her Corporate Tenure, recognizing her ability of strong domain, strategy and technical skills, which she has used extensively to create theboardiQ, ground-up.
She has served as President-Elect at the Bay Area HR Executive Council, a SHRM affiliate organization as well as a Global Advisor at How Women Lead, a Bay Area Headquartered cohort of Women Leaders, on a voluntary basis.
She has also been a visiting guest faculty at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA Program
Timeline
2019
Inaugural edition of theboardiQ Hall of Fame
2021
2nd Editions of the Hall of Fame - 600+ Media Press Releases, 40+ Official Corporate Communication Releases | 20000+ LinkedIn Likes | 1,000,000+ views | 500+ Tweets and Retweets
2021
On-boarded second paying customer on to the Platform
2023
Launched theboardiQ's ACE Learning Paths - Your Place | Your Pace | Your Time
2024
Launched theboardiQ's "Economic Relevance Score" - Ranking 50 States across 11 Key Indicators
2025
Incorporated as a California LLC
2020
Conceptualized Zero Code Platform Design and Vision for theboardiQ
2021
On-boarded first paying customer on to the Platform
2022
Launched theboardiQ's "Edge Strategic Coaching" module on the Platform - with first paying client
2024
Launched theboardiQ's "Compass" Tool - thrive with wisdom excellence across 5 generations at the workplace
2025
Launched theboardiQ's "Tariffs Dashboard" - Powering Mutually Beneficial Trade across 185+ Nations - Building Domestic Resilience