# Pradnya Leitner

> Pradnya Leitner is Head of Operations and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Leitnium (formerly YouSolar), a Santa Clara company building modular DC nanogrids and solar-plus-battery systems. A Marquette-trained biomedical engineer, she came up through operations at IBM and Salesforce (where she was the #1 contributor in North America) before joining the clean-energy startup her husband Arnold Leitner founded. She has collected ten performance awards, including a Startup Leader of the Year Award, and quietly runs the machinery of a small hardware company trying to make off-grid power ordinary.

- **Role:** Head of Operations and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Leitnium (formerly YouSolar)
- **Organizations:** Leitnium (formerly YouSolar), Salesforce, IBM
- **Education:** B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University
- **Known for:** Ten performance awards across her career for leadership, outstanding contribution, and service, #1 contributor in North America at Salesforce, Startup Leader of the Year Award

## Career timeline

- **—** — Earned B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University
- **—** — Business operations roles at IBM
- **—** — Business operations at Salesforce; recognized as #1 contributor in North America
- **—** — Operations work in healthcare industry
- **—** — Joined YouSolar as Chief of Staff and Head of Operations
- **2024** — Introduced publicly on the YouSolar site as Chief of Staff
- **—** — Continues as Head of Operations following the YouSolar to Leitnium rebrand

## Achievements

- Ten performance awards across her career for leadership, outstanding contribution, and service
- #1 contributor in North America at Salesforce
- Startup Leader of the Year Award
- Operations leadership across enterprise (IBM, Salesforce), healthcare, and startup environments

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Introduced as YouSolar's Chief of Staff via a company update post.
- **2026-01** — Continues as Head of Operations and Chief of Staff following YouSolar's rebrand to Leitnium.

## Links

- Website: https://yousolar.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradnyaleitner/

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Last updated: 2026-07-08