
From BlackBerry to Igloo, Beezy, and Appspace, the Kitchener executive has followed one stubborn idea: workplace technology should remove friction, not manufacture another tab to keep open.

A school-board volunteer project became Cerkl, but the deeper pattern began much earlier: use software to save people time, make information relevant, and choose the path with fewer regrets.
Daniella Vallurupalli is the Vice President and Head of Global Communications at Cloudflare, the internet infrastructure and security company. She joined Cloudflare in 2014 when it had fewer than 80 employees and built its communications organization from the ground up. Today she oversees all internal and external communications across public relations, corporate and employee comms, analyst relations, social media, and visual storytelling for one of the most recognized brands in cloud networking and cybersecurity.