Naureen Meraj is the global leader for gamification and employee engagement at NTT DATA, Inc, a subsidiary of the 6th largest IT Services company in the world. Her team's pioneering work in gamification has been recognized by InformationWeek as one of the 500 best innovations for 2012 & 2013. Naureen advises corporate leaders around the world on using gamification to improve their business and her insights have been featured in both the Wall Street journal and Harvard Business Review. In addition, Naureen also developed and leads the employee engagement practice, which helps maximize the benefits of an engaged workforce, both for NTT Data and its clients.
Naureen has over 10 years of experience working with students and adults to maximize their professional and personal development potential, often using games as a catalyst for positive behavior modification. She has spoken at leading conferences across the globe, including Gartner, on both gamification and employee engagement. Naureen Meraj graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from University of Washington and a M.Ed. from University of Massachusetts, Boston School of Education and Human Development. Outside of work, Naureen is passionate about using games to improve K-12 education and is a co-founder of a non-profit institute called iGAME that helps advance this mission.