Darci Arnold is a Silicon Valley business consultant specializing in leading firms toward sustainable 21st century competitive advantage and top-line revenue growth. Her expertise is in uniting diverse stakeholders in strategic business leadership and development, technical marketing and sales, sustainability, and organizational structure and cultural change. Darci has an extensive professional background with over 30 years in a wide variety of global high-tech industries. She was the first Vice President of Global Marketing at Seagate Technology, Senior Director of Worldwide OEM Sales and Marketing at Komag, Inc. and held a variety of engineering positions in the data storage industry. Her work has had an international scope since 1985. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Global Citizenship and Enterprise Sustainability) from San José State University, and is a USGBC LEED Accredited Professional. She has been a faculty member at the Salzburg Global Seminar since 2007 and was a Lecturer at San José State University (Global Studies). Her lifetime love of travel and adventure has led her to remote parts of the globe, which have been significant cornerstones of her interest in people and diverse cultures.