Malkia is the Director of Global Network Management at Verizon and currently leads a dynamic team focused on managing large scale core technology infrastructure. The team is focused on driving task automation and ensuring the reliability and availability of the best network across the industry.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Malkia holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Morgan State University, MS in Telecommunications and MBA of Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology.
What’s a challenge you’ve faced and how did you get through it?
I recently faced a challenge where one of my female mentees felt discouraged about the opportunities for growth for women in her company. I was able to provide some words of encouragement for her to continue pushing towards the promotion she desired. Recently, she contacted me to share that she had received the promotion. Sometimes, it’s a bit hard to convince people to have faith in the vision when reality shows you something different. We cannot allow the reality of today to distract us from the future of where we are trying to go. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).
