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TD Bank’s Lakshmi Stockham Gives Advice for Entering the Industry

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TD Bank’s senior vice president of retail product and customer acquisition technology Lakshmi Stockham discusses her journey toward a position that involves both business and technological skills. She offers career advice for those looking to pursue work in similar fields and recommends exposing oneself to a variety of different experiences. She says even risks that don’t yield successful results still teach people about themselves. In a quickly-evolving society, the ability to learn and adapt is indispensable.

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