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Like many leading management thinkers, Porter trained first as an engineer.

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Sanghvi, who will report to Dropbox CEO Houston in her new role, was the first female engineer at Facebook and worked on products including News Feed and led product management for products including Facebook Platform and Facebook Connect.

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He trained as a civil engineer and worked at the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water-resource management.

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