Carrie Root

Carrie Root

Carrie Root, author of “The Other Soft Skill: How to Solve Workplace Challenges with Generational Intelligence,” is the founder and CEO of Alpha UMi, an education consulting firm that develops professional-development curricula. Her company has provided workshops at conferences for major corporations and associations. Prior to founding Alpha UMi, Root had a successful engineering career working for large and small businesses, followed by more than two decades consulting as a high-level troubleshooter for the U.S. Navy.