Akanksha R Sharma

Director of Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States19 yrs 7 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Nearly two decades of experience in engineering leadership.
  • Expert in performance engineering and distributed systems.
  • Proven track record in organizational transformation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Infrastructure and Performance Engineering for enterprise software solutions.

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AI/ML Infrastructure EngineeringAgile MethodologiesBackup ExecData CenterData ManagementDisaster RecoveryDistributed SystemsEngineeringITILLinuxOracleProduct ManagementProject EstimationProject ManagementProject Planning

About

I am a Senior Engineering leader with nearly two decades of experience building high-performance software organizations and delivering mission-critical infrastructure at scale. My career spans Broadcom, VMware, Dell EMC, PTC, and Symantec—where I’ve led global teams responsible for performance engineering, distributed systems, storage, and cloud platforms used by Fortune 500 customers worldwide.At Broadcom, I lead engineering organizations that develop and optimize foundational technologies powering hyperscale AI, next-gen networking, and enterprise data platforms. I excel at transforming complex technical challenges into scalable architectures, strengthening engineering execution, and driving business outcomes through clear strategy, innovation, and operational rigor.Core strengths:• Scaling global engineering teams• Performance engineering & distributed systems• Storage platforms, data services, cloud infrastructure• Organizational transformation & engineering operations• Executive collaboration, roadmap strategy, and delivery excellenceI’m passionate about building teams, systems, and processes that accelerate innovation—and enabling organizations to deliver software that truly matters.

Experience

Broadcom

Director of Software Engineering

Mar 2023Present · 3 yrs · San Jose, CA · Remote

Vmware

Sr. Manager, Performance Engineering at VMware

Mar 2021Present · 5 yrs

Ptc

Sr. Engineering Manager

Sep 2018Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dell emc

Sr. Manager, Data Domain

Feb 2014Sep 2018 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • I am setting up and managing Performance Engineering Group for Data Domain product in India.

Symantec

2 roles

Sr. Manager, Software Development

Promoted

Sep 2010Feb 2014 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • I work in Performance Engineering Group of Symantec Software. My work mainly concerns about performance analysis of storage realted product such as Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) , Filesystem (VxFS) and cluster server (VCS)

Principal Software Engineer

Sep 2006Sep 2010 · 4 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • I work in Performance Engineering Group of Symantec Software. My work mainly concerns about performance analysis of storage realted product such as Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) , Filesystem (VxFS) and cluster server (VCS)

Education

Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University

Bachelor's degree — Computer Applications

Jan 2002Jan 2006

University of Pune

Diploma Industrial Electronics — Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician

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