Aug 2022 – Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo · SF Bay Area

• Leading Observability portfolio including APM, Ecosystem Integrations, New Product Offerings (Vertical Solutions, Cloud Cost Intelligence, AI Monitoring), Account Growth, Documentation, and Monetization
• Workflow Automation with MCP to unlock SRE Agent in Autonomous and Human-in-the-loop mode
• Agentic AI Orchestration and workflows with ServiceNow and Microsoft GitHub
• New Vertical Solutions including SAP for Enterprise, Media Streaming & Ads Intelligence, and more - Ecosystem spanning 750+ I/O quickstarts, CSPs, MSPs, apps, onramps
• Monetization programs including consumption-based pricing
• New Cloud Cost Intelligence offering
• Documentation
• Product innovations using generative AI, analytics, security, synthetics, OpenTelemetry, and more

Jul 2022 – Jan 2023 · 6 mos

Dec 2020 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Lead Product organization and strategic bets. Key functions include Product Management, UX & Design, Product Operations, Solutions, Technology Partnerships, Developer Solutions & Evangelism, Corporate Development, M&A
• Highlights:
• Bolstered revenue by 2x and new business logos by 60k in 18 months
• Created an organization from scratch of over 70 people
• Established new revenue lines through product launches, acquisitions, and partnerships
• Defined the long-term product vision and strategy
• Built data-driven culture and strong operational best practices
• Orchestrated the biggest fundraise for any Canadian company ever! $620M at a $6.8B valuation. Brought on some of the industry's finest investors (ICONIQ, Tiger Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners), 50+ celebrities and tech luminaries

Dec 2019 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Invest in early-stage and private companies that are disrupting traditional markets with innovative technology and approaches. Advise CEOs companies on product vision, go-to-market strategy, business development, and more. 📧 akshaybh@gmail.com
• Notable companies include:
• SecureCircle (acquired by CrowdStrike): Zero trust data security
• Subskribe (acquired by DealHub): Modern subscription management
• Spotnana: Travel industry, unbundled
• Bounti: Product-led growth for modern GTM
• Sprinto: Hassle-free security compliance
• SkyLink: Synthetic corporate travel agent
• Databricks: Data Intelligence Platform that empowers data and AI tasks
• Glean: Enterprise-grade AI and search capabilities

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Chief Product Officer (2019-2021)
• Senior Vice President, Products (2018-2019)
• Led Products organization at Malwarebytes and guide all Research and Development activities. Interim marketing leader driving brand awareness and digital advertising.
• Key functions included Product Management (Enterprise, Consumer, Infrastructure/Billing, Services), Design (Research, UX, Visual, Copy), Operations (PMO), Analyst Relations, and Solutions (Positioning/Messaging, Competitive, Pricing & Packaging).
• Highlights:
• Led increase in new annual enterprise revenues from less than 15% to over 55% YoY by introducing new products and services, including EDR, Linux and Windows Server, OneView for Managed Service Providers, and Malware Removal Service.
• Expanded Consumer product portfolio with new offerings and enhancements including MB4, Privacy and BrowserGuard.
• Enabled Malwarebytes to earn the following recognitions: Top Rated Endpoint Security Vendor by Customers (G2Crowd, Capterra, Gartner Peer Insights), Visionary in Magic Quadrant (Gartner), Business Choice Award (PCMag), and Leader for Advanced Endpoint Protection (NSS Labs).
• Evangelized Malwarebytes’ products and solutions to high-profile publications (Chief Executive Group, CRN, Business.com, and Dark Reading), speaking engagements (Google Cloud DevOps), analyst and media interactions, and others.
• Launched Partner Program and created dedicated MSP product (OneView) to strengthen partner ecosystem; launched App Marketplace and Enterprise Integrations featuring key ISVs (ServiceNow, Splunk, Google, others).

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · Redwood Shores, CA

• Cloud Business Group executive focused on differentiating Oracle Cloud and growing its presence in the cloud market, specifically IaaS and PaaS to compete with AWS and Azure. Contributed to the launch of a suite of new cloud services in Security and Systems Management, representing a multibillion-dollar annual product portfolio.
• Highlights:
• Achieved $200M+ run-rate business from initial launch by leading the launch of new Cloud Services and solutions that helped modernize enterprise security and systems management.
• Expanded portfolio via acquisition and integration of Cloud Access Security Broker. Generated ARR run rate that surpassed the cost of the acquisition within 12 months.
• Established thought leadership for the industry’s 1st Identify-based Security Operations Center (SOC). The SOC combined Oracle’s identity and access management, data security, systems management, and cloud access security broker to elevate organizations security posture.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 · 3 yrs · San Jose

• Senior Director (2014-2016)
• Director (2013-2014)
• Managed over 10 products in the FireEye portfolio. Defined the vision, strategy, and go-to-market for the network, endpoint, and security management business units – representing the fastest-growing areas within the company.
• Highlights:
• Recognized at FireEye All-Hands & Products Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with multiple awards, including “Products Peak Performance Award – Overall Star” and the “Above and Beyond Award.”
• Played key role in multiple FireEye acquisitions and post-merger integrations, including Mandiant, nPulse Technologies, Invotas, and Secure DNA.
• Defined and developed the “build buy partner” strategy as well as establishing business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and leading quarterly Executive Business Reviews.
• Created innovative incident investigation, threat response, and security orchestration capabilities. Achieved substantial reduction in “alert-to-response” and drove significant efficiencies for SOCs and the Services organization, including Incident Response and FireEye-as-a-Service (FaaS).

Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 · 4 yrs · Palo Alto, California

• Engagement Manager (2011-2013)
• Associate (2009-2011)
• Served multiple CEOs and Boards of technology companies. Worked with several CIOs worldwide in various industries on their mission-critical goals.
• Core member of McKinsey’s global high-tech, sales & marketing, and IT performance management practices. Led engagements in multiple sectors, including software, hardware, cloud, networking, internet, social media, banking, travel & logistics, defense, energy, and retail.
• Highlights:
• Developed expertise in cloud and cybersecurity solutions, serving both customers and vendors of these technologies.
• Provided recommendations on growth strategies, operations, product and GTM strategies, IT strategies, cost and performance improvement initiatives, and M&As.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 · 2 yrs · Sunnyvale, California

• Evangelized new NetApp technologies. Led the migration initiative from traditional storage to a new generation of technology (representing one of the top 5 initiatives for the company).
• Defined the features and the roadmap for the 2 most important products that run on all NetApp storage systems (Data ONTAP operating system and WAFL file system). Created technical marketing content that included use cases, partner integrations, sales demos, customer references, and technical reports.
• Highlights:
• Led cross-functional program to drive customer migration to Data ONTAP 7.x, ensuring that customers experienced the benefits of its latest FlexVol technologies (highly differentiated in the market). This was a major initiative that spanned engineering, marketing, product management, support, sales, customer success, and multiple additional teams.
• Awarded the NetApp Total Customer Experience Award by the CEO for efforts in leading cross-functional teams to achieve success in this initiative.
• Nominated by the company’s senior management team from over 800 in the BU to represent NetApp Core Systems Business Unit at worldwide Customer Product Councils as a product expert.
• Rated as the #1 presenter at the annual Sales Tech Team Conference (attended by over 1,000).

Jan 2000 – Jan 2005 · 5 yrs · San Jose

• Engineering Manager (2002-2005)
• Software Engineer (2000-2002)
• Led software development and quality assurance for the RainStorage product. Developed code for the Rainfinity RainWall load-balancing product, including cluster management, communications, and kernel components for Linux and Windows.
• Highlights:
• Delivered the industry’s 1st network storage switch product (RainStorage) to provide storage virtualization. Released 3 major versions, leading to over $8M of revenues in less than 6 quarters. RainStorage was the prime attraction for EMC to acquire Rainfinity.
• Awarded the only Rainfinity Excellence plaque by the CEO for exemplary product development and sales support.
• Developed RainWall SDK that led to over $7M in OEM revenues from Symantec (product exclusively integrated into the Symantec Enterprise Firewall and VPN). Created Rainfinity product integrations with partner solutions that resulted in over $10M in additional royalties and licenses within 2 years.