Tarun Thakur

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States23 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 18 patents granted in data security and management.
  • Led successful acquisitions and integrations in tech startups.
  • Pioneered next-gen identity solutions for multi-cloud environments.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Data Management expert with a strong focus on product leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProduct ManagementData ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMarket ResearchGrowth StrategyResearch

Other Skills

Cloud ComputingSecurityIntegrationData ProtectionGo-to-market StrategyMarketing StrategySegmentationProduct StrategyProduct MarketingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSStorage Area NetworksCompetitive AnalysisBusiness AnalysisNetworking

About

Serial entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of Veza. Focused on advancing the entire identity industry for the decades ahead. Product and an engineer at heart. We believe that "talent has no boundaries" - looking for builders and ambitious professionals to join the Veza family. Prior to starting Veza, I was Co-Founder and CEO of Datos IO (acq. by Rubrik), first PM responsible for beyond backup products at Data Domain (acq. by EMC), and several storage research projects at IBM Research (Almaden). Specialties: Business, Entrepreneurship, Products, Leadership, Teams 18 patents granted in the fields of data security, storage, data protection, and data management; https://patents.google.com/?inventor=tarun+thakur&oq=tarun+thakur

Experience

Forbes technology council

Council Member

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

  • Thought leader on Forbes Technology Council

Veza

Co-Founder and CEO

Mar 2020Present · 6 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Serial entrepreneur, co-founder & CEO of Veza, next-generation identity platform focused on going beyond IAM to access controls and authorization.
  • Leading a world class team on a mission to change the entire identity industry. Veza is the identity platform built on the power of authorization. Our platform is purpose-built for multi-cloud environments to help you use and share your data more safely. Veza makes it easy to dynamically visualize, understand and control who can and should take what action on what data. We organize authorization metadata across identity providers, data systems, cloud service providers, and applications — all to address the toughest security challenges of the multi-cloud era.
  • We are on a missionary path to advance the state of identity industry for decades to come - read our manifesto here: https://www.veza.com/company/manifesto
  • We believe that "talent has no boundaries" - we are hiring in all areas, if you are a builder and like a fast-paced environment, please apply at https://www.veza.com/company/careers.
Product ManagementLeadershipCloud ComputingData ManagementSecurity

Various

Investor

Feb 2020Present · 6 yrs 1 mo · Remote

  • Proud to be an early investor where I have huge respect for the founders, early teams, transformative products, and exceptional companies across email security, AI-SOC, AI Agent security, customer data management, etc.

Rubrik, inc.

GM, Rubrik Database Products

Feb 2018Jan 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Datos IO was acquired by Rubrik in Feb 2018.
  • GM, Databases and Big Data — responsible for data management products across all databases (Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA, Mosaic/Datos IO for NoSQL, Big Data, and more).
  • https://www.rubrik.com/blog/rubrik-datos-io-mosaic/
  • https://www.rubrik.com/blog/rubrik-mosaic-nosql-data-protection/
  • GM, Rubrik Datos IO — acquisition integration across business functions, scaling teams across PM/Engg/Sales/Marketing/Customer Support, helping WW field teams understand market opportunity and target customers/buyers/persona, integrating into overall Rubrik messaging and positioning, and winning Fortune 500's logos.
Data ManagementBusiness DevelopmentIntegration

Datos io (acq. by rubrik)

Co-Founder and CEO

Jun 2014Feb 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Datos IO was Cloud Database Data Management company that was acquired by Rubrik. More: https://www.rubrik.com/blog/company/18/2/rubrik-acquire-datos-io-cloud-leadership
  • o Raised capital from Silicon Valley premier VC teams. Strategic investments from NetApp and Cisco.
  • o Hired and recruited team across engineering, product, sales, support, marketing/PR, etc.
  • o Launched 3 major releases of the Datos IO RecoverX, a NoSQL-based data protection product (on-prem, cloud, structured/unstructured).
  • o Sold to and supported customers including Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and Fortune 100 enterprises.
  • o Partnered with leading enterprise companies such as NetApp, Cisco, VMWare, DataStax, MongoDB, et al. and cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • o Worked with press, analysts, vendors, and other stakeholders.
Product ManagementCloud ComputingData ProtectionData Management

Datadomain

3 roles

Consultant Product Manager

Sep 2012Mar 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

Senior Manager, Product Management (Data Domain)

Promoted

Nov 2010May 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • First Data Domain PM to define and lead beyond backup products.
  • Defined and launched 3 industry-first products on Data Domain to grow TAM w/ beyond backup use cases and MSP / SP markets.
  • Executed and launched ~5 DD OS product releases leading to millions in incremental revenue.
  • Lead PM on due diligence of various Advanced Development projects led by the Office of the CTO.
  • Primary BU representative to define EMC wide positioning on product portfolio.
Product ManagementMarket Research

Principal Product Manager

Nov 2010Sep 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos

Symantec (veritas)

Senior Product Manager

Apr 2010Nov 2010 · 7 mos

Campbell alliance

Strategy Consultant

May 2009Jul 2009 · 2 mos · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

  • Summer Consultant during Duke MBA program. Valuation (VC/PE), Growth Strategy, Business Development

Ibm

IBM Research (Almaden)

Mar 2005Jul 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos · San Jose, CA

  • Storage and Distributed Systems Research on products including IBM DS8000 Storage System, IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), IBM XIV Storage System. 6 patents granted from USPTO.
Business DevelopmentGrowth Strategy

Ario data networks (acquired by xyratex)

Sr. Software Engineer

Apr 2004Mar 2005 · 11 mos · San Jose, CA

ResearchData Management

Seagate technology

Firmware Engineer

Mar 2001Apr 2004 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Architectural contributions to Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) storage system product.

Education

Duke University

MBA

Jan 2008Jan 2010

University of Minnesota

Graduate Coursework — Computer Science

Jan 2001Jan 2002

Punjab Engineering College

Bachelor of Science - BS — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 1997Jan 2001

DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh

High School

Jan 1995Jan 1997

St. John's High School

School

Jan 1985Jan 1995

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