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Reena G.

Director of Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States25 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a 100+ engineer organization at Dropbox.
  • Spearheaded strategic initiatives enhancing platform capabilities.
  • Extensive experience in Cloud and Storage technologies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS executive leader with expertise in Cloud Infrastructure and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud InfrastructureTeam LeadershipProject Management

Other Skills

People ManagementCloud StorageSoftware DevelopmentCloudAgile MethodologiesAutomationHigh AvailabilityScrumPerformance ManagementDistributed SystemsTest AutomationUnixLinuxPythonC

About

• Seasoned executive with experience running an entire engineering organization • Extensive experience with hiring, building teams from ground up, and turning around struggling organizations • Over 10 years of experience as a software engineer in Cloud, Storage, Replication and Clustering technologies

Experience

25 yrs
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Dropbox

Director of Engineering

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

  • As interim Senior Director of Engineering (M7), I led a Platform organization of 100+ engineers, overseeing key teams including Filesystem, Core Sync, Dash Connectors Platform, and Previews Platform.
  • I currently lead the Identity Platform, Auth Platform, API Platform, Sharing Platform, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, and Paper teams at Dropbox. My teams build and maintain mission-critical production services that form the backbone of Dropbox, ensuring seamless functionality for our entire customer base. These platforms empower multiple product teams across Dropbox to develop and deliver new features efficiently.
  • I spearhead the Multi-Product Platform initiative, driving the seamless integration of acquisitions into our ecosystem.
  • Additionally, I collaborate closely with the Office of the CEO on high-impact strategic initiatives that enhance platform capabilities, optimize engineering operations, drive cost efficiencies, and align technology investments with broader business objectives.
  • With extensive experience leading multiple managers and large organizations, I play a key role in shaping Dropbox’s engineering career framework, ensuring it supports growth, development, and excellence across the company.
  • Beyond my direct leadership responsibilities, I actively mentor and coach managers and senior engineers, champion engineering operational excellence, shape location strategy, serve as a bar raiser and hiring committee moderator, and represent Dropbox at key industry events such as Tapia and Grace Hopper.
People ManagementCloud StorageSoftware DevelopmentCloudAgile MethodologiesAutomation+41

Early stage startup

Engineering Leadership

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Managed multiple engineering teams working on iOS App, iOS SDK, Android SDK, Analytics, and Backend.

Oracle

Engineering Leadership

May 2015Jan 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Sabbatical

Expat Wife/Mom-in-charge/Traveler

Mar 2013Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Singapore

  • ° Home manager, hands-on mom, building memories with my little one
  • ° Enjoying life as an expat wife in Singapore
  • ° Exploring countries in Asia

Netapp

Software Engineer

Mar 2008Feb 2013 · 4 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Worked on the design and development of features for SnapVault, SnapMirror and VTL products.

Mendocino software

Software Engineer

Oct 2007Mar 2008 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Worked on the design and development of replication features for Mendocino InfiniView Continuous Data Protection (CDP)

Fulcrum logic

Software Engineer

Feb 2007Oct 2007 · 8 mos · New Jersey

  • Worked on the design and development of features for the IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner

Comtel solutions

Software Engineer

Mar 2006Feb 2007 · 11 mos · Singapore

  • Worked on development of "Reuters 3000 Xtra" software to collect and process real-time data from stock exchanges

Symantec corporation (veritas software india private limited)

Software Engineer

Jan 2001Jan 2006 · 5 yrs · Pune Area, India

  • ° Worked on development, porting, testing, support of VERITAS Volume Replicator (VVR)
  • ° Worked on development and support of VRAdvisor
  • ° Developed the MC/ServiceGuard Agent for VVR on HP-UX
  • ° Ported the VCS Agent for VVR from Solaris to HP-UX and Linux

Education

Santa Clara University

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2012Present

University of Pune

Bachelor's degree — Computer Science

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