Anand K (.

VP of Engineering

India27 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 25 years of experience in engineering leadership.
  • Expert in cloud-native and AI-driven transformations.
  • Proven track record in scaling global engineering teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on cloud-native solutions and AI-driven innovations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product InnovationAgile ManagementTechnical ArchitectureTeam Leadership

Other Skills

Product architectureAgile methodologiesCodingProcess excellenceDesigningArchitectingTeam leadingMentoringEngineering ManagementProduct StrategiesBlogging

About

I am a seasoned engineering leader with 25 years of experience in building and scaling enterprise-grade software platforms, modernizing legacy systems, and driving large-scale cloud-native and AI-driven transformations. Currently, I lead engineering at Cohesity, delivering next-generation data tools and cloud infrastructure solutions. I specialize in transforming technical vision into business outcomes—reducing costs, improving resilience, and accelerating innovation. Over the years, I have: 🔹 Scaled and managed global teams of engineers, architects, QA, DevOps, and product managers across geographies, building high-performing cultures rooted in innovation, accountability, and collaboration. 🔹 Shaped product strategy by partnering with product management, sales, and customer success to align engineering execution with business growth. 🔹 Led digital transformation initiatives modernizing legacy platforms into cloud-native, AI/ML-enabled solutions, improving customer adoption and market competitiveness. 🔹 Mentored and developed future leaders, creating succession pipelines and strengthening organizational depth. My leadership philosophy blends strategic foresight, customer-centric innovation, and operational excellence. I thrive at the intersection of technology, product, and business, ensuring engineering not only delivers but also drives company strategy forward. 🔹 Focus Areas: Engineering Management | Cloud-Native & AI/ML Platforms | Organizational Scaling | Strategic Roadmaps | Enterprise Data Resilience | Cross-Functional Leadership | Digital Transformation

Experience

Cohesity

Sr Engineering Manager

Dec 2024Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Veritas technologies llc

3 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2021Present · 5 yrs

  • Working on next-generation cloud-native data storage platform.
  • Leading Special Interest Group (SIG) For AIML.

Sr Principal Software Engineer

Jun 2018Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Principal Software Engineer

Jan 2014Jun 2018 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Symantec

Principal Software Engineer

Jan 2014Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Bmc software

Lead Product Developer

Nov 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Product architecture, coding.
  • Participate in org level initiative of process excellence – Agile. Help teams to go agile. Conducts pilot trainings, awareness sessions.
  • Participated in coding contests at org level.
  • Active participant of BMC chatter and blog group.
  • Submission of ideas under org group for innovation
  • Technology worked - Google Closure, HTML5, Core Java, JavaScript, Spring, AJAX, Cloud, SOA, RESTful web services(JAX-RS), JPA, Hibernate, Maven, OSGi.
Product architectureAgile methodologiesCodingProcess excellenceProduct InnovationAgile Management

Avaya

Sr Module Lead

Feb 2008Nov 2011 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Coding, desiging, architecting and team leading.
  • Technology worked - RESTful web services (JAX-RS), Java, JSP, Servlet, Spring, Java Script, JBoss App Server 4.0, AJAX, JMS, JPA, EJB, Hibernate.
  • Worked on high availability (HA) component of reporting app.
  • Delivering features for new release of product using Flex UI, REST in J2EE environment.
  • Materialize common services platform called CCA that provides logging, RBAC, scheduler, alarming, licensing etc. common services across the products.
  • Create architecture descriptors documents.
  • Mentor development team members by conducting workshop, trainings.
CodingDesigningArchitectingTeam leadingTechnical ArchitectureTeam Leadership

Various companies like persistent systems, zensar, companies house (uk), amsoft

Software Engineer

Jun 1998Jan 2008 · 9 yrs 7 mos · Various locations like Cardiff, Pune, New Delhi

  • Worked on coding, designing web systems.

Education

Mumbai Educational Trust, MET League of Colleges

C-DAC Diploma in Advance Computing

Jan 1998Jun 1998

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