Dhanashri Chavan — Business Development Executive
I’m a senior professional with 20+ years of experience driving developer adoption, strategic programs, and business growth across startups, unicorns, and enterprises. At GitHub, I focus on execution-driven growth, leading customer, education, and partner programs that move products from available to actively used. I thrive in the "white space"—aligning stakeholders, translating customer needs into actionable programs, and taking ownership of complex cross-functional initiatives. Key Impact Areas: Education & Academic Enablement: Led GitHub Copilot workshops across APAC for 2000+ students and educators, led sustainability initiatives and hackathons, and strengthened University Partnerships across India. Community & Developer Advocacy: Enabled 750+ developers across 60+ countries, organized hackathons, and spoke at forums including NASSCOM, SAP Inside Track, and Shell Open Fest. Enterprise Adoption & Growth: Executed GitHub Enterprise adoption for 1,000+ developers, drove 66% YoY growth, and expanded LATAM territory by 133% headcount. Passionate about education, security, and sustainability, I thrive at the intersection of technology, strategy, and execution to create measurable impact.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Developer Advocate with expertise in enterprise adoption and education enablement.
Experience: 21 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Developer Advocacy
- Education Enablement
- Enterprise Adoption
- Business Development
- Sales Management
- Sales
Career Highlights
- Led GitHub Copilot workshops for 2000+ participants.
- Drove 66% YoY growth in enterprise adoption.
- Established strategic partnerships with major enterprises.
Work Experience
GitHub
Senior Developer Advocate (2 yrs 2 mos)
Senior Enterprise Advocate (1 yr 9 mos)
Business Development Manager (1 yr 2 mos)
DigitalOnUs
Senior Director, Business Development at Digital OnUs (1 yr)
Persistent Systems
Director - Sales (1 yr 4 mos)
Account Executive (2 yrs 6 mos)
Solution Architect (4 yrs 10 mos)
Senior Implementation Analyst (3 yrs 4 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (2 yrs)
Software Engineer (1 yr 7 mos)
Education
Masters in Computer Science at Savitribai Phule Pune University
Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Pune, India
Master of Computer Science at University of Pune, India