Anand Krishnan

Partnerships Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

First Technical Account Manager in India for VAST Data.
Expert in driving customer success with AI workloads.
Proven track record in innovative problem-solving.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on customer success and technical account management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical Account ManagerCustomer SuccessSolutions ConsultantCustomer Relationship ManagementSystems Reliability EngineeringBig DataSystem Reliability EngineeringTroubleshootingTechnical AnalysisHyper Converged ProductsTechnical SupportConverged Platforms

Other Skills

AI WorkloadsAccount ManagementAmazon AWSApache DruidApache KafkaArtificial Intelligence (AI)Azure Cloud TechnologiesBackup & Recovery SystemsBackup & RestoreBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Intelligence (BI)Business Process ImprovementBusiness RequirementsCloud ComputingComputer Science

About

As a Technical Account Manager at VAST Data, I specialize in bridging the gap between technology and business outcomes. I empower organizations to unlock the full potential of their AI workloads on the VAST Data DataPlatform. My expertise lies in: - Collaborative Solutioning: Partnering with customers to design and implement scalable, efficient, and secure data management architectures. - Driving Customer Success: Ensuring seamless deployment and delivering measurable value through proactive support and tailored strategies. - Innovative Problem-Solving: Leveraging my technical acumen to address complex challenges, ensuring customers achieve operational excellence. Soft Skills: Communication, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Negotiation, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Flexible, Adaptable, Lead with Example, Emotion Intelligence, Team Work, Conflict Resolution, Consistent.

Experience

11 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

10 mos

Current Experience

Vast data

Technical Account Manager | APAC & EMEA | Customer Success & Technical Enablement

Aug 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

First Technical Account Manager in India for APAC & EMEA Regions, enabling enterprise and strategic customers to onboard and succeed with AI workloads on VAST Data Data Platform. I drive customer success and business growth across regions by providing expert technical guidance and tailored solutions.

Technical Account ManagerCustomer SuccessAI WorkloadsData Management Architecture

Cohesity

3 roles

Solutions Consultant Lead

Aug 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr

First Solutions Consultant on the global team, focused on delivering innovative solutions and driving customer success through close collaboration and strategic problem-solving.

Solutions ConsultantCustomer SuccessInnovative Solutions

Lead Technical Account Manager

Promoted

Jun 2021 – Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

As one of the founding members of the TAM team at Cohesity, I have played a key role in managing strategic and enterprise accounts across the APAC and EMEA regions. My responsibilities include:
Managing relationships with key accounts, ensuring alignment with their business objectives.
Leading technical initiatives and cross-functional collaboration to drive customer success and satisfaction.
Setting up and streamlining various processes, enhancing TAM team efficiency.
Conducting product training sessions, mentoring team members, and fostering technical expertise.
Collaborating with Engineering on product lifecycle management and feeding into product roadmaps.
Partnering with Program Management for long-term support (LTS) releases, ensuring product quality and continuous improvement.
Identifying and implementing product enhancement opportunities based on customer feedback and usage patterns.
With a focus on proactive problem-solving, customer advocacy, and cross-team collaboration, I help deliver tailored solutions that ensure customer success and drive Cohesity's product evolution.

Technical Account ManagerCustomer Relationship ManagementCross-functional Collaboration

Senior Systems Reliability Engineer

Jul 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

Working with the Engineering/DevOps Teams to fix product issues.
Hypervisor, Database, Data Storage Arrays/Storage (NAS,SAN,DAS), Distributed Filesystem and Clustered Systems, IP Networking (TCP/UDP Stack)
Adding to my stack of expertise is Big data product experience in Hadoop and Cassandra

Systems Reliability EngineeringBig DataDatabase Management

Nutanix

System's Reliability Engineer

Jun 2017 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore, India

Troubleshooting Hyper Converged systems deployed with various Hypervisor with prior experience from Linux, Data Storage Systems, Hypervisors and TCP/UDP Networking

System Reliability EngineeringTroubleshootingHyper Converged Systems

Dell emc

2 roles

Senior Technical Analyst

Promoted

Jan 2017 – Jun 2017 · 5 mos

Hyper Converged Product experience on VxRail.
The product consists of the hardware which bundles together with software stacks from VMware- vSAN, ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, vRealize Log Insight.
Working/Troubleshooting experience on FC/iSCSI SAN, FC switches, EMC Storage Arrays.

Technical AnalysisHyper Converged ProductsTroubleshooting

Technical Support Analyst

Aug 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Converged Platform and Solutions Division (CPSD) In DELL EMC.
My job profile commands me to understand the different aspects of different Server Operating Systems deployed. Apart from this, I also have knowledge of the SAN environment as the issues are related to the SAN.
My job profile gives me a non-stop learning of new technology ensuring that I am updated with the latest technology.
Adding to my domain of expertise, I also work on the product sold by the EMC Federation called VCE VxRail.
This product's technology is Hyper Converged infrastructure utilizing the VMware Virtual SAN which is also called the Software defined data center.
The product is a hardware appliance which consists of bundles of software packages that includes VMware ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, vRealize Log Insight.

Technical SupportConverged PlatformsServer Operating Systems