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Anand Akela

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Venture Advisor at Z21 Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Anand is CMO at Acalvio Technologies with prior marketing, product, and engineering leadership roles at Nutanix and AppDynamics. He serves on the TiE board and holds an MBA from Duke University.

Experience

  1. Acalvio TechnologiesChief Marketing Officercurrent2022 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
  2. Z21 VenturesVenture Advisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. TiE Silicon ValleyCharter Membercurrent2004 — present
  4. TiE Silicon ValleyBoard Member2020 — 2023
  5. TiE Silicon ValleyConvener (Volunteer), TiEcon 2021, 20232020 — 2021
  6. NutanixVice President, Products and Solutions Marketing2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  7. TricentisVice President Product Marketing2017 — 2019Mountain View
  8. CA TechnologiesSr. Director, Product Marketing, DevOps and Cloud Solutions2016 — 2017Santa Clara, California
  9. AppDynamicsHead of Product Marketing, APM and Infrastructure Visibility Solutions2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  10. CA TechnologiesSenior Director, Head of Product Marketing, Application Performance Management ( APM )2014 — 2015Santa Clara, CA
  11. PeersNet, IncMember, Board of Directors2006 — 2014
  12. OracleSenior Director, Oracle Enterprise Manager Product Marketing2011 — 2014Redwood City, California, USA
  13. The Green GridChairman , Data Collection and Analysis workgroup2009 — 2014
  14. The Green GridVice Chairman, Data Collection and Analysis workgroup2009 — 2010
  15. PoorvaProject Manager1997 — 1998
  16. Godrej Infotech Ltd.Executive Systems1994 — 1995

Skills & more

Cloud Computing99Demand Generation99Marketing Strategy88Go-to-market Strategy38Sales Enablement21Product Marketing99Lead Generation30Product Management99Virtualization53Competitive Analysis39Social Media15Start-ups35
+12 moreIntegrationEntrepreneurshipIT Service ManagementIT OperationsSocial Media MarketingStrategic PartnershipsWeb ServicesOracle Enterprise ManagerEnterprise SoftwareManagementSaaSStrategy

Languages Hindi

  • SiriusDecisions B2B Marketing Foundations Pro — SiriusDecisions

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Colleagues at Z21 Ventures

Abhinav Shashank
Co-Founder and General Partner at Z21 Ventures
Ankit Bhangar
Venture Advisor at Z21 Ventures
Jyotika Gupta
Co-Founder and Partner at Z21 Ventures
Raj Shekhar Singh
Co-Founder and General Partner at Z21 Ventures
Ritik Singh
Analyst at Z21 Ventures
Shachi Shah
Principal at Z21 Ventures
Sudarshan Ravi Jha
Co-Founder and Partner at Z21 Ventures
Tony Hu
Legal Counsel at Z21 Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anand Akela?
Anand is CMO at Acalvio Technologies with prior marketing, product, and engineering leadership roles at Nutanix and AppDynamics. He serves on the TiE board and holds an MBA from Duke University.
Where does Anand Akela work?
Anand Akela is Venture Advisor at Z21 Ventures.
Where did Anand Akela go to school?
Anand Akela studied at Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business (MBA, Business Administration and Management); Maharashtra Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Engineering).

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