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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
- Acalvio TechnologiesChief Marketing Officercurrent2022 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
- Z21 VenturesVenture Advisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TiE Silicon ValleyCharter Membercurrent2004 — present
- TiE Silicon ValleyBoard Member2020 — 2023
- TiE Silicon ValleyConvener (Volunteer), TiEcon 2021, 20232020 — 2021
- NutanixVice President, Products and Solutions Marketing2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- TricentisVice President Product Marketing2017 — 2019Mountain View
- CA TechnologiesSr. Director, Product Marketing, DevOps and Cloud Solutions2016 — 2017Santa Clara, California
- AppDynamicsHead of Product Marketing, APM and Infrastructure Visibility Solutions2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- CA TechnologiesSenior Director, Head of Product Marketing, Application Performance Management ( APM )2014 — 2015Santa Clara, CA
- PeersNet, IncMember, Board of Directors2006 — 2014
- OracleSenior Director, Oracle Enterprise Manager Product Marketing2011 — 2014Redwood City, California, USA
- The Green GridChairman , Data Collection and Analysis workgroup2009 — 2014
- The Green GridVice Chairman, Data Collection and Analysis workgroup2009 — 2010
- PoorvaProject Manager1997 — 1998
- Godrej Infotech Ltd.Executive Systems1994 — 1995
Skills & more
Cloud Computing99Demand Generation99Marketing Strategy88Go-to-market Strategy38Sales Enablement21Product Marketing99Lead Generation30Product Management99Virtualization53Competitive Analysis39Social Media15Start-ups35
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IntegrationEntrepreneurshipIT Service ManagementIT OperationsSocial Media MarketingStrategic PartnershipsWeb ServicesOracle Enterprise ManagerEnterprise SoftwareManagementSaaSStrategyLanguages 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).
Same school
Also attended Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business252
Dave BlivinMANAGING PARTNER at Cottonwood Technology FundBrooke BalcomBoard Member at CincyTechChad SummeBoard Member at CincyTechTracie RotterPartner, Platform at Lux CapitalUlili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalLindsay MehtaDirector, Investor Relations & Marketing at JMI Equity
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Also attended Maharashtra Institute of Technology12
RD DeshmukhAdvisor at NewBuild.VCApurva DixitAssociate Vice President at Blume VenturesSarah ChoppalaFinancial Controller at InveniamViraj PhansePartner at Arka Venture LabsPratik MagarGeneral Partner at GravityX CapitalDhawal PatelCo-founder at Finstack
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Shared employers
Also worked at Acalvio Technologies3
Also worked at Tricentis6
Also worked at CA Technologies73
Greg DraconPartner at .406 VenturesIssac RothVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalGordon DaughertyCo-Founder & Chairman at Capital FactorySianFounding Partner at Saas Ventures, L.L.C.Wayne ByrneVenture Partner at BURNT ISLAND VENTURESScott WilliamsonPortfolio Partner: Product at OSS Capital
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Also worked at AppDynamics40
Brian HoytChief Operations Officer at Parkway Venture CapitalLinda TongCEO, Webflow at Operator CollectiveJohn WangVenture Partner at Foothill VenturesNiklas Born de AndrésInvestment & Product Intern at Kibo VenturesJyoti BansalFounder & General Partner at Unusual VenturesJon VolkTalent Partner at Unusual Ventures
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