Where does Pankaj work?

Pankaj is Advisor at NewBuild.VC.

Where did Pankaj go to school?

Pankaj studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Dartmouth College (BS, Computer Science); St Joseph's University (Pre-University).

Pankaj

Investor

Advisor at NewBuild.VC

Los Altos, California, United States

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1,047 people in our graph share verified history with Pankaj — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

SVP and GM, North America at AI21 Labs and an angel investor in enterprise SaaS and AI startups. Previously VP of Product and Data Partnerships at Databricks and a partnerships leader at Google Cloud. Holds a CS degree from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Experience

Self-employedInvestor | Advisor | Board Membercurrent2017 — present
Stealth AI StartupHelper2026San Francisco Bay Area
AI21 LabsAdvisor to CEO2025San Francisco Bay Area
AI21 LabsSVP & GM North America2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
DatabricksVP, Product and Data Partnerships2018 — 2022San Francisco, California
GoogleHead of Alliance Technology Partnerships, Google Cloud2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Hewlett-PackardVice President, pan-HP Big Data Strategy and Solutions2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
Treetle, Inc.Founder & CEO2011 — 2014Bangalore, India
CiscoDirector, M&A | Investments | Strategy2008 — 2011San Jose and Bangalore
Infosys Technologies, Ltd.Client Partner2003 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2001 — 2003
OracleDirector, Strategy | Ops | Internet Sales Group1996 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
Booz Allen & HamiltonConsultant1994 — 1996San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Go-to-Market StrategyProduct Strategy2Ecosystem Management1Go-to-market Strategy10Start-ups47Product Management31Business Strategy22SaaS18Business Development37Entrepreneurship21Strategy60Venture Capital4

+12 more

Management ConsultingAnalyticsStrategic PartnershipsEnterprise SoftwareMergersMergers & AcquisitionsMarketing StrategyCreative EntrepreneurshipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)New Business DevelopmentE-commerceMobile Devices

Languages Hindi · Kannada · Rajasthani

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Pankaj?: SVP and GM, North America at AI21 Labs and an angel investor in enterprise SaaS and AI startups. Previously VP of Product and Data Partnerships at Databricks and a partnerships leader at Google Cloud. Holds a CS degree from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Where does Pankaj work?: Pankaj is Advisor at NewBuild.VC.
Where did Pankaj go to school?: Pankaj studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Dartmouth College (BS, Computer Science); St Joseph's University (Pre-University).