Anand Kameswaran

• Implemented automated internal roadmap using Aha.io
• Lead a team of product owers covering all of Worksoft's Portfolio
• Oversaw updating legacy architecture to meet modern security, privacy and accessibility requirements in a changing regulatory environment
• Streamlined operations for increased efficiency with process improvements and automation
• Worked closely with sales and customer success to ensure the product roadmap was aligned with sales and retention cycles
• Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention

• Conceptualized long-range product roadmaps and strategically designed according to market data and research. for two product lines.
• Worked closely with Customer Success to align product roadmap with customer renewals and maximize customer retention.
• Prioritized and groomed the backlog for 5 agile teams in 2 product families
• Engaged in public evangelization and thought leadership for our products in multiple venues such as trade shows and webinars.
• Instituted a Monthly Product Showcase to foster internal collaboration and better enable sales and services.
• Created an integrated roadmap to enable the entire organization to see the status of their issues and enhancements as an integral part of the agile/scrum process.

• Develop solution designs for Verizon customers across solution set
• Aid in automating sales processes
• Highest booking and revenue on my team for 2020
• Closed 2 5 figure deals in 2020 despite Covid headwinds

Founder and acting CEO for an incubation project at CA Technologies

KnowThings.io provided test automation and simulated devices for IoT applications

• Acquired over 100 customers in first month of product release
• Analyzed and justified problem/market fit and solution/market fit for a new product in the emerging Internet of Things software space
• Built and empowered a multi-disciplinary team to implement KnowThings vision using Agile/Scrum
• Secured 4 rounds of funding with data driven market data proving attractive TAM and appropriate traction assumptions
• Evangelized KnowThings by giving talks at trade shows as well as interviews with industry publications including cio.com

• Prioritized and defined product features for flagship test product (CA DevTest) in a 100m+ product portfolio
• Translated customer problems into distinct product features for 3 scrum teams
• Worked closely with sales teams to create market ready value proposition and engagement strategies and tactics
• Technical Due Diligence for M&A activity

• Supported NetSecOps Sales Opportunities
• Created private cloud based enterprise demo systems for use by pre-sales world wide
• Supported field based PoC's by building portable containers and writing custom integrations
• Worked with marketing and product management to create market leading customer solutions

• Develop messaging and standard use cases for field pre-sales and competitive proof of concepts
• Conducted technical executive briefings for c-level executives for Fortune 1000 customer base
• Personally impacted over 8 figures in sales every year
• Coordinated RFI/RFP responses for sales engagements
• Awarded 2011 innovation award for developing a VDI solution use integrations of existing products

• Performed onsite Proof of Concepts for customer solutions
• Assisted Account Directors in qualifying and validating sales opportunities
• Mentored other consultants and solution strategists on sales methodology and technology

• Ran beta program and development services for web and web services management products
• Aided in technical due diligence for corporate aquisitions
• Created a network fencing product, the STUN router, which resulted in a patent for network fencing capabilities.

• Developed software products for managing and monitoring J2EE Application Servers
• Worked with sales and marketing to create customer facing use cases and battle cards

• Developed software products for systems management
• Developed custom code in support of specific client engagements
• Managed customers from sale, to implementation and support
• Held multiple roles as an early member of the startup