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ANANTH TIRU

Bay Area,USA

Summary

Strategic Technology Executive with 20+ years of expertise in enterprise digital transformation, AI/ML innovation, and platform modernization across industries. Proven ability to align technology with business strategy, delivering scalable data platforms and high-impact solutions that drive growth. Trusted C-suite advisor recognized for operational excellence, cross-functional leadership, and customer-centric execution. Passionate about user-driven outcomes and measurable business results.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, Product Strategy, Architecture & Execution

US BANK
02.2021 - Current
  • Led enterprise-wide data and analytics modernization on Azure (Synapse/Fabric), transformed agility, enabled AI/ML workloads across 50+ business units.
  • Built and led cross-functional teams delivered a secure, zero-trust, multi-tenant, real-time data platform, enabling CIO modernize their applications.
  • Standardized solution architecture with proven cloud design patterns, cut adoption time by 75%, significantly reduced governance risks and costs.
  • Drove strategic CIO partnerships to co-own product outcomes, enabled agile releases, cut GTM costs by 50%, enabled speed-to-insights from months to intra-day.
  • Operationalized cloud onboarding, streamlined SDLC, met OKRs including, onboarding 50+ BUs, cutting time to market by 50%, optimized cloud run costs.

Director, Product Strategy & Management

STRIIM, INC.
08.2018 - 02.2021
  • Drove 18x revenue and 5x valuation growth, scaled Series B startup into a market-leading enterprise platform through product-led growth and market expansion.
  • Led cross-cloud product strategy (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake), delivered zero-downtime migration, real-time replication, enabled customers adopt cloud day one.
  • Orchestrated transition from PaaS to enterprise-grade SaaS, cut customer onboarding time and acquisition costs by 50%, improved operational efficiency.
  • Launched flagship features (anomaly detection, schema drift, observability), increasing platform resilience, customer confidence and competitive differentiation.
  • Championed customer-centric strategy, aligning UX, GTM, and pricing with market needs to achieve 95% retention and 10x growth in new customer acquisition.

Director, Strategy & Execution

HITACHI VANTARA
11.2014 - 07.2018
  • Led integration of real-time analytics, stream processing, and ML into Hitachi’s industrial products, unlocked new revenue through vertical ML/IoT solutions.
  • Architected and launched an edge-to-cloud streaming platform, accelerated industrial adoption and enabling scalable partner integration.
  • Established MLOps and real-time model deployment on the edge, opened up opportunities for co-creating solutions with energy and manufacturing products.
  • Delivered turnkey industry solutions including AIML based predictive maintenance and grid anomaly detection, reduced MTTD, opened up new revenue channels.
  • Expanded global reach through 25+ strategic customer engagements and a strong VAR/GTM partner network, fueling growth and adoption in Europe, Asia and NA.

Principal Product Manager, Data & Analytics

ORACLE CORPORATION
01.2008 - 11.2014
  • Shaped Oracle’s enterprise analytics strategy, driving adoption of real-time data lakes, marts, and knowledge graph solutions.
  • Led delivery of enterprise data replication and Lakehouse platforms using GoldenGate, ODI, and Veridata, accelerating insights across BI products and Fusion Apps.
  • Developed NLP-powered tools for data wrangling and knowledge graph automation, streamlining entity extraction and semantic analysis at scale.
  • Siebel Systems (Oracle) 2003-2007: Engineering Manager, Business Automation (NLP based Business rule platform, Workflow automation framework)
  • TIBCO Software 2000 - 2003: Lead Software Engineer (Low-latency integrations)

Education

MBA - Finance & Strategy

San Jose State

M.E. - Electrical Eng

Old Dominion

B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunication

Bangalore University

Skills

  • Cloud & Data Architecture: Zero Trust Security, Multi-Tenant Systems, Data Lakes/Warehouses, Medallion/Lambda Architectures, Cross-Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP/Snowflake)
  • AI/ML & Modernization: MLOps, Predictive Analytics, NLP, AI-Driven Decision Systems, Cloud Migration (SaaS/PaaS), Real-Time IoT/Edge Analytics
  • Product Leadership: GTM Strategy, Product-Led Growth (PLG), Roadmapping, Positioning and Market Fit, Customer Success, Enterprise Adoption
  • Technical Execution: SDLC/Agile, Data Governance, Scalable Platforms, Cost Optimization

Timeline

Director, Product Strategy, Architecture & Execution

US BANK
02.2021 - Current

Director, Product Strategy & Management

STRIIM, INC.
08.2018 - 02.2021

Director, Strategy & Execution

HITACHI VANTARA
11.2014 - 07.2018

Principal Product Manager, Data & Analytics

ORACLE CORPORATION
01.2008 - 11.2014

M.E. - Electrical Eng

Old Dominion

B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunication

Bangalore University

MBA - Finance & Strategy

San Jose State
ANANTH TIRU