Aanand Krishnan
Founder & CEO at Tala Security (acquired)
Cybersecurity executive, team builder and entrepreneur with a passion for data privacy
I bring 2 decades of Silicon Valley experience in building world-class products and providing strategic advice to executive management on a wide range of topics - product strategy, long-term planning, M&A and corporate strategy. I have hands-on expertise on a wide range of technologies - security, enterprise IT, software, consumer electronics, semiconductors and networking.
Tala Security (acquired)
Tala is the leading DevSecOps solution for client-side web app security. Tala protects enterprise websites against new and advanced attacks including magecart, formjacking and third-party javascript attacks. Tala prevents customer online journey hijacking and helps retailers and ecommerce vendors increase conversion rates on the web.

Raised $14mm in funding, backed by premium VCs and CEOs and founders of the world's largest security companies. Fortune 100 customers. Acquired (tech, talent absorbed) by Fortune 500 software company.

2020 RSA Innovation Sandbox Finalist.
2020 CNP Award for Best Anti-Fraud Start-Up (Judges, Customer Category)
2019 Gartner Cool Vendor. 
2020 TAG Cyber Distinguished Vendor. 
Recipient of NSF Grant.
Plug n Play Cybersecurity Accelerator.
Milpitas, California
Founder & CEO
Symantec
https://www.linkedin.com/company/symantec
Security analytics - using data to solve the hardest problems in security.

Played a leading role in the creation of Symantec's long term strategy - Unified Security. I was a member of a select group of individuals chosen from across the company to engage in the strategy creation process. 

Advisor to the office of the CTO on all technology strategy discussions, market trends and inorganic growth opportunities. 

Promoted in August 2014. 

Built core tech that is now a standalone company in the cyber insurance space (Cybercube)

Won Quarterly Recognition Award in fiscal year 2015.

Winner of Achievers MVP Award for 2015. 

Selected for Xcellerate program for high performing managers and future leaders. 

Winner of CTO quarterly recognition award.
Mountain View, California
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Senior Director, Product Management
Dolby Laboratories
https://www.linkedin.com/company/dolby-laboratories
- Managed various private and public M&A projects for Dolby, including sourcing, diligence, valuation, negotiation and integration. Publicly announced acquisitions include Dolby’s acquisition of IMM Sound and Cine-tal’s DAVIO business. 
- Designed and established a policy for Dolby executive staff to evaluate minority investments in consumer electronics startups. Created a decision making framework and guidelines to evaluate, structure and manage such investments. Led three investments by Dolby, including an investment in 7Digital, a UK based leading e-Commerce retailer of digital music.
- Received the highest company-wide rank of 5/5 (outstanding) in FY12 – given only to a handful of Dolby’s ~ 1,500 employees.
San Francisco Bay Area
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Senior Manager, Corporate Development & Strategic Planning
Morgan Stanley
https://www.linkedin.com/company/morgan-stanley
Advisor to clients across hardware, semiconductor, software, clean energy and networking industries. Representative transactions include: 

- Buy-side: JDSU $165mm acquisition of Agilent’s Network Solutions Test business; Applied Materials $364mm acquisition of Semitool.
- Sell-side: Atmel Secure Microcontroller business sold to INSIDE Contactless; Atmel’s defense against a $2.3B unsolicited offer from Microchip and ON Semiconductor.
- Equity and Convertible Offerings: $100mm Series-E private placement by Silver Spring Networks (drafted S-1 filed July 2011); $435mm follow-on offering by Avago Technologies; $159mm follow-on offering by Palm; $100mm convertible investment by Elevation Partners in Palm.
Menlo Park, CA
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Associate Investment Banking
Agilent Technologies
https://www.linkedin.com/company/agilent-technologies
Agilent’s Semiconductor Group was taken private in 2005 by KKR and Silver Lake Partners as Avago Technologies. 

- Managed and developed a 10 Gigabit XFP product line. Developed the initial business plan, managed a cross-functional R&D and manufacturing team through development and release, and led multiple design wins at leading network equipment manufacturers.
- Led pre-sales efforts of Agilent’s optical networking products at major networking equipment manufacturers including Cisco, Nortel, Juniper and Huawei. Authored several application notes and white papers.
- Designed key features in the development and testing of Agilent’s parallel-optic transceiver products for data center and high-end routing applications.
San Francisco Bay Area
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Product Manager, Pre-Sales Engineer, R&D Engineer
MBA
Recipient of the first C J White Fellowship
Finance, General
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University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
https://www.linkedin.com/school/berkeley-haas/
MS
Majored in Photonics and Optoelectronics.

Awarded fellowship (teaching/research) throughout duration of study. Included Dean's Teaching Fellowship and QUEST Research scholarship. 

Passed the rigorous PhD screening exam requirements. 

Researched semiconductor devices based on Gallium Nitride material systems.
Electrical Engineering
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Bachelor's degree
BITS, Pilani is one of India's top engineering schools, consistently ranked alongside the IITs.

Majored in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Graduated First-Class. Research on semiconductor optical devices was published in the Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics.

Secured MBA admissions into the Indian Institutes of Management in 1999.
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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Birla Institute of Technology and Science
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High School
High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
Carmel Garden
-	“Characterization of failure mechanisms for oxide VCSELs”, SPIE Proceedings, 2003.
-	“Does a Concern for Lowering National Gini Coefficients Justify Redistributionist Policies?” Indian Journal of Economics & Business, 2007.
-	“Frequency Filtering in Diffused Optical Planar Waveguides”, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, 1999.
https://cn.linkedin.com/in/aaron-wu-77499b17
Beijing, China
Aaron Wu
B2B Sales and Marketing management in IT and Education sectors
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-sawhney-6960b92
Cupertino, CA
Sanjay Sawhney
Security and Privacy
https://fr.linkedin.com/in/lcantat
France
Laurent Cantat
Technical Director at Call2Conf
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-bennett-396734b7
San Francisco Bay Area
Steve Bennett
Investor, Advisor and Board Member
https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnilbhalode
San Francisco Bay Area
Swapnil Bhalode
Co-Founder and CTO at Tala Security
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abidwell
San Francisco, CA
Anne Bidwell
Program Manager at Dolby Laboratories
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San Francisco, CA
Sue Stevens
Executive Analyst at University of California, San Francisco - School of Medicine
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Denver, CO
Dawn Leonetti
Brand Whisperer | Storyteller | Executive Leader
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemant-puri
Santa Clara, CA
Hemant Puri
Co-Founder / VP of Cloud Engineering / Cloud Architect
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronabisi
San Francisco, CA
Ronald Abisi Jr
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Lightyear
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San Francisco, CA
Kaleo Willess
Legal Operations Billing Manager at Dolby Laboratories
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauline-schindler-a9569244
San Francisco, CA
Pauline Schindler
Senior Executive Assistant, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
https://www.linkedin.com/in/phyllis-rizzi-2242b19
Daly City, CA
Phyllis Rizzi
Independent Accounting Professional
https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-padua-5ab2b759
Hayward, CA
Valerie Padua
Controller at GBFP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-mcneight-993154150
Atlanta, GA
Tom McNeight
Operating Partner at TechOperators LLC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gannon-090641
San Francisco, CA
Ben Gannon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yingli001
San Francisco Bay Area
Ying Li, CPIM, CSCP
Sr. Data Analyst at Dolby Laboratories
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomdaily
San Francisco, CA
Tom D.
Technology and Media Marketing Executive
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-joshi-8407511a
San Francisco Bay Area
Abhishek Joshi
Director of Software Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrykimes
San Francisco, CA
Kerry Kimes
Senior Business Development Director at Rambus
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        I had the great opportunity to work very closely with Aanand in an intense project over the course of several months. I was truly impressed with the caliber of his work, the raw intellectual horsepower, and the drive in leading a team through a great deal of work that was critical to the company strategy. He was a joy to work with at the same time. Carey Nachenberg
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aanand Krishnan is one of the most talented Product Managers I've had the opportunity to work with.  He's one of the rare individuals who can take a poorly-defined problem, conduct research to fill in his knowledge gaps, propose a thoughtful action plan to move forward, and then drive execution agains that plan.  He's also one of the few people I know that is a truly excellent communicator - he produces thoughtful, clear write-ups and slides tailored for each particular audience. Finally, Aanand is a pleasure to work with - like anyone, we sometimes disagree, but when we do, he focuses on driving to clarity and solving the problem, and doesn't get hung up on the disagreement. If this review sounds too glowing, it's because I truly have that much respect for Aanand. He's truly one in a million.  
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