Ashok Venkiteswaran

About Ashok Venkiteswaran

Engineering leader with 18 years of experience managing and growing R&D technology organisations- Spearheaded many engineering projects building inclusive teams, grooming/coaching individuals,empowering them at work and adopting engineering best practices and processes for success- Experience leading large, diverse, cross-functional and geographically dispersed engineering teams- Works with stakeholders across in organisation like product managers, program managers, architects & customer support teams aligning on strategy front and aids with effective decision making- Experienced in managing engineering projects involving design, development, testing, deployment,sustenance and above all enabling continuous improvements driving operational excellence- Seasoned People Manager - Hiring talents, Setting goals & objectives, Influencing team to perform beyond objectives, Guiding on their professional development and Performance management

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Pure Storage

   Jan 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Involved in hiring and forming a team of 30 plus engineers who were responsible for driving PDS andunified platform engineering efforts from Bangalore- Spearheaded on the efforts to deliver a unified platform for Portworx products responsible forhandling common functions reducing engineering efforts, enabling a unified experience forcustomers handling their fleet of clusters at scale, better observability & improved advisories- Integrated PDS into the unified platform and delivered SaaS and Self-managed versions from samecode base offering choice for customers based on their business needs- Transitioned Portworx product UI to a light theme enhancing readability and providing a morevisually appealing experience for its end users

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  MS, Software Engineering

  1997 — 2000

Skills

• Storage
• San
• Virtualization
• Test Automation
• Software Project Management
• Unix
• Nas
• Storage Virtualization
• Pre-Sales
• Project Delivery
• Requirements Analysis
• Netapp
• Testing
• Test Management
• Quality Assurance
• Operating Systems
• Test Planning
• Storage Area Networks
• Netbackup
• Raid
• Software Quality Assurance
• Lean Tools
• People Skills
• Proposal Writing
• System Testing
• Linux
• Agile Methodologies
• Manual Testing
• Hp Quality Center
• Regression Testing
• Sdlc
• Project Management
• Management
• Presentation Skills
• Scrum
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Network-Attached Storage (Nas)
• Storage Area Network (San)