Taruna Gandhi

About Taruna Gandhi

I am a visionary product marketing and management executive, combining 18+ years of experience in product marketing, product management, engineering, and revenue growth through strategic leadership. My passion is to help technology companies successfully take cutting edge and disruptive on-premises and cloud enterprise software services to market. My journey in technology includes success in driving billion-dollar+ product portfolios, managing multi-million dollar marketing budgets, defining product strategies and positioning, and growing revenue. Throughout my career, I have been consistently trusted to own disruptive, high priority product initiatives and I am renowned for increasing market share, competitive differentiation, and profitability.I would characterize myself as a growth catalyst and ‘big picture’ thinker with proven track record of bringing world-renowned solutions to market. I can think strategically as well as execute efficiently. I have demonstrated expertise in as-a-Service transformation, executing pricing, packaging, and editioning strategies, and winning mindshare with analysts, influencers and customers.I am a firm believer in player-coach leadership style and fostering diversity and inclusion. I strive to build high performing and empowered teams. I am respected as a strong cross-functional leader with excellent communication and relationship-building skills at all levels of the organization. My business acumen complemented by a solid technical background with engineering and product management experience gives me the unique ability to bridge technology with customers pain points and purchase drivers.My domain expertise includes Cloud Management, Cloud Cost Optimization, Predictive Analytics, AIOPs, AI & ML, Cloud Infrastructure, Observability, Network Virtualization, and Open-Source Software.My functional expertise is in Global Product Marketing, Product Management, New Product Introduction and Launches, Multi-Channel Marketing, Portfolio and Solutions Marketing, Pricing, Packaging and Go-to-Market Strategy, Positioning and Messaging, Sales Enablement, Competitive Analysis & Intelligence, New Market Penetration, Channel Expansion and Online/Social Media Marketing.

Experience

1. VP of Product Marketing

   Redwood Software

   May 2025 — Present

   Driving growth and scale at Redwood Software

Education

• Guru Nanak Dev University

  B.Tech, Electronics Engineering

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  MBA, Business, Strategy, Marketing

  2004 — 2007

• California State University, Fullerton

  MS, Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Campaigns
• Analytical Skills
• Social Skills
• Cloud Computing
• Messaging
• Product Marketing
• Positioning
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Sales Enablement
• Enterprise Software
• Saas
• Marketing Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Multi-Channel Marketing
• Channel Partners
• Leadership
• Start-Ups
• Program Management
• Product Management
• Security
• Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Crm
• Management
• Market Analysis
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Integrated Marketing
• Marketing
• Professional Services
• Strategic Partnerships
• Training
• Solution Selling
• Pre-Sales
• Data Center
• Product Launch
• Virtualization
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)