Dhruv Gupta is a seasoned product-oriented marketing leader with a wealth of experience in the tech industry. He has worked in early-stage startups, mid-sized companies, and public organizations, utilizing both top-down and bottoms-up (product-led) GTM methodologies. Dhruv has experience in product management, product marketing, growth/demand generation, developer/community marketing, content and communications. His technology experience includes developer tools, infrastructure SaaS, cloud platforms, distributed systems, databases, VR/AR streaming & apps, APM/observability platforms, API management, and DevOps automation.

Dhruv has a Master of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He has held various positions in his career, including VP of Marketing at Redpanda Data, CMO at Fauna Inc., VP Product & Marketing at Calm.io (acquired by Nutanix), and Director, Product Marketing at Perforce Software.

In addition to his professional experience, Dhruv has served as an investor/advisor to various tech startups, including Amper Technologies, Inc., Fauna Inc., and Kentik. He has also worked as the GM/VP Product Management & Development, Virtual Reality Platform & Apps at Digital Domain.

Dhruv's expertise includes GTM, product-led growth (PLG), product marketing, product management, product strategy, positioning, messaging, pricing and packaging, sales enablement, competitive intelligence, content marketing, demand generation, and communications.