Rajesh Anantharaman is an accomplished professional with a diverse background in business strategy, marketing, and technical engineering. He studied Master of Business Administration in Marketing, Finance at the prestigious University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

Anantharaman's career spans various high-profile organizations, including Blaize, where he serves as Head of Product and Strategy. Before that, he worked as Director of AI Software Product and Retail Business Development at Wave Computing, where he honed his skills in the intersection of AI and high-performance computing (HPC). He also made significant contributions to Cray Inc.'s AI + HPC Software Product and Strategy division, where he helped develop solutions for several global supercomputing centers.

Anantharaman's experience extends beyond the tech sector, as evidenced by his tenure in Samsung Sds. Here, he oversaw the Head of AI Manufacturing Solutions and Product - Video Analytics, Deep Reinforcement Learning, and contributed to the Product Management and Marketing- Cloud Native Computing. He also worked in Nvidia, where he rose to Senior Hardware Design Engineer II.

In summary, Rajesh Anantharaman has an impressive record of accomplishment as a technical engineering expert and a savvy business leader with deep experience in AI, HPC, and cloud-native computing. His skill set encompasses technical product management, hardware design engineering, cloud computing, and innovation strategy consulting.