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Anant Jhingran
IBM Fellow & CTO, Software
Anant Jhingran, CTO of IBM Software
Anant Jhingran is the current CTO for IBM Software. He assumed this role when StepZen, a company he co-founded and served as CEO, was acquired by IBM in February 2023.14
Background and Achievements
- Jhingran has a PhD in database systems from UC Berkeley1
- He is an IBM Fellow, which is the highest technical recognition given at IBM, awarded for his contributions to databases and information management125
- Jhingran received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Delhi in 2011 for his achievements at IBM and contributions to database systems12
- He was also awarded the President's Gold Medal from IIT Delhi in 1985 for graduating with the highest GPA of 10.0/10.02
- Prior to founding StepZen, Jhingran helped take Apigee public and was part of its acquisition by Google. He also served as CTO of IBM's Information Management Division.146
Expertise and Interests
- Jhingran is an expert in building out IBM's databases and has shipped deeply technical products deployed in thousands of enterprises1
- He is passionate about the future of AI-driven integration and believes AI applications can greatly benefit from GraphQL APIs3
- Jhingran is the author of over a dozen patents and 20+ technical papers. He frequently gives keynotes at industry and academic conferences.1