Anita McDowell

Anita McDowell is currently the Director of Product Management at Harness, a role she assumed after the company's acquisition of Split, where she held the same title from December 2021 to June 2024. In her position at Harness, she focuses on initiatives related to measurement, monitoring, and experimentation.1

Before joining Harness, Anita gained substantial experience in product management across various companies. She was a Senior Product Manager at Gecko Robotics, overseeing data platforms and analytics. Additionally, she worked as a Product Manager at Google, specifically on data exploration within Looker. Her prior roles include Senior Product Manager at Walmart eCommerce and Senior Technical Project Manager at GE. Anita began her career as an IT Business Analyst at CH Reynolds @ Cisco Systems.13

Anita holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Florida.1 She is based in the Denver Metropolitan Area and has over 500 connections on LinkedIn.2