Prashanth Honnavalli

Prashanth Honnavalli is a seasoned Product, Engineering, and Business leader with over 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley, working across startups and public companies, and with global teams in India, Europe, and Asia. He is currently affiliated with ServiceNow.

He excels in scaling Product and Engineering organizations, devising roadmaps, architectures, team structures, and processes for successful product delivery within tight timelines and business objectives.

Prashanth has held pivotal roles in various prominent companies including LiveHive, Teradata, VeriSign, Altus365, Kazeon (acquired by EMC), Opsware (acquired by HP), Asera (acquired by SEEC), and Oracle, showcasing his prowess in product strategy, management, engineering, SaaS, DevOps, and more.

His domain expertise spans areas such as AI/ML, J2EE, Cloud services, Mobile Apps, Big Data, Enterprise Software, and more. Prashanth has demonstrated leadership in growing engineering and product teams, scaling them from 5 to over 100 members. He has managed teams across the US, Europe, and India.

With a background combining technology and business impact, Prashanth is well-versed in M&A due diligence, VC pitches, and strategic decisions like Build vs Buy scenarios.

His educational background includes various technology and business-focused programs at UC Berkeley Extension and Stanford Continuing Studies. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore.

Notable past positions include VP of Product, Engineering, and Customer Success at LiveHive, Sr. Director of Engineering at Teradata Aster, Country Head at VeriSign India Development Center, VP at Altus365, Director of Engineering at Kazeon Systems, Sr. Manager at Opsware, and Director at Asera.