Tushar Thole

Tushar Thole is an experienced engineering leader currently serving as the Head of Applications Engineering at StarTree.13 Prior to this role, he worked at Confluent for 4 years, where he led diverse products and charters including Replicator, Confluent Control Center, Confluent Cloud UI, and most recently served as the Head of Stream Governance Engineering.41

Tushar has a strong background in software engineering and management:

1. Education:

   • Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University (2000-2004)
   • Master of Science in Engineering in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University (2006-2007)
   • Product Management studies at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (2016)
   • Program at Harvard Business School Online (2016)1

2. Work Experience:

   • Over a decade at VMware in various roles, including Senior R&D Manager
   • Worked on storage, security, networking, and cloud-native technologies
   • Holds three software patents in security and distributed file systems12

3. Skills and Expertise:

   • Specializes in analytics, data governance, and software development
   • Focuses on real-time data architectures and stream governance
   • Experienced in both on-premise and SaaS product development12

Tushar is known for building high-performing engineering teams and has been instrumental in developing data governance solutions for Apache Kafka and real-time data systems.36 His LinkedIn profile (username: tusharthole) showcases his professional journey and insights into data engineering and management.5