Varun Anand

Varun Anand is a seasoned technology thought leader with a wealth of experience leading global businesses and initiatives at MNCs and startups. With a background in engineering, Varun has held leadership positions in P&L, technology, products, and strategic partnerships across various B2B markets spanning the US, India, APAC, and Europe. He has a proven track record in scaling businesses to a 40% YoY growth curve, winning over 20K customers - including multiple fortune 500 - with an enterprise business that he conceived, and increasing cloud attach rate by 50% by launching multiple products from scratch.

As a Director of Product Management at Attivo Networks, Inc. and through his former roles as Advisor at Guidepoint, Advisory Panel - IDC Technical Computing at IDC, Director Product Management at Sophos, Sr. Mgr. Product Management at Arista Networks, Lead - Product Management at Arista Networks, Technical Marketing at GainSpan, Software Engineer at Cisco Systems, Member Technical Staff at iPolicy Networks, Software Engineer at IBM, and Intern at C-Dot (Center of Development of Telematics), Varun has stewarded cross-BU initiatives, steered global initiatives impacting revenue and business models across organizations, and provided technology consulting for strategic customers and partners. He is an audacious leader who has grown attach rates of cross-product sales by 28%, is responsible for ~$100M annualized revenue, and a ~35% net contribution margin.