Anand Narayanan

Anand Narayanan is a seasoned product leader currently serving as the Head of Product and Product site lead for Jira at Atlassian since October 2024. With extensive experience in product management and engineering, Anand previously held multiple key roles at Simplilearn, including Chief Product Officer and Vice President, Product and Engineering, overseeing the product portfolio and customer experience. Prior to that, Anand directed product management for Rackspace's public cloud offerings and made significant contributions at Dell, leading enterprise storage product management. Anand's career began at National Instruments, where initial roles included engineering and product management. Anand holds an MBA in General Management from the Texas McCombs School of Business and advanced degrees in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and the National Institute of Technology Karnataka.