Rakesh Cheerla

Rakesh Cheerla is a seasoned product management professional currently serving as Director of Product Management at Axiado Corporation since October 2025. Prior to this role, Rakesh held the position of Sr. Director, Product Management at Enfabrica from October 2024 to July 2025, and Director of Product Line Management at Intel Corporation from February 2019 to October 2024, where Rakesh led a team to deliver software solutions to major clients like Google. Previous experience includes serving as Sr. Product Manager for Storage & PCIe Solutions at Xilinx, where Rakesh drove product management strategies and partnerships, and as Sr. Director of Products at CNEX-Labs, focused on advanced product roadmaps for networked SSDs. Rakesh holds an MBA in Marketing, Finance, and General Management from Columbia Business School and an MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering from Arizona State University.