Apurva Ghelani

Apurva Ghelani has a diverse work experience in various senior roles across different companies. Apurva is currently working as the Director of Product Management at Blackhawk Network, where they are responsible for leading the product management team. Prior to this, they served as the Global Director of Solutions Consulting at Blackhawk Network, where they aligned teams globally to build a best-in-class Solutions Consulting organization.

Before joining Blackhawk Network, Apurva worked at Tata Communications as the Head of Solution Sales North America, where they were responsible for driving solution sales in the North American region. Apurva also served as the Director of Solutions Consulting at Fiserv, leading the solutions consulting team for the company.

In their previous roles, Apurva worked at Syniverse (A Carlyle Company) as the Director of Global Sales Engineering, where they led sales engineering resources globally and oversaw mobile innovation and new solution development. Apurva also worked at Syniverse Technologies as a Solutions Manager, where they managed a team responsible for messaging solutions for operators and cable providers.

Apurva also gained experience at VERISIGN as the Presales Team Lead, where they provided pre-sales technical support and led a team of sales engineers. Additionally, they worked at Air2Web as a Sr. Manager in Professional Services, where they successfully managed a team and delivered multiple software applications for various clients.

Overall, Apurva Ghelani has a strong background in product management, solutions consulting, sales engineering, and professional services, with a focus on driving innovation and growth in global organizations.

Apurva Ghelani completed a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Industrial Engineering from Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya in 2000. From 2001 to 2004, Apurva pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer and Information Sciences, with a focus on general studies, from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

In 2021, Apurva attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where they completed an Executive Program in Artificial Intelligence. Following this, Apurva enrolled in Penn State University and obtained a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from 2023 to 2025.

Apurva also holds certifications in various technical skills. They acquired the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services in January 2022 and the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification in December 2021. Additionally, they received certification in Network Security Administrator (NSA) from Fortinet in an unspecified month of an unspecified year. Apurva also completed the Microsoft Azure Cloud certification from Microsoft and Intermediate Python and Introduction to Python courses from DataCamp, although the specific obtained months for these certifications are not provided.