Parag Naik

Parag Naik is an accomplished technology professional with extensive experience in software engineering and management. Currently serving as a Senior Engineering Manager at Cohesity since May 2023, Parag previously held the role of Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft from December 2019 to May 2023, where contributions were made to the core services team for the Microsoft Advertisement platform by developing distributed data pipelines. Prior to Microsoft, Parag was a Vice President at AQR Capital Management, designing REST services for Quant Research teams, and an Assistant Vice President at Barclays Capital, focusing on reference data and trading platforms. Earlier experience includes academic roles at Stony Brook University and diverse engineering positions at Tata Consultancy Services. Parag holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stony Brook University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from the University of Mumbai.