Apurba Pradhan

Apurba Pradhan has over 18 years of experience in the technology industry. Apurba began their career as a Product Design Engineer at JDS Uniphase in 2002. Apurba then moved to Luxim Corporation in 2006 as Director of Product Marketing. In 2012, they joined Waterstone Management Group as a Management Consultant, where they led growth strategies in Cloud Services (SaaS), IoT, and Life Sciences sectors for Fortune 500 and Private Equity portfolio companies. In 2013, they became Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Partnerships at LUMA Lighting Group, where they led turn-around strategy and marketing for a Private Equity (Citi Group/TRG) backed clean tech industrial lighting company. In 2016, they moved to Echelon as Head of Product Management and Senior Director. In 2019, they joined Adesto Technologies as Vice President of Products and Marketing. In 2021, they became Head of Business Unit and General Manager at Renesas Electronics, where they led product, sales, engineering and customer support of edge computing solutions. In 2022, they moved to EnOcean as SVP Strategy and EverestLabs.AI as Head of Product.

Apurba Pradhan completed their High School Diploma from Woodstock International High School in 1996. Apurba then obtained their BA in Physics and Mathematics from Clark University in 2000. In 2002, they earned their MS in Optical Engineering from the University of Rochester. Apurba then went on to pursue their MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, graduating in 2012 with a focus in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and General Management.