Bharath Chari

Bharath Chari currently serves as the Head (VP) of Product and Solutions Marketing at Firebolt and holds the position of Chief Marketing Officer/Advisor at DataQG. With extensive experience in product marketing and strategy, Bharath previously worked at Confluent, where significant achievements included driving a $70M pipeline and generating a $50M pipeline through innovative go-to-market strategies for the Data Streaming Platform. Additional roles at IBM involved leading product marketing efforts in Hybrid Cloud Data Integration and Master Data Management, successfully improving customer engagement and generating substantial leads. Earlier career highlights include contributions at MKS Inc. in launching IoT solutions and leading teams in a startup competition at The University of Texas at Austin. Bharath Chari holds an MBA from Texas McCombs School of Business, a Master's in Nanotechnology from Louisiana State University, and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology.