Gokul Raju

Gokul Raju has an extensive work experience in the technology industry. Gokul is currently the Director of Product Management at Harness, a role they have held since October 2021. Prior to that, Gokul worked at SoftwareONE from July 2018 to September 2021, where they served as a Product Management Leader. Gokul was responsible for leading innovation, execution, and growth for PyraCloud, a SaaS based Cloud Spend Management solution. During their time at SoftwareONE, Gokul conceptualized, built, and launched PyraCloud "Recommendations" for Azure and AWS, which resulted in a 10X increase in adoption rate within 12 months.

Before joining SoftwareONE, Gokul worked at 1E from June 2016 to May 2018. Gokul served as a Product Manager, where they owned the product strategy for two key products in 1E's flagship Experience Management Suite. Gokul successfully launched '1E Application Migration' and acquired 2 sub-million dollar logos in the first 2 months since its launch. Prior to this role, they were a Product Owner at 1E from February 2015 to June 2016, responsible for the execution and go-to market of 1E's leading Software Asset Management solution, AppClarity. Gokul also led 1E's entry into Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Software Asset Management.

Gokul's early career includes roles at Carbonite (formerly Zmanda), where they worked as a Design Engineer from December 2006 to April 2010. Gokul focused on disrupting the consumerization of the enterprise backup space and played a key role in Zmanda's acquisition by Carbonite. Prior to Carbonite, Gokul worked at Sun Microsystems as a Software Engineer from July 2005 to November 2006, and at Veritas Technologies LLC as a Software Engineering Intern from January 2005 to June 2005.

Gokul Raju obtained their Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science from Savitribai Phule Pune University from 2000 to 2005. In addition, they have obtained several certifications including "Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Machine Learning", "Pricing Strategy Explained", "UX Research: Lean Experimentation", and "Metrics for Product Managers" from LinkedIn. Gokul also completed the "Pragmatic Marketing Level 5 - Foundations, Focus, Build, Market, Launch" certification from Pragmatic Marketing, although the specific month and year of completion are not provided.