Shantharam Nekkar

Shantharam Nekkar is currently a Senior Manager of Engineering Productivity and DevOps at Netskope, contributing to the company's mission of advancing cloud and data security since March 2021. Previously, Shantharam held roles at Cohesity as Senior Manager of Developer Experience, achieving significant growth in the engineering team, and at Calix, overseeing engineering infrastructure and software development tools. Experience at NetApp included managing developer tools for FlashRay products, while a long tenure at Cisco Systems encompassed roles from Senior Software Engineering Manager to Technical Lead, focusing on build systems and software development lifecycle tools. Shantharam began a career in technical support at Rational Software, providing expert assistance for critical customers. Shantharam holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka.