Puneet Lal

Puneet Lal is a seasoned professional in product management and engineering, currently serving as the Director of Product Management at Perforce Software since July 2023, where responsibility includes overseeing the Puppet Enterprise suite of products. Prior experience includes a role as Product Manager at MathWorks from April 2018 to February 2023, focusing on the Polyspace family of products and engaging in business development and forecasting. Puneet has a significant tenure at Dell EMC, where positions included Senior Director of Software Engineering and Senior Director of Engineering, with achievements in developing innovative software solutions for Management & Orchestration and leading the ViPR Controller product for software-defined storage. Early in the career, Puneet was a Business Unit Manager at Riverrun Software Group, where success in customer relationship management led to substantial team growth and increased revenue. Educational credentials include a High Tech MBA from D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and an MS in Computer Science from California State University, Chico.