Naren Koneru

Naren Koneru serves as the Vice President of Engineering at Roblox, focusing on Safety & Civility since January 2021. Prior to this role, Naren held the position of Vice President of Engineering at Cloudera from February 2014 to January 2021, where responsibilities included overseeing cloud data lakes and security governance. Naren's experience also includes serving as a Software Architect and Director of Engineering at Meta Integration Technology, Inc. from September 2008 to January 2014, where a complete stack of enterprise metadata management software was developed. Earlier career roles include Software Development Manager and Principal Software Engineer at Informatica, where contributions included the creation of a unified distributed services platform and significant components of the PowerCenter data integration platform. Naren's professional journey began with an internship at 3cx in 2000. Academic credentials include a Master of Science in Computer Science from East Tennessee State University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from University College of Engineering, Osmania University.