Sridhar Appakondu

Sridhar Appakondu has a strong background in the tech industry, particularly in product management and strategy. Sridhar started their career at Inet Technologies as a Director of Software Development from 2003 to 2005. Sridhar then joined TekComms (a Danaher Company) as a Senior Manager of Product Line Management from 2006 to 2011. In this role, they were responsible for the delivery of telecomm monitoring solutions and facilitating corporate integrations for telecomm service providers in Asia. Sridhar was later promoted to Head of Operations, South Asia, where they set up and led an offshore operations and support center, managing revenue and product/service delivery from 2011 to 2015. After leaving TekComms, Sridhar Appakondu joined NETSCOUT as the Director of Product Management and Strategy for Cloud, NFV, and Big Data Analytics from 2015 to 2018. Currently, they are working at Sandvine as the Senior Director of Product Management and Strategy for Big Data Analytics from 2018 to the present. Sridhar was recently promoted to Vice President of Solutions and Portfolio Management in May 2022.

Sridhar Appakondu received an MBA degree in Marketing & Finance from The University of Texas at Dallas from 2005 to 2007. Prior to that, they completed an MS in Computer Science with a focus on Software Engineering and Databases at The University of Texas at Arlington from 1995 to 1996. Their earlier education includes attending Bangalore University from 1990 to 1994, although the specific degree and field of study are not provided.