Makarand Vinod H. currently serves as Associate Vice President and General Manager of Product Engineering at Tata Communications since August 2018. Prior to this role, Makarand held the position of Director at VINSONTECH.IO from January 2016 to July 2018, and served as Senior Development Manager at Nuance Communications between June 2014 and December 2015. Earlier experience includes acting as Senior Project Manager at SunGard from September 2003 to May 2014, and functioning as a Software Engineer at G N Computing Pvt Ltd from November 1999 to September 2003. Makarand holds an MBA in Finance from Nagpur University and a Bachelor in Engineering, specializing in Mechanical, from Amravati University.