Summary
Abhishek Balakrishnan is a technology executive and entrepreneur with 12 years of engineering and product leadership experience, currently serving as CTO and President of ANB Systems (now a DNV company) after growing and exiting the business in 2023. He blends hands-on backend and cloud engineering experience from roles at Schlumberger and Qualcomm with strategic product launches—eTRACK+ and new offerings like DRM, ZAPture, and Acumen. A Duke-trained electrical and computer engineer with formal entrepreneurship training from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, he bridges deep technical fluency in Scala, Docker, Kubernetes and GCP with commercial acumen. Based in Houston, he also has venture experience evaluating and supporting startups through Towerview Ventures, reflecting a strong interest in scaling early-stage companies. Notably, he stayed on as CTO post-acquisition, underscoring a focus on smooth technical integration and long-term product continuity.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Entrepreneurship, Certificate of Entrepreneurship at Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business
Master’s Degree Electrical & Computer Engineering, Master’s Degree Electrical & Computer Engineering at Duke University
Math and Science, Math and Science at William P. Clements High School
Bachelor's Masters Electrical and Computer Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor's Masters Electrical and Computer Engineering Computer Science at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
English, Spanish, Tamil