Summary
Anand Gopalakrishnan is an engineering leader with 8 years in senior technology management and over two decades of hands-on delivery experience, currently heading engineering at NOVA with a mantra to "deliver more with less." He has scaled and led cross-functional teams—from building a specialized 18-person support organization at Zuora to directing engineering at Tekion—driving efficiency, predictability, and continuous service improvement. Anand blends program and product delivery expertise across large RTB portfolios and digital transformation initiatives, having managed multi-million dollar engagements and opened new business through POCs and delivery-led sales. He holds postgraduate credentials in AI/ML and Cloud Computing, reflecting a deliberate move to pair leadership with modern technical depth. Based in Chennai, he’s known for building multicultural teams, pragmatic process definition, and a knack for turning constrained resources into repeatable, high-impact outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc Statistics, Bsc Statistics at Loyola College
Postgraduate Degree Cloud Computing, Postgraduate Degree Cloud Computing at Great Learning
Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A) Computer Science, Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A) Computer Science at Bharathidasan University
Postgraduate Degree Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Postgraduate Degree Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at The University of Texas at Austin
Post Graduate Program - AIML Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Post Graduate Program - AIML Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Great Lakes Institute of Management
Hindi, Tamil, English