Sitarama Penumetsa
CTO&GM at Candela Technologies, Inc.
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolSitarama Penumetsa is a technology leader and CTO/GM with two decades of hands-on experience scaling wireless networking products from startup roots to multi-million-dollar businesses. He began as a software engineer after an early Cisco internship, earned an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and progressed through product management and P&L leadership roles at VeriWave, Ixia, and Keysight. Known for blending deep technical expertise in WiFi and wireless test solutions with practical business and people management, he has led global teams and product lines through acquisitions and rapid growth. As head of Candela Technologies he has returned to entrepreneurial roots, building the company’s U.S. and India operations and mentoring early-career engineers. Less obvious: he repeatedly pivots between hands-on engineering and strategic leadership, using field experience and customer travel to shape product roadmaps. He brings a founder’s appetite for growth combined with corporate discipline in product, operations, and global go-to-market execution.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Electrical Engg, BS Electrical Engg at Andhra UniversitySFS schoolMS Electrical and Computer Engg, MS Electrical and Computer Engg at University of FloridaGithub contributions (2)
mmahler2/JimmyJohns
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:9 commits in 1 day
candelatech/kirby-simple-redirects
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:1 push in 2 days
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