Praveen Akkiraju

Praveen Akkiraju is a public speaker and is currently serving as the managing director for Insight Partners, where Praveen uses his experience with technology and product cycles as an operator. Praveen sets a bar of context on the product life cycle. Praveen has served in the role of MP for the organization Softbank Investment. There he focused and gained skills on software and SaaS investments. Praveen has held on to various leadership roles that guided the organization to grow faster. Praveen is a top speaker to speak at top AI events and educate people about the evolving technology.

Personal Details:

Organization: Insight Partners
Location: San Francisco
Education: Completed BS and MS degrees in the field of Electrical Engineering from Harvard Business School.

Experience:

• Managing Director for Insight Partners from the year Sep 2020 until now
• Board Advisor for Team 8 from the year Mar 2018 till Sep 2020
• Managing Partner for SoftBank Investment Advisors from the year Jan 2018 till Dec 2019
• Chief Executive Officer for Viptela from the year Dec 2016 till Jan 2018
• Chief Executive Officer for VCE from the year 2012 till 2016
• Senior VP for Cisco from the year 2009 till 2012
• Board of Directors for Compass from the year 2009 till 2010