About

Anand Narayanan is a highly accomplished Chief Product Officer with over 20 years of experience in product management, innovation, and leadership. As the Chief Product Officer at Simplilearn Americas Inc., Anand is responsible for the company's product portfolio and drives the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. He believes in a customer-centric, data-driven approach to product development and is passionate about delivering exceptional customer outcomes. Anand is a calm and pragmatic leader who values rapid iteration and constant customer feedback. He has a proven track record of building world-class products that have won multiple innovation awards and are being used by Fortune-100 customers with an NPS of over 70%. He has also delivered 25% YoY growth for the Rackspace cloud compute portfolio and expanded Dell's file storage portfolio from $0 to over $100M in less than two years. Anand is highly regarded for his technical, customer, and business savvy and has won multiple awards throughout his career for his innovation, dedication, team leadership, contributions, and tenacity. He has a strong belief in hiring and mentoring his team to be better than he can ever be and believes that a small team of giants delivers more than an army of midgets. Anand has extensive international exposure and the ability to connect and manage organizations across the world. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and is a product manager by trade. Anand is passionate about creating strong and effective leaders around him that can drive the next level of growth forward. His goal is to transform the landscape of professional education, one step at a time.