Specialties: Search, data analytics, big data, cloud/SaaS, product management, product marketing, general management, marketing strategy, venture capital

VP Product Management @ Elastic (fka Elasticsearch) is a venture backed startup that is building the future of search and analytics. I'm responsible for all product management/marketing functions related to our open source, commercial, and cloud products and services. http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/joined-elasticsearch I'm hiring, so please reach out if you're interested! From April 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaVP Products @ Splunk is focused on “big data” analytics for machine-generated data in complex IT infrastructure, whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. I held a number of different roles there: Most recently, I managed and served as acting GM for a team of ~15 engineers, devops, QA staff, and product managers responsible for Splunk's Cloud and online services offerings. Prior to that, I led product management for Splunk's core search/indexing technology and user interface. I worked in an agile development environment across multiple teams (20+ engineers). Feature areas included: - Proprietary universal indexing technology that allows you to index terabytes/day of data on commodity hardware - Core search engine technology and search language that implements map-reduce - Graphical reporting, data visualization and alerting features 11/2011 - 9/2012: Senior Director, Product Management 4/2010 - 10/2011: Director, Product Management 7/2008 - 3/2010: Senior Product Manager From July 2008 to September 2013 (5 years 3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaManager, Online Sales and Operations @ Summer intern in the AdWords group, working on several projects related to product marketing/management and customer support operations. Spent summer working in both Mountain View, CA and Hyderabad, India offices From June 2007 to August 2007 (3 months) Associate @ Early-stage technology venture capital firm with over $1b under management. One of three junior investment professionals supporting six Partners. Responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio management. From June 2004 to August 2006 (2 years 3 months) Senior Analyst, Strategy @ Member of strategic turnaround team. Promoted from Analyst to Senior Analyst. From February 2003 to June 2004 (1 year 5 months) Consultant @ Marketing strategy consultant to technology companies. Worked with companies ranging from startups to Fortune 10 on go-to-market, whole product, customer segmentation, and partnership strategies. Firm was founded by high-tech marketing guru Regis McKenna. From September 2000 to December 2002 (2 years 4 months)

MBA, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, General Management @ Harvard Business School From 2006 to 2008 BSE, Electrical Engineering @ Princeton University From 1996 to 2000 Gaurav Gupta is skilled in: SaaS, Cloud Computing, Product Management, Enterprise Software, Big Data, Marketing Strategy, Analytics, Go-to-market Strategy, Start-ups, Strategy, Strategic Planning, Agile Methodologies, Management, Strategic Partnerships, Salesforce.com, Mobile Devices, Venture Capital, Solution Selling, Security