Vic Mahadevan Advisory Board Member, Glassbeam

Glassbeam Inc., in big data applications based on machine data, announced that Dr. Anant Jhingran and Vivek (Vic) Mahadevan have joined the company as Advisory Board Members.

Jhingran (Ph.D. Berkeley) is currently VP Data at Apigee. He joined Apigee from IBM where he was VP and CTO for IBM’s Information Management Division and Co-Chair of IBM wide Cloud Computing Architecture Board. He was responsible for the technical strategy for databases, information integration, analytics, big data, and helped deliver IBM’s PaaS capabilities. He has received several awards including IBM Fellow, IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumnus Award, president’s Gold Medal at IIT Delhi, IBM Academy of Technology, and has authored over a dozen patents and over 20 technical papers.

 Mahadevan, most recently CSO at NetApp, was responsible for leading NetApp’s business strategy to take NetApp into new growth areas. Prior to that, he served as VP of Marketing for LSI Corporation, and is a 27-year veteran of the high tech industry with senior management positions at storage and systems management companies including BMC Software, Compaq, Ivita, and Maxxan Systems. Mahadevan has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and a Masters’ Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from University of Iowa.

Puneet Pandit, founder and CEO Glassbeam said: "Having such stellar people join the Glassbeam team is a seminal event in our quest to aggressively grow in the big data Applications space. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Jhingran and Mr. Mahadevan to the Glassbeam family. As we grow, we will benefit from adding key advisers by leveraging their business and technical acumen and industry connections."