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10 Dell engineering leaders
These ten current and former Dell engineering leaders, including the CTO of Dell's Infrastructure Solutions Group and two regional CTOs, have run software, hardware, storage and CTO-office engineering work at Dell Technologies. A reader can learn from them how Dell's engineering and CTO organizations plan platforms and build products.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chris MacLellan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Hardware Engineering · Dell Technologies
Senior Director Hardware Engineering at Dell Technologies since May 2021 (current); he writes that he leads server architecture and development at Dell targeting AI infrastructure, ruggedized edge computing and telecom/5G markets. Former Senior Director Software Engineering (2016–2021) and Senior Director, Business Operations for the Office of the CTO (2015–2016) at Dell Technologies.
Deepak Vokaliga
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering CTO Chief Architect · Dell Technologies
Head of Engineering CTO Chief Architect at Dell Technologies since August 2026, alongside a current Chief Architect, CTO role for Primary Storage, Enterpise Advanced Block Storage, Cloud, AI, Cyber since March 2025. He writes that he designs next-generation disaggregated storage platforms with AI storage fabrics. Former Director, Product and Engineering (2018–2025) and CPO, Enterprise Storage, Next Gen Storage Platforms (2023–2025) at Dell Technologies.
Dilip Khandekar
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Engineering · Dell Technologies
Former Sr. Director of Engineering at Dell Technologies (2022–2025), where the profile says he led a global engineering team of 250+ building the Powerprotect Data Manager product and an agile transformation that moved a long release cycle to one release every quarter. Former Director of Engineering (2018–2022) and Sr. Software Development Manager (2015–2018) at Dell Technologies.
Elliott Young
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer, EMEA · Dell Technologies
Former Chief Technology Officer, EMEA (2023–2026) and former Chief Technology Officer, UK (2018–2023) at Dell Technologies; Director, AI Forward Deployed Engineering, EMEA APAC at Dell Technologies since August 2026. His profile summary describes the EMEA CTO role as supporting CXOs in business and IT roles in using agentic AI. The profile also lists Director of Transformation Consulting, Europe Middle East & Africa at EMC (2013–2018).
Luke Woydziak
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Software Engineering, CTO · Dell Technologies
Senior Director of Software Engineering, CTO at Dell Technologies since February 2025 (current), with an earlier row under the same title (2024–2025) and Director of Software Engineering, CTO (2016–2024). The profile says he leads an enterprise AI acceleration organization that identifies, designs and delivers agentic AI applications across Dell Technologies. He also lists Director of Software Engineering, Cloud Management Division (2015–2016).
Pierluca Chiodelli
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Engineering Technology · Dell Technologies
Vice President Engineering Technology at Dell Technologies since February 2020 (current); the profile says he leads the solution team for the ISG CTO organization. He also lists Vice President Of Product Management at Dell Technologies since December 2016, plus former Dell Technologies roles as Senior Director Engineering (2015–2016) and Senior Director of Product Management (2016–2017).
Rocco Ancona
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Dell Fellow, Office of the CTO · Dell Technologies
Vice President and Dell Fellow, Office of the CTO at Dell Technologies since April 2018 (current). Former CTO Director of Engineering, Client Solutions & Distinguished Engineer (2011–2016) and Senior Manager, XPS Platform Architecture, Gaming Business Unit (2005–2011) at Dell Technologies. The profile also lists Vice President Global Solutions (2016–2018) and Vice President Product and Innovation Strategy (2016) at Verifone.
Saurabh Tewari
LinkedInExperience: Director & Chief Technology Officer, INDIA · Dell Technologies
Director & Chief Technology Officer, INDIA at Dell Technologies since October 2019 (current). His profile describes him as a strategist, CTO, people manager and engineer with cross-domain expertise across datacenter and technology sales, telecommunications, edge, security, and defence and aerospace. The profile also lists Senior Specialist (2014–2019) and Specialist (2012–2014) roles at Ericsson.
Sudhir Srinivasan
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) · Dell Technologies
Chief Technology Officer Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) at Dell Technologies since February 2024 (current); the profile lists the role at C-Level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Senior Vice President, Multi-cloud & Data Solutions at Dell Technologies (2022–2024). The profile also lists Senior Technical Director at NetApp (2008–2013) and Chief Technical Officer at IBRIX (2002–2008).
Xiaoye Jiang
LinkedInExperience: VP of Engineering · Dell Technologies
VP of Engineering at Dell Technologies since July 2024 (current), where the profile says the role covers solution engineering for ACP, VxRail and SaaS-related infrastructure. Earlier VP of Engineering rows at Dell Technologies run 2017–2022 and 2022–2024, one of them covering APEX Subscription & as-a-Service engineering. The profile also lists Sr. Director of Engineering rows at Dell Technologies (2013–2014 and 2014–2016).
Choose the right perspective
Match the leader's scope to your question, since a division or regional CTO sees strategy and customer adoption while engineering directors and VPs see how specific products are built and shipped. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Dell experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large hardware and infrastructure company decide which AI and storage platforms to invest engineering in?
- 02How does a CTO office at a company like Dell work with product engineering teams to move new technology into shipping products?
- 03What changes when an enterprise engineering organization moves from long release cycles to quarterly releases?
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