10 Nutanix engineering leaders
Ankur Gupta, Senior Director of Engineering at Nutanix, heads this list of Nutanix engineering leaders, which also includes senior directors and directors of engineering for Nutanix Cloud Manager, AIOps and Data Lens who hold their roles today. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Nutanix from people who have held the role.
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Aashish Akhouri
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Nutanix
Aashish Akhouri has been Director Of Engineering at Nutanix since November 2014, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and describes leading the AIOps core engineering team at Nutanix, made up of senior managers, technical leads, backend and UI teams. Aashish Akhouri was Manager/Senior Engineering Manager at EMC(Data Domain) from 2012 to 2014.
Ankur Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Nutanix
Ankur Gupta has been Senior Director of Engineering at Nutanix since August 2023, based in San Jose, California, with a headline that names SaaS, agentic AI and DevProd. Ankur Gupta was Director - SaaS Engineering at Nutanix from 2020 to 2023, held Senior Manager roles at Nutanix from 2018 to 2020 and was Engineering Manager there from 2016 to 2018.
Ashwini Kaulgud-Joshi
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Data Lens · Nutanix
Ashwini Kaulgud-Joshi has been Director of Engineering, Data Lens at Nutanix since May 2026, based in Pune. Ashwini Kaulgud-Joshi was Sr. Manager Software Engineering at Dell Technologies from 2021 to 2026, Manager Software Engineering at Dell Technologies from 2019 to 2021 and Principal Software Engineer there from 2017 to 2019.
Chandan Thakur
LinkedInExperience: Director, Engineering · Nutanix
Chandan Thakur has been Director, Engineering at Nutanix since November 2023, based in San Jose, California, and also held a Director, Engineering role at Nutanix from 2021 to 2023. Chandan Thakur was Senior Engineering Manager at Nutanix from 2019 to 2021 and Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft from 2017 to 2019.
Harshit Agarwal
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Nutanix
Harshit Agarwal has been Director of Engineering at Nutanix since December 2025, a role the profile places in San Francisco. Harshit Agarwal also held the roles Senior Staff Engineer at Nutanix from 2025 to 2026, Staff Engineer there from 2021 to 2025 and Senior Member Of Technical Staff there from 2019 to 2021.
Jovan Ćukalović
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Of Engineering · Nutanix
Jovan Ćukalović has been Senior Director Of Engineering at Nutanix since April 2022, based in Serbia, and cites experience building distributed cloud platforms. Jovan Ćukalović was Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft from 2018 to 2022 and Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft from 2015 to 2018.
Krishna Ramineni
LinkedInExperience: Director, Engineering · Nutanix
Krishna Ramineni has been Director, Engineering at Nutanix since April 2022, based in the Seattle area, and was Senior Staff Engineer at Nutanix from 2014 to 2022. Krishna Ramineni was Technical leader at Embrane in 2013 and Principal Engineer at Infineta Systems from 2011 to 2013.
Narayan Rajaram
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Nutanix
Narayan Rajaram has been Senior Director of Engineering at Nutanix since August 2023, based in Apex, North Carolina. Narayan Rajaram also held the roles Technical Director - DR and Backup at Nutanix from 2019 to 2023 and Sr Engineering Manager, System Test at Nutanix from 2017 to 2019.
Shruti Doval
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Engineering · Nutanix
Shruti Doval has been Sr. Director Engineering at Nutanix since October 2024, based in Bengaluru, a role the profile ties to Nutanix Cloud Manager. Shruti Doval was Director of Engineering at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2019 to 2024 and Section Manager (HPE Storage & HCI) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2016 to 2019.
Vishal Arhatia
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Nutanix
Vishal Arhatia has been Director of Engineering at Nutanix since August 2026, based in Vancouver, building the NCM Engineering site in Vancouver and leading NCM Engineering across Bengaluru, Belgrade and San Jose. Vishal Arhatia also held a Director of Engineering role at Nutanix from 2021 to 2026 and was Chief of Staff at Nutanix from 2018 to 2021.
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