Anand Iyer

Current

Co-Founder at GNoTE - Global Network of Technology Evangelists
Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Corp.

Past

Software Development Engineer at Cisco Systems

Education

Purdue University

Recommended

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Connections

285 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

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Anand Iyer’s Summary

Technology Evangelist with excellent communication skills and broad experience in the software industry. Currently serving as Microsoft's ambassador to the Silicon Valley developing strategies to better engage with the technical community, emerging businesses and startups.

Anand Iyer’s Specialties:

Communication, Public Speaking, Program Management, Technology Evangelism, Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Empowering Startups and New Business Ventures

Anand Iyer’s Experience

Co-Founder

GNoTE - Global Network of Technology Evangelists

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Co-Founder of a NFP worldwide social organization to foster Technology Evangelism and share best practices.
Developer Evangelist

Microsoft Corp.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

January 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)

• Served as Microsoft's ambassador to the Silicon Valley developer community. Led in delivering high impact, high quality presentations to Microsoft’s developer community in Northern California. Managed and owned the successful presentation of end-to-end scenario based demonstrations to the developer community.
• Presented compelling actionable scenarios which drive future .NET development through live events and web-casts.
• Delivered over 110 high-impact quality presentations, increasing year-over-year customer satisfaction by 13%.
• Led strategies to better connect with Emerging Businesses and early-phase Startups in the Silicon Valley.
• Managed Vista, Office, Visual Studio and SQL Server launch activities for the Silicon Valley.
Software Development Engineer

Cisco Systems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Software industry)

June 2001 — January 2005 (3 years 8 months)

• Led a geographically dispersed engineering team in the conception, architecture, product positioning, packaging and development of a new Interface technology for Cisco devices.
• Developed a competitive software strategy based on analysis and research.
• Presented on product designs to Cisco executives and architects
• Liaised with Marketing teams and customers for product demonstrations and customer feedback.