Rajesh Talpade, PhD

Rajesh brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in SaaS product management, operations, innovation, and consulting at startups through large companies across multiple industry sectors in B2B, B2B2C and B2C markets. He has launched and scaled products from sub $10M to over $2B annual revenues and tens of millions of end users, with annual growth rates crossing 100%. Most recently Rajesh was Senior Vice President of Product D2L in the EdTech sector, and before that a Senior Vice President of Product at MasterControl in the Life Sciences sector. Earlier he worked at Google for six years on Mobile Ads products and Network Management products for the largest global IP network. This leadership experience is built on a PhD in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an MBA from Columbia University and 7 issued patents. Rajesh resides in New Jersey with his wife and is a father of two children. He enjoys challenging hikes, reading fiction and history, and advising socially impactful startups.