Inspired Execution
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Prasad Ramakrishnan
SVP of IT and CIO at Freshworks
Bio
Prasad Ramakrishnan serves as the SVP of IT and CIO for Freshworks, where he leads the company’s IT vision, strategy and execution. A seasoned IT professional, SaaS evangelist and go-to thought leader on all things cloud and security, Ramakrishnan's expertise is critical to the success of Freshworks' products as well as global work culture.
Prior to joining Freshworks, Ramakrishnan served as CIO at Veeva where he took a democratic approach to software adoption and empowered his employees – the would-be users – to decide on the software they would use. His team voted for Freshservice, Freshworks’ ITSM (IT service management) offering. As an early adopter, customer and advocate of Freshworks, it was only natural for him to join the company.
Outside of Freshworks, Ramakrishnan serves on multiple boards and enjoys spending time mentoring and advising other IT practitioners to help them become IT leaders, as well as advising startup CEOs on GTM, product, IT and security strategies to help them succeed in the world of startups.
Prasad Ramakrishnan serves as the SVP of IT and CIO for Freshworks, where he leads the company’s IT vision, strategy and execution. A seasoned IT professional, SaaS evangelist and go-to thought leader on all things cloud and security, Ramakrishnan's expertise is critical to the success of Freshworks' products as well as global work culture.
Prior to joining Freshworks, Ramakrishnan served as CIO at Veeva where he took a democratic approach to software adoption and empowered his employees – the would-be users – to decide on the software they would use. His team voted for Freshservice, Freshworks’ ITSM (IT service management) offering. As an early adopter, customer and advocate of Freshworks, it was only natural for him to join the company.
Outside of Freshworks, Ramakrishnan serves on multiple boards and enjoys spending time mentoring and advising other IT practitioners to help them become IT leaders, as well as advising startup CEOs on GTM, product, IT and security strategies to help them succeed in the world of startups.
