Bhanu Panda

Bhanu Panda

Bhanu brings over two decades of leadership and success in Silicon Valley, in areas of Networking, Security and Storage. He has held leadership positions and was and early member at several successful startup companies such as Array Networks, Alteon Websystems and Auspex Systems. Bhanu has extensive experience in driving an organization’s overall strategy, building a global partner eco-system and driving customer success.

Most recently at GhangorCloud, Bhanu holds the position of Chief Operating Officer and is a member of the Board of Directors. He is responsible for the overall business operations including Strategy, Sales, Business Development and Customer Success.

Prior to GhangorCloud, Bhanu served as VP of Worldwide Sales, Business Development & Services for Array Networks.  Bhanu reorganized Global Sales efforts to deliver consistently superior results, leading to consecutive profitable quarters/years.  Array had a successful IPO in 2009. He led the company into newer regions in APAC and established Array as a leader in its market category.

Previous to his time at Array, Bhanu was an early member and held management positions at Alteon WebSystems where he built and led the Customer Advocacy team as well as contributed significantly to BD activities. Alteon was recognized for its Customer Satisfaction and Services and had a hugely successful IPO and was acquired by Nortel Networks. Prior to Alteon, Panda managed the Customer Satisfaction organization at Auspex Systems, with Fortune-500 clientele. Bhanu holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Jackson State University, Mississippi.