Employee Spotlight: Anand Natesan, Managing Director at Chennai, India
Edward Avila, MSOD
Founder & CEO at BullishIQ | Talent Acquisition Executive & Published Author | Let’s get bullish about talent!
We are proud to shine a spotlight on one of our employees - Anand Natesan from Alation's Chennai location in India. Over the last year and half, Anand has been with Alation and had been very instrumental in setting up our India operation. He has extensive experience in leading analytics and data science functions in his previous stints. He’s known to be Alation's key driver for our India location and active networker with other partners and organizations in Chennai as we continue to grow this site.
Recently, I sat down with Anand to talk about his background and how he enjoys being a part of the Alation team — but what I got was so much more!
Meet Anand:
EA: What attracted you to Alation?
AN: The opportunity to start, build and scale the India operation.
EA: What’s a typical day like for you?
AN: Focusing on hiring, employee engagement, partnering with vendors, office management.
EA: What has surprised you so far about your Alation experience?
AN: Seemingly small things can take up lot of time and effort.
EA: What do you enjoy the most about your experience at Alation?
AN: Playing a role across functional areas in the company and learning from others.
EA: What are 3 words you’d use to describe Alation?
AN: Great "Leadership"and "Culture"...and of course "Data"!
EA: Where is your favorite place to be?
AN: Home with family.
EA: Where is the best place you’ve traveled to and why?
AN: The beautiful backwaters of Kerala (India). If you haven't visit this place as of yet, you need to see it to appreciate it - it's amazing.
EA: What would you do (for a career) if you weren’t working at Alation?
AN: I would have worked in the public sector - IAS (Indian Administrative Service).
EA: Any favorite line from a movie?
AN: "May the force be with you".
EA: If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet?
AN: Gandhi
Thanks Anand for taking the time and sharing a bit more about yourself and your journey at Alation.
To learn more about Alation, please visit our home page. Want to work alongside Anand and the rest of our team? Please visit our career page.
Omnichannel Engagement | Customer Experience Lead
5 年Very nice article Anand! Congrats on the role - you are absolutely qualified! Miss working with you and wish you continued success. I hope I get to visit Kerala someday - I've heard it is beautiful!
Happy to see this Anand. Best wishes
Finance and business professional with international experience across Digital Transformation, Finance Operations, Global Business Services, Solutioning & Org Design and Stakeholder Partnership
5 年Hi Anand best wishes.
Principal Consultant at Thoughtworks
5 年Congratulations Anand !! Wish you all the best for many successes ahead !!
Chief General Manager/Head, Data Sciences Lab at Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
5 年Great to see this Anand. Hope you are doing well.?