Nokia

Espoo, Catalunya, Finland

Kal De

Senior Vice President, Products & Engineering, Cloud & Network Services (CNS)

San Francisco Bay, United States of America

Creative software executive driving strategic business objectives, product innovation, and operational efficiency to fuel revenue growth

Technology strategist for leading Private Equity investment portfolio encompassing diverse industry verticals including cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, government, media, education, telecommunications, finance and healthcare. Innovation on Gen AI adoption, NLP and Conversational AI

Responsible for P&L across multiple business units from transformations to rapid growth. Adept at rapidly scaling engineering, product and GTM operations from startup to global organizations with focus on a culture of accountability, customer obsession and speed

Results driven leader with proven track record in SaaS and packaged product delivery spanning cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data center management and developer platforms

Direct leadership of M&A activities with focus on technology due diligence, innovation and organizational integration leading to exceptional growth and value creation

Core Specialties:

Fluent grasp of competitive landscape, effective product positioning, and strategic GTM approaches

Leadership of cloud-native enterprise platforms, distributed systems and architecture, and seamless integration of private and public cloud with focus on resilience, security and scale

Proficient in enhancing developer productivity, leveraging cloud computing, microservices, UX-driven design, and agile software development

Firsthand proponent of uniquely designed techniques that promote a disciplined, tightly iterative approach to product design, engineering and delivery

Expertise in talent management and organizational transformation of globally dispersed teams. Focus on balancing rapid innovation with methodical execution to deliver exceptional quality

Robust relationship management across all levels of the organization, partner value chains and broader ecosystem development

    Work History

    Nokia

    1 year, 11 months
    Senior Vice President, Products & Engineering, Cloud & Network Services (CNS)
    Apr 2024 - Present

    Docker, Inc

    7 years, 6 months
    Advisor, Docker Technical Advisory Group
    Jun 2024 - Present
    CTO, EVP, Product Development
    Sept 2018 - Nov 2019

    Vista Equity Partners

    1 year, 7 months
    CTO
    Aug 2022 - Mar 2024

    VMware Carbon Black

    2 years, 7 months
    General Manager, VMware Carbon Black
    Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
    VP, Engineering, VMware Carbon Black
    Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

    Mirantis

    0 years, 1 month
    Advisory CTO (Consulting)
    Dec 2019 - Jan 2020

    Eclipz.io, Inc.

    1 year, 4 months
    Board Advisor
    Sept 2018 - Jan 2020

    VMware

    6 years, 10 months
    Vice President, R&D, Cloud Services & Product Development
    Jun 2014 - Sept 2018
    Vice President, virtual GM, VMware Cloud Services
    Dec 2015 - Aug 2018
    Vice President, R&D, Cloud Automation Engineering
    Jun 2014 - Aug 2017
    Senior Director, R&D, Cloud Automation Product Engineering
    Nov 2011 - Jun 2014

    Hewlett-Packard

    1 year, 5 months
    Director, Engineering R&D, Cloud Automation Lab, Software Products Group
    Jun 2010 - Nov 2011

    Oracle Financial Services

    8 years, 8 months
    Director, Software Development, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Server Technologies
    Dec 2006 - May 2010
    Group Manager, Product Development, Oracle Applications Technology Group
    Apr 2005 - Nov 2006
    Senior Product Manager, Product Development, Oracle Applications Technology Group
    Aug 2003 - Mar 2005
    Senior Manager, Technology Stack, Oracle E-Business Suite Product Development
    Sept 2001 - Jul 2003
    Executives
    • Bo Jensen

      Head of Delivery Operations Asia Pacific & Japan at Nokia

    • Johannes Giloth

      Senior Vice President of Global Operations and Chief Procurement Officer at Nokia

    • Rudy Hoebeke

      Vice President, Software Product Management

    • Vivek Gaur

      Vice President, Engineering

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