At Code42, Ananth has global responsibility for business development, and creating the company's strategic technology partner ecosystem and go to market execution, and furthering the company’s position as a leader in Insider Threat detection, investigation and response.

Ananth Appathurai brings to Code42 deep expertise in the security industry and an impressive track record of helping companies expand their business through strategic partnerships with technology leaders like Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, Citrix and McAfee.

Prior to Code42, Ananth was the vice president of strategic alliances at Avecto (acquired by Bomgar Corporation), a leader in endpoint privilege management, where he was instrumental in establishing a market-leading partnership with McAfee. Ananth previously served as a business development, alliance and partner management executive at start-ups, such as NComputing and AppSense, and global public companies, including Siemens, Polycom and Tata Consultancy Services.
Ananth is a Computer Science graduate from the University of Mumbai, and lives with his wife in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his time away from the office, he brings a competitive spirit to both the golf course and the tennis court.