Managing Director, India
Prasad Mandava is Managing Director, India, and Vice President of Engineering in Akamai’s global IT organization, reporting to Akamai’s CIO, Kate Prouty.
Mandava joined Akamai in 2009 and held various technology management roles while helping grow the Bangalore Center of Excellence. Since 2017, he has taken on the role of VP for Enterprise Applications, responsible for front office automation, and the site responsibility for Akamai India. He is the executive sponsor for Akamai’s global innovation program and the start-up collaboration program in India.
Before joining Akamai, he held multiple positions in software development and management in telecommunications, healthcare, defense, and printing, in a career spanning across the U.S. and India.
Mandava serves on the Akamai Foundation’s board of directors. He holds a Bachelor of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, and a Master of Science from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.