SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA
Shailesh Manjrekar
Head of AI
Weka
Shailesh Manjrekar, a Forbes Technology Council contributor, is responsible for https://www.weka.io/ AI strategy and technical alliances, aligning Weka's product roadmap and validating the software on key platforms in our target markets and use cases, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), genomics, finance, and high-performance computing (HPC). Before joining Weka, Shailesh was head of AI at SwiftStack, where he was responsible for product, solutions, and corporate development. Prior to SwiftStack, he held roles at Vexata, EMC, NetApp, Brocade, Force10 Networks, and he also held positions at Hewlett Packard and Aarohi Communications. Manjrekar holds an MBA from San Jose State, College of Business, Certification in Mastering Product Management from Haas School of Business, UC Berkley, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai.
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