Archana Arunkumar

Archana Arunkumar is a global technology and product strategy executive, who delivers multi-billion dollars in revenue by identifying and building new markets, while strengthening the platform foundation and gravitas of organizations.
Archana brings value to Boards, the C-Suite and Shareholders through her 20 years catering to B2B, B2C and B2B2C markets, by strategically transforming business models, being an industry thought leader, acting as a change agent, creating new product offerings, and building enterprise platforms that both scale up and scale out.
She is recognized for her strong ability to strategize, conceive, develop, promote, and deliver her product vision to drive business in high-growth phases of companies – Workday [NYSE: WKDY], Dropbox [NYSE: DBX], Ellie Mae [Acquired by ICE, NYSE: ICE], Dell/EMC [NYSE: DELL], RSA Security Systems [NYSE: RSAS]; Siebel Systems [Acquired by Oracle, NYSE: ORCL], Amdocs [NYSE: DOX].
Archana advises CEOs, Boards and Venture Capital Funds through her keen insights.
Insights that she garnered while navigating the scrutiny of executive leadership in publicly traded companies, while also mapping strategies to drive disruptive change in highly regulated and compliance heavy industries.
She leads multiple Advisory Boards to inform the market and generate demand for new product horizons in SaaS and AI sectors.
She is also passionate about education and believes in empowering today’s youth.
To that effect, she leads non-profit organizations in the education sector, is a Board Director of UC Davis Graduate School of Management Alumni Association, and is also an active Scout Leader with Boy Scouts of America.
Archana holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Biological Sciences from California State University, East Bay; a Master of Science in Computer Science, also from California State University, East Bay; and an MBA from University of California, Davis.