{"id":2381,"date":"2025-01-30T02:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T02:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/conference\/?page_id=2381"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:55:38","slug":"tejas-pandit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/tejas-pandit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tejas Pandit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2381\" class=\"elementor elementor-2381\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5645e737 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5645e737\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3405f0b1\" data-id=\"3405f0b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7ed833 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a7ed833\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Tejas_Pandit-rhsne7mqn3bd8usdctff2d8c3p9gu8jr726mpcsnrw.jpg\" title=\"Tejas_Pandit\" alt=\"Tejas_Pandit\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3547db95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3547db95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Tejas Pandit<\/h3><p class=\"eael-team-member-position\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Co-Founder, CEO, Software Engineer, MeshDefend<\/strong><\/p><p>I am deeply passionate about leveraging AI to solve complex technology challenges, building high performing teams and operational excellence to drive innovation and growth. By harnessing the transformative power of AI and automation, I aim to simplify IT operations and empower my team, customers, and partners with best-in-class solutions that deliver extraordinary value.<\/p><p>In past, I\u2019ve had the privilege of leading high-performing, diverse global engineering teams across USA, Israel, China and India. I led teams that built Data Protection Products, Cybersecurity and Resiliency Solutions, and SaaS offerings for the PowerProtect Data Manager portfolio- a next-generation data platform renowned for its industry-leading performance, efficiency, and scalability.<\/p><p>As an Intrapreneur, I\u2019ve successfully incubated and launched these new products, driving customer adoption across physical, virtual, and multi-cloud environments. Collaborating with Sales, Pre-Sales, Professional Services, and Support organizations, I scaled these innovations to generate billions of dollars in revenue.<\/p><p>I led Scrum@Scale transformation, aligning teams with modern architectures to deliver high-velocity, rapid-iteration products. I am a strong advocate for embracing Generative AI to accelerate product development and redefine innovation cycles, enabling faster delivery and greater efficiency in building transformative solutions.<\/p><p>Beyond engineering, I\u2019ve excelled in Business Development and Sales Enablement, driving 360-degree partnerships with Global System Integrators (SIs) and Service Providers (SPs). My leadership scaled revenue from &lt;$25M to $300M+, leveraging sell-to, sell-through, and sell-with strategies.<\/p><p>In Global R&amp;D Operations, I\u2019ve spearheaded the growth of Global Competency Centers (GCCs) across India, China, and Egypt, expanding teams from fewer than 2,000 engineers to 7,000+ while establishing operational excellence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tejas Pandit Co-Founder, CEO, Software Engineer, MeshDefend I am deeply passionate about leveraging AI to solve complex technology challenges, building high performing teams and operational excellence to drive innovation and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-container.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2381","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3283,"href":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2381\/revisions\/3283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmmiamerica.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}