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Jay Ponnada

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VP of Engineering at Todyl
📍 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Jay Ponnada is a VP of Engineering at Todyl with over 25 years of experience building marketing platforms and driving revenue growth. His background includes significant leadership roles at Mailchimp and an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, specializing in coaching strong leaders and delivering quantifiable business value.

Outside of his professional life, Jay is passionate about education and mentoring young people, having volunteered to help high school robotics teams with coding and strategy. He believes in giving back to help others achieve their goals and views education as a key to opportunity and social mobility.

He has an intense love for mangoes and ping pong.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
VP of Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Leadership Development
Specializes in building strong leaders through direct coaching and modeling positive behaviors to enable talent and deliver results.
Monetization Platforms
Spearheaded a pivotal initiative at Mailchimp to launch a new subscription management platform, revolutionizing their e-commerce offerings and creating highly targeted purchasing experiences.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
VP of Engineering
Todyl
12-2019 - 1-2024
Senior Director Of Engineering
Mailchimp
12-2017 - 11-2019
Director Of Engineering
Mailchimp
2-2017 - 11-2017
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Mailchimp
2-2016 - 1-2017
Software Engineering Manager
Mailchimp
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Education
2009 - 2011
MBA
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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