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Saran A.

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Head of Engineering - Product Growth at Dropbox
📍 Fremont, California, United States

Saran is an engineering leader specializing in product growth, currently at Dropbox. His career includes enhancing platform interoperability at Slack, developing digital marketing platforms for Walmart, and building core infrastructure at PayPal. Colleagues describe him as supportive, skilled, and a good manager.

Saran holds a degree in Computer Science from PSG College of Technology and an MS from Capella University.

He has contributed to Sflow JVM metrics data structures, showcasing deep technical expertise in performance monitoring.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering - Product Growth
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Fremont, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Saran shows up

Value Driven
Example Seeker
Curious

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Priorities

Topics Saran cares about

Product-Led Growth
His current role as Head of Engineering for Product Growth at Dropbox centers on driving user acquisition and expansion directly through the product.
Platform Interoperability
At Slack, he managed the team focused on enriching the collaboration platform with new integrations, highlighting an interest in creating connected software ecosystems.
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Career

Work history

10-2021
Head of Engineering - Product Growth
Dropbox
5-2019 - 10-2021
Senior Engineering Manager - Interoperability experiences
Slack
8-2016 - 5-2019
Senior Engineering Manager (Digital Marketing Platform)
Walmart Global Tech
10-2013 - 7-2016
Software Engineering Manager (Core Platform Frameworks)
PayPal
10-2009 - 3-2013
Principal Software Engineer
PayPal
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Computer Science
PSG College of Technology
MS
Capella University
Social presence
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