Vijay Mhaskar

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Senior Vice President of Engineering & Pune Site lead at Cohesity

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Overview

Vijay Mhaskar is the SVP of Engineering and Pune Site Lead at Cohesity, with over 25 years of experience leading engineering teams at Veritas, Symantec, and Avaya. An alumnus of IIT Bombay, he is an expert in data protection, cyber resilience, and building new-age data solutions for modern workloads.

Outside of his executive role, Vijay is passionate about fitness and employee engagement. He actively participates in company wellness events like the VRUN 2023, emphasizing team morale and a healthy work culture. His leadership style is often described as supportive, visionary, and motivating.

He has a passion for building world-class product engineering teams and once managed a group of over 650 engineers at Symantec.

Personality Overview

Dynamic But Sincere

Decisive But Friendly

Driven But Considerate

They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)  They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product

Topics They Care About

Data Protection
His entire career at Veritas, Cohesity, and Symantec has focused on developing and leading engineering for data protection, backup, and recovery solutions like NetBackup.
AI-Powered Cyber Resilience
His current role at the newly merged Cohesity and Veritas focuses on creating an AI-powered cyber resilience company, a key and recent professional focus.
Engineering Leadership
As the Pune site lead for major tech companies, he is passionate about building world-class engineering teams and fostering innovation and collaboration within large R&D centers.

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Work History

12-2024
Senior Vice President of Engineering & Pune Site lead at Cohesity
10-2019 - 12-2024
SVP of Engineering & Pune Site lead at Veritas Technologies LLC
9-2016 - 10-2019
Chief Operating Officer at Quick Heal
2-2013 - 9-2016
Sr. Director - R&D, Pune and Hyderabad R&D Center Head at Avaya
9-2009 - 11-2012
VP Engineering Information Management group at Symantec Software India Private Ltd

Education

1986 - 1988
Master of Technology (M.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
1982 - 1986
BE from University of Mumbai

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Insights For Selling To Vijay

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build a trustworthy relationship while keeping the product center-stage
  • Mostly stick to your standard pitch and qualifying script, but add some stories or anecdotes to it
  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don't lean very heavily into providing too much information, sharing whitepapers etc.
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a formal approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Vijay is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Vijay

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Vijay move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Vijay take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Vijay

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