He leads a 250-person software organization and has served in this position since 2001. Previously, he was the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) in Newport Beach, CA where he managed a 105-person organization for three years. From 1985-1998, he was a Full Professor of Information and Computer Science (with tenure) at the University of California in Irvine, CA (UC Irvine).
Anand has worked in various roles as an agile Practitioner and coach for nearly 12 of his 18 years in the IT industry. He has led agile software development teams and Agile development projects on small co-located as well as 200+ people Distributed Agile engagements. Currently based in Singapore, Anand is responsible for increasing ThoughtWorks' impact across South East Asia.