
Anand Eswaran
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Anand Eswaran is the President and Chief Operating Officer at RingCentral. RingCentral is a global provider of cloud enterprise unified communications and collaboration solutions.
RingCentral revenue in 2019 was upwards of $902,800,000 million with a team global team of 2,363. RingCentral is perfect because it offers more flexibility and is more cost-effective than legacy on-premise systems.
Anand’s audience on social media is greater than 0 and he is happy to share your episode with his fans!
- Digital Collaboration
- Business Communications
- 📍 Seattle, WA
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- Legacy on-premise systems.
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As RingCentral’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Anand Eswaran leads Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Services, Customer Care, Operations, IT, and Human Resources.
Prior to joining RingCentral, Eswaran was most recently responsible for Microsoft’s Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector business globally. Prior to that, he led Microsoft Services, Industry & Digital, Customer Care, and Customer Success; a global team of 24,000 professionals.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Eswaran was the Executive Vice President of the $5.4B Global Services business at SAP, leading 17,000 business process and technology professionals to accelerate customer and partner value creation through SAP’s enterprise applications. Eswaran’s other leadership roles include Vice President of Global Software Services at HP, Vice President of Global Professional Services at Vignette (now OpenText), and Senior Manager at Braun Consulting (now Fair Isaac).
Eswaran is a founding member of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) and served on the executive advisory board for 12 years. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai, India.

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Anand Eswaran
President & Chief Operating Officer at RingCentral
- Digital Collaboration
- Business Communications
- 📍 Seattle, WA
Anand Eswaran is the President and Chief Operating Officer at RingCentral. RingCentral is a global provider of cloud enterprise unified communications and collaboration solutions.
RingCentral revenue in 2019 was upwards of $902,800,000 million with a global team of more than 6,000 employees. RingCentral brings employees and customers together with the world’s #1 business communications platform.
Anand’s audience on social media is greater than 1,000 and he is happy to share your episode with his fans!
read more
Let's talk about
- Computer Software.
- Unified communications and collaboration solutions.
- Legacy on-premise systems.
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As RingCentral’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Anand Eswaran leads Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Services, Customer Care, Operations, IT, and Human Resources.
Prior to joining RingCentral, Eswaran was most recently responsible for Microsoft’s Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector business globally. Prior to that, he led Microsoft Services, Industry & Digital, Customer Care, and Customer Success; a global team of 24,000 professionals.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Eswaran was the Executive Vice President of the $5.4B Global Services business at SAP, leading 17,000 business process and technology professionals to accelerate customer and partner value creation through SAP’s enterprise applications. Eswaran’s other leadership roles include Vice President of Global Software Services at HP, Vice President of Global Professional Services at Vignette (now OpenText), and Senior Manager at Braun Consulting (now Fair Isaac).
Eswaran is a founding member of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) and served on the executive advisory board for 12 years. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai, India.
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Anand Eswaran
President & Chief Operating Officer at RingCentral
- 📍 Seattle, WA
- Digital Collaboration
- Business Communications
Anand Eswaran is the President and Chief Operating Officer at RingCentral. RingCentral is a global provider of cloud enterprise unified communications and collaboration solutions.
RingCentral revenue in 2019 was upwards of $902,800,000 million with a global team of more than 6,000 employees. RingCentral brings employees and customers together with the world’s #1 business communications platform.
Anand’s audience on social media is greater than 1,000 and he is happy to share your episode with his fans!
read more
Let's talk about
- Computer Software.
- Unified communications and collaboration solutions.
- Legacy on-premise systems.
--
As RingCentral’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Anand Eswaran leads Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Services, Customer Care, Operations, IT, and Human Resources.
Prior to joining RingCentral, Eswaran was most recently responsible for Microsoft’s Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector business globally. Prior to that, he led Microsoft Services, Industry & Digital, Customer Care, and Customer Success; a global team of 24,000 professionals.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Eswaran was the Executive Vice President of the $5.4B Global Services business at SAP, leading 17,000 business process and technology professionals to accelerate customer and partner value creation through SAP’s enterprise applications. Eswaran’s other leadership roles include Vice President of Global Software Services at HP, Vice President of Global Professional Services at Vignette (now OpenText), and Senior Manager at Braun Consulting (now Fair Isaac).
Eswaran is a founding member of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) and served on the executive advisory board for 12 years. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai, India.
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The world has changed and work has changed. Now, businesses must enable and support an increasingly distributed workforce.
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The company’s revenue grew 32% annually during the first half of 2020 to $500.1 million, with annualized recurring revenue (ARR) up 33% at the end of June to $1.1 billion. And thanks in part to soaring remote work activity, RingCentral saw video and mobile voice minutes on its platform more than double sequentially in Q2. Here are Eswaran’s comments on several topics related to his company, slightly edited for clarity. read more >
Timeline
Jan 2020 – Present
RingCentral
President and Chief Operating Officer
RingCentral is a leading provider of cloud Message Video Phone™ (MVP™), customer engagement and contact center solutions for businesses worldwide. More flexible and cost-effective than legacy on-premise PBX and video conferencing systems that it replaces, RingCentral empowers modern mobile and distributed workforces to communicate, collaborate, and connect via any mode, any device, and any location.
Apr 2018 - Jun 2019
Microsoft
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Enterprise
We enable our enterprise customers and partners in their journey to be a digital business. I led global teams across Sales, Digital & Industry Solutions, Customer Success and Customer and Partner Advocacy as part of this role.
Jan 2007 - May 2019
Technology Services Industry Association
Founding Advisory Board Member
TSIA is a research and advisory firm that helps technology companies achieve profitable growth and solve their top business challenges with data-driven, expert advice and community learning. From growth companies to the Fortune 100 tech.
Jan 2007 - Jan 2015
SAP
Executive Vice President, SAP Globa Services
SAP is committed to helping every customer become a best-run business. We engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality, and spread opportunity across borders and cultures. Together, with our customers and partners, we can transform industries, grow economies, lift up societies, and sustain our environment.
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