Atlassian Announces Promotion of Anutthara Bharadwaj to President
Global role expansion brings design, product and engineering teams
together under one umbrella
Bangalore, February 20, 2023 – Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM), a
leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software, announced the
promotion of Anutthara Bharadwaj to President. In her new role, Ms. Bharadwaj
will lead and support the newly unified ‘Markets and Transformations’
organization. With a focus on accelerating product innovation and driving
enterprise adoption, her remit with the new structure brings the design,
product, and engineering teams closer together than ever before to execute with
more focus, efficiency, and speed.
“Atlassian has always been long-term focused. Despite the current
macroeconomic environment, we’re bullish on embracing our largest growth
opportunities,” said Ms. Bharadwaj, President, Atlassian. “And that
starts with uniting our products cohesively. Being focused and disciplined in
this environment means we can remain nimble while executing with efficiency,
emerging stronger than ever.”
An accomplished executive with a track record of growing $1 billion+
businesses, building cohesive teams and shipping great products, Anu joined
Atlassian in 2014 as the Head of Product for Jira. Most recently, she served as
Atlassian’s Chief Operating Officer, a role she has held since August 2021. She
is known for leading transformative initiatives across product lines at
Atlassian, including the enterprise business, cloud platform teams and
operations.
“Anu has had an extraordinary impact on Atlassian over the last 9
years,” said Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Atlassian.
“She’s a force of nature with a strong bias for taking action, on top of her
ability to lead teams at scale that build on Atlassian's culture of innovation.
A close partner to Scott and me over the years, Anu's expanded scope will see
us work even more closely as we continue to serve our customers, helping them
to unleash the potential of every team.”
Prior to joining Atlassian, Ms. Bharadwaj served in various leadership
positions at Microsoft Corporation. She is passionate about making the world a
better place through technology and effective philanthropy, serving as a member
of OutSystem’s board of directors and as the Chairperson of Atlassian
Foundation. Ms. Bharadwaj holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
from R.V. College of Engineering and resides in San Francisco, California.
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