Sandeep Kulkarni
About Sandeep Kulkarni
Sandeep Kulkarni is the Senior Vice President & GM, India at Coupa Software, with extensive experience in engineering and management roles across various companies.
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Currently, Sandeep Kulkarni holds the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager, India at Coupa Software. He commenced his tenure in this role in 2022.
Professional Experience at Coupa Software
Sandeep Kulkarni has a long-standing career at Coupa Software. He first joined Coupa in 2015 as Senior Director of Engineering. He then advanced to General Manager in 2017, a position he held until he became VP & GM in 2018. His role expanded further in 2022 when he was appointed as Senior Vice President & GM, India. Throughout his time at Coupa, Kulkarni has been based in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Previous Work Experience
Before joining Coupa Software, Sandeep Kulkarni accumulated extensive experience at Oracle, where he served in multiple roles from 2009 to 2015, including Director of Engineering for Media Products and Director of Billing and Media Products. His earlier career included roles as Senior Manager of Engineering at Sophoi Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd., Principal Engineer at PTC Software India Pvt Ltd., and System Administrator at CG-CoreEl. He also gained experience in the public sector, working as a Project Engineer at the National Micro Electronics Council under the Government of India and as a Research Fellow at Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Educational Background
Sandeep Kulkarni's academic background is rooted in Electronic Science. He earned his Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) degrees from Savitribai Phule Pune University, studying there from 1991 to 1994. He completed his undergraduate studies at Pratap College, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Electronic Science.
Technical and Managerial Skills
Sandeep Kulkarni has demonstrated a strong technical ability to quickly learn and adapt to new products, architectures, and implementations. He has effectively built offshore development teams from the ground up, growing teams to 500 engineers. He has a proven track record in behavior-driven development, bridging gaps between customer requirements, programmers, and testers. Kulkarni is known for his effective people management and presentation skills, crisis handling capability, and strong networking abilities.