Chaitanya Laxminarayana
About Chaitanya Laxminarayana
Chaitanya Laxminarayana is the Section Manager of Analytics at National Instruments, overseeing a team and managing global analytics infrastructure.
Title and Current Role
Chaitanya Laxminarayana is currently serving as the Section Manager, Analytics at National Instruments. In this capacity, he oversees a global team composed of data engineers, analysts, and scientists. Chaitanya is responsible for architecting and managing the analytics infrastructure that supports reporting, analytics, and machine intelligence across multiple corporate functions.
Previous Experience at Dell
Chaitanya Laxminarayana has held several key roles at Dell. He worked as a Senior Program Manager/Consultant in Marketing Analytics from 2015 to 2016 in the Austin, Texas area, and as a Program Manager/Senior Advisor in Marketing from 2013 to 2015 in Round Rock, TX. Additionally, he held the position of Intern Graduate Sr. Advisor for a brief period in 2012, also in Austin, Texas.
Education and Academic Qualifications
Chaitanya earned a Master of Science (MS) in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University - Mays Business School between 2011 and 2012. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Computer Science from Visveswaraya Technological University, which he attained from 2003 to 2007.
Responsibilities and Achievements at National Instruments
At National Instruments, Chaitanya Laxminarayana defines enterprise-level KPIs and assists in the goal-setting process, influencing sales, marketing, and service goals. He is instrumental in building business diagnostics, analysis, and narratives to facilitate executive decision-making. His work includes implementing data technology architecture across systems such as NI.com, Eloqua, Salesforce, NI’s data lake, and Oracle, and deploying advanced analytical, predictive, and machine learning models to drive sales and marketing demand.
Previous Roles in Technology and Software Engineering
Earlier in his career, Chaitanya worked as a Software Engineer at Nokia from 2009 to 2011, and at Symbian from 2007 to 2009. These roles provided him with a strong foundation in software engineering, which he has since leveraged in his analytics and management roles.