Raghu Chinnannan
About Raghu Chinnannan
Raghu Chinnannan is a Senior Product Manager with extensive experience in product management and technology roles. He currently serves as the Founder of Hydrozen.io and has previously held positions at Squadcast, Accenture, and ProBano, among others.
Work at Squadcast
Raghu Chinnannan has held multiple roles at Squadcast, starting as a Customer Reliability Engineer from 2018 to 2019. He then transitioned to Chief Technology Officer at ProBano before returning to Squadcast as an Associate Product Manager from 2019 to 2020. Following this, he served as a Technical Product Manager from 2020 to 2021. Currently, he is a Senior Product Manager, a position he has held since 2021. In this role, he focuses on product strategy, roadmap planning, and enhancing developer experience through integrations and automation.
Education and Expertise
Raghu Chinnannan earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Sona College of Technology, completing his studies from 2009 to 2013. His educational background provides a solid foundation for his roles in product management and technology. He has developed expertise in product development, reliability management, and software engineering throughout his career.
Background
Raghu Chinnannan began his career as a Software Engineering Analyst at Accenture from 2013 to 2014. He then founded Paravali Technologies, where he worked for three years. In 2018, he took on the role of DevOps Lead at Jaikaal Labs for four months before becoming the Chief Technology Officer at ProBano. His diverse experiences across different companies and roles have shaped his approach to product management and technology leadership.
Achievements
During his tenure at Squadcast, Raghu Chinnannan built the product function from the ground up, transforming the initial MVP into a comprehensive Reliability Management Platform. He has also launched SmoothAI.chat, a Chat UI interface for AI models, as part of his responsibilities as Senior Product Manager. His work emphasizes the importance of developer experience and the integration of automation and scalability in product development.
Current Role at Hydrozen.io
Since 2022, Raghu Chinnannan has been the Founder of Hydrozen.io, a company focused on uptime and heartbeat monitoring as a SaaS platform. He follows the #BuildInPublic philosophy, which emphasizes transparency and community engagement in the product development process. His leadership at Hydrozen.io reflects his commitment to innovation and reliability in technology.