Alok Bardiya

Senior Vice President & Head of Corporate Development
Alok

Alok is the Senior Vice President & Head of Corporate Development based in Bangalore.

Prior to joining WSO2, Alok was the CEO of Tata Communications IOT, where he was responsible for leading the organization, and was a Venture Advisor at SRI Capital.

Alok has over 25 years of experience in the tech industry, having worked in the US and India. He has worked in several companies including Bain & Co, Tata Group, Cisco’s venture capital arm, playing multiple roles including an investor, board member, advisor, a CXO, and an entrepreneur. He is also an advisor at Social Alpha, a non-profit accelerator and seed investor focusing on climate and sustainability startups.

Alok has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and an MBA from Wharton Business School.

In his spare time, Alok enjoys following Indian and international politics, reading about science and ancient spiritual wisdom, and exercising.