About Us

Dr. Kumar is responsible for overseeing the company's strategic product vision and execution in the endpoint management and security space. Prior to Adaptiva, he was one of the main designers of Microsoft's SCCM/MEM product. Before Microsoft, he was the group manager for advanced IP Telephony products at Nortel.

Dr. Kumar has received five patents related to his work on SCCM/MEM at Microsoft and is published in more than 50 publications, including a book on Windows programming. While at Microsoft, Dr. Kumar also authored the Thinkweek paper for Bill Gates that became Project Greenwich, now known as Skype for Business/ Teams.

Deepak is an avid outdoorsman and hiker.

Davinder leads software design and architecture at Adaptiva. He sets the vision for the engineering team and executes technical strategy for the company. In his career at Adaptiva, Davinder has held multiple software engineering and architect-level roles in design and development of the company's award-winning peer-to-peer platform and product suite, products that are deployed on millions of devices across large customer bases for the Fortune Global 1000. Prior to Adaptiva, Davinder held software engineering positions at companies such as HPE and Fiorano Software. He brings extensive software development experience and technical leadership to the Adaptiva team.

In his free time, Davinder enjoys road-biking, hiking, skiing, and his daughter's softball events.

As CMO, Anne Baker heads Adaptiva’s marketing initiatives worldwide, leading growth programs and driving market awareness of the company’s autonomous endpoint management products. She brings to the company more than 25 years of technology marketing experience at high-growth companies. During her career, she was head of worldwide partner programs at multibillion-dollar analytics and AI company Teradata where she drove go-to-market activities with AWS, Google, and Microsoft as well as the hundreds of partners in the Teradata ecosystem. As general manager of partner marketing at the AI-powered contract intelligence company Icertis, she led the global partner marketing team that spearheaded co-marketing campaigns with companies including Accenture, Adobe, Deloitte, Microsoft, and SAP. Anne also was founder and president of Blue Creek Marketing and held positions at Action Engine, Marconi, and Accenture.

Anne’s work has earned her numerous campaign and partner of the year awards and recognition as one of the “100 Top Women in Seattle Technology” by the Puget Sound Business Journal. She holds a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Seattle University.

Anne is an enthusiast of all things related to marketing, media, and mashed potatoes (not necessarily in that order). She spends an inordinate amount of her time at children’s sporting activities.

Dan Richings leads Adaptiva's world-class support team and technical solutions group. He also supports Adaptiva's engineering by developing customer-bespoke solutions and providing input into product design and development.  

Dan joined Adaptiva in 2015 and was the first Adaptiva employee in Europe. He helped to quickly build Adaptiva's business in Europe and has held numerous positions within the company. Dan has a strong technical background in IT automation, solutions and endpoint management roles spanning numerous industry sectors including construction, design & consulting, IT services, software development and professional services. 

Shailesh Kumar leads Adaptiva's development team and is responsible for R&D as well as development of all Adaptiva's products. In his career at Adaptiva, Shailesh has held multiple architect roles across design and development of Adaptiva core framework components like world class Enterprise Peer to Peer system, Messaging, Content System, and Kernel drivers. He has proven expertise in creating and executing large scale architectural designs. Shailesh brings a wealth of experience in Enterprise Systems Management and Enterprise Application Integration domain. Prior to Adaptiva, Shailesh was a member of core team at Fiorano Software where he developed world's first grid-enabled, peer-to-peer messaging platform in EAI. He has a Bachelor in Computer Science (Hons) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

In his free time, Shailesh enjoys hiking and biking.

Chaz is tasked with evaluating customer feedback and conducting competitive analysis to identify and prioritize features that ensure our products remain best-in-class. He collaborates cross-functionally to keep all departments informed about product development and the status of new products and features. During his tenure at Adaptiva, Chaz has advanced from a Support role to developing an education program and platform for customers and partners. He then transitioned to the marketing team as a Product Evangelist and currently leads the Product Management team. 

Throughout his career, Chaz has held a wide range of roles within the IT sector. For 11 years, he traveled nationwide as a Principal Consultant, assisting Fortune 1000 companies in designing, implementing, and enhancing their systems management processes. He also guided them in selecting the right products to boost efficiency and manage their endpoint infrastructure. Chaz designed and managed a tool to oversee corporate deployment strategies, including tracking, reporting, and end-user communication. He is passionate about making endpoint management more efficient and effective for both companies and administrators.