Anand Eswaran

Anand Eswaran joined F5’s board of directors in April 2026. Mr. Eswaran currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Veeam Software, a position he has held for over 4 years. Previously, Mr. Eswaran led RingCentral to accelerating growth and innovation as its President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to RingCentral, Mr. Eswaran was responsible for Microsoft’s Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector business globally. Earlier in his tenure at Microsoft, he led Microsoft Services, Industry & Digital, Customer Care, and Customer Success — a global team of 24,000 professionals.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Eswaran was the Executive Vice President of the $5.4B Global Services business at SAP, leading 17,000 business process and technology professionals to accelerate customer and partner value creation through SAP’s enterprise applications. He has held multiple other leadership roles, including Vice President of Global Software Services at HP, Vice President of Global Professional Services at Vignette (now OpenText), and Senior Manager at Braun Consulting (now Fair Isaac).

Mr. Eswaran is a founding member of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) and served on the executive advisory board for 12 years. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai, India.