Lakshmi is a senior principal product marketing manager, responsible for product marketing of the ‘CA Virtual’ portfolio – a key pillar of CA Technologies strategy. She is well versed in all aspects of marketing including evangelistic role for server virtualization, go-to-market plans, program execution, channels strategy & enablement, roadmap planning, and competitive intelligence. She began her career at CA in 2004 in a similar role within the Security CSU, supporting the company’s threat management portfolio. Lakshmi has 16 years of experience in the IT industry from evangelism, business development, business analyst, product management and marketing roles at companies such as Motorola’s Networking Group, InteQ, and CA Technologies. Lakshmi earned an MBA from Alabama A&M University. She was also a merit scholar at Bangalore University in India. Lakshmi lives in Boston with husband and 2 children. Her hobbies include traveling and reading. She enjoys being a soccer coach.