Vijay Manwani

Vijay is a co-founder and a member of the board of directors of BladeLogic, and is responsible for the company’s overall product strategy and direction. Previously, Vijay led all phases of the company’s development efforts which resulted in BladeLogic’s current product leadership position. Before BladeLogic, Vijay was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Battery Ventures where he spent the bulk of his time working to launch BladeLogic. Earlier, Vijay was the CTO at Breakaway Solutions where he was responsible for all technology initiatives in the ASP and eBusiness lines of businesses. Prior to Breakaway, Vijay was the CTO and co-founder of Eggrock Partners, an ASP/eBusiness-consulting firm that was acquired by Breakaway Solutions.

Vijay is recognized as one the most thoughtful and experienced software technologists in the industry with a long track record of success. In his 17 year career, Vijay has held technology positions of increasing responsibility at Unisys, TCI and Cambridge Technology Partners. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University, India. In addition, he serves on several technical advisory boards, holds two patents and has co-authored a book on eCommerce with two Harvard Business School professors.