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Atlassian COO Anutthara Bharadwaj promoted to president

By TechTaffy Desk

Atlassian has promoted Anutthara Bharadwaj to the position of President. In her new role, Ms. Bharadwaj will head and support the newly unified Markets and Transformations organization, says Atlassian.

Ms. Bharadwaj joined Atlassian in 2014 as the head of Product for Jira. She was most recently Atlassian’s chief operating officer, a role she held since August 2021.

Prior to joining Atlassian, Ms. Bharadwaj served in various leadership positions at Microsoft.

Ms. Bharadwaj holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from R.V. College of Engineering and resides in San Francisco, California.

Ms. Bharadwaj serves as a member of OutSystem’s board of directors and as the chairperson of Atlassian Foundation.

[Image courtesy: Atlassian]

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