Mr. Ananth Avva serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
of Wrike, Inc. Mr. Avva lead finance, corporate development and IT. He has broad-based
experience in strategic finance including product pricing, capital raise and restructuring,
strategic planning & budgeting, integrating complex finance operations & systems,
business process outsourcing, equity research & investment analysis, and technical
accounting. Prior his appointment at Wrike, Mr. Avva served as the Chief Financial
Officer of LiveOps, Inc.. Additionally, Mr. Avva led key projects at Google where
he helped to scale and grow several teams in accounting, electronic payment services,
financial operations, and financial planning & analysis. Prior to joining Google,
he was a sell-side equity research analyst at Voyant Advisors, where he assessed the
reliability of the earnings, cash flow, and financial position reported by public
companies.
Mr. Avva began his career in public accounting in the Silicon Valley with KPMG primarily
specializing in the semiconductor and software industries. In addition to his involvement
at LiveOps, Mr. Avva serves an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University in the
masters of accounting program. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and Certified
Management Accountant (CMA). He was a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Avva holds
a Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Accountancy from the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and earned a Masters in Business Administration from the
University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler School of Business.