Chandra Gnanasambandam

Chandra coleads the firm’s work in technology hardware and IT services globally. He previously led Fuel—a McKinsey company focused on start-ups—as well as our work in the software space in North America. He was also a founding partner of McKinsey’s Bangalore office.

Chandra serves some of the world’s largest and fastest-growing cloud companies—on both the software and hardware sides—on large-scale transformations, and has a track record helping clients achieve significant growth in their market capitalization. He brings deep expertise in product management and engineering.

Examples of Chandra’s recent client work include the following:

• helping a global top-five software company transform its product architecture and engineering practices from on-premises to public cloud
• leading one of the world’s largest B2B go-to-market transformations for a top cloud company, resulting in market-beating bookings growth
• crafting a leading hardware company’s strategy to enter and win in the edge-computing market

In addition to his client work, Chandra is deeply interested in the impact of technology trends on global business practices and speaks frequently on the topic at conferences and panels across North America.