About Gadre Consulting



The team:

Makarand Gadre – Founder and principal architect

37+ years of software development and engineering experience – since 1985.

20 years at Microsoft as Software Development Manager, Engineer and Architect, on various software systems (Multiple versions of Excel, Word, Office), platforms (Many versions of Windows), and development tools (Visual Studio, dotNET).

10+ years in software development, design and architecture for various business and technical areas like

  • ERP optimization
  • Big data
  • Cloud computing
  • Database optimization
  • ERP optimization
  • Civil Engineering structural design
  • Textile Engineering weaving design
  • Industrial process control

Aniruddha (“Rudy”) Gadre – Strategic Advisor

25+ years of experience with software and internet businesses

  • Former general counsel of Facebook (Palo Alto, CA, USA)
  • Former VP Legal at Amazon.com (Seattle, WA, USA)
  • Active angel investor and venture capitalist since 2010
  • Advisor to various start-ups
  • Partner / Board member at various companies
  • Board member at University of Washington Foundation