Tanu Chellam on stage

Product & AI leader who helps you grow your companies

I'm Tanu Chellam. Over twenty years, I've shipped machine-learning products, run global product organizations, and founded the companies built around them. Currently Co-CEO of Atlas Rosetta. Prior to that, I led product through Seldon's acquisition by TrueFoundry.

Tanu Chellam presenting a whiteboard session
20 yrs · 6 companies founded

Twenty years building products; now supporting other leaders with theirs

Two decades building customer-centric products, leading cross-functional teams, and setting strategic roadmaps for market-leading, scalable technology, from scratch in a growth-stage startup or running a team of 80+. My depth is technical: machine learning, model interpretability, MLOps, cybersecurity, and the product architecture underneath it, backed by a background in computer science and information systems.

Most recently, I helped take Seldon from an open-source project to a commercially viable open-core business. A hard problem that came with real internal resistance.

In 2012, a friend and I were crossing the road when a truck hit us. It took nearly nine months to learn how to walk again, and it reset how I measure a working life: build things that matter, don't leave hard problems half-solved.

Board Governance Tech Leadership AI / ML Product

Recommendations

Julian Johnson
Julian Johnson
Global Technology Executive & Board Advisor
Board

"Genuine strategic voice across technology, commercial and leadership."

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Matthew Lowdon
Matthew Lowdon
Principal Product Manager, Arm
Direct Report

"Crucial role in our successful Series B fundraising round, having articulated a cohesive product strategy."

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Gaurav Jain
Gaurav Jain
Technology Leader & Author, The Leader's Playbook
Peer

"Strong customer orientation... a thoughtful leader."

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Amy Bunszel
Amy Bunszel
Global EVP & Public Company Board Director
Sponsor

"Under Tanu's leadership we greatly expanded Autodesk's relationship with Women in Product."

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Career spanning various industries, locations & skills

I studied Information Systems (a mix of Computer Science, Business and Psychology) at Carnegie Mellon University, and later attended Harvard Business School, a foundation that positioned me well for the roles below.

Atlas Rosetta
Atlas Rosetta Current

Co-CEO

Lead strategy across brand, marketing, product and engineering so pharma and life-sciences clients don't have to manage the gaps between agencies. Driving growth in healthcare and pharma, translating complex, regulated ideas into work that is precise, human and effective.

Advisor Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
Mentoring Currently mentoring at MentorCruise, Mentro and Techstars
Seldon
Seldon Acquired by TrueFoundry

SVP Product, Seldon

Built the product function from the ground up for a data-scientist and MLOps-engineer audience, then set product strategy and grew a multi-disciplinary department spanning product management, technical writing, design, product marketing and developer relations, until Seldon's acquisition by TrueFoundry. Led development of ML products including model interpretability, bias detection and advanced analytics; played a key role in Seldon's transition from open-source to a commercially viable open-core business; and was instrumental to Seldon's successful Series B fundraising round.

Awards Top 30 Women in Product, Product Management Festival, Zurich 2023 · 28 Most Impressive & Successful VPs in AI, Best Startup 2022 · 27 UK VP Products to Follow, Welp Magazine 2022
Spoke at Chief Product Officer Summit · Data Innovation Summit · AI for PMs Summit
Atlas Rosetta
Atlas Rosetta Founded

Chairperson of the Board

Strategically guided the company through governance, executive mentorship and board-level decisions, before stepping into the Co-CEO seat directly.

Award Inspiring Fifty, EQL:her at London Tech Week 2021 · Shortlisted, Women of the Future Programme Awards, Tech & Digital 2025
Press Best Startup UK on Atlas Rosetta being founded and managed by women · Atlas Rosetta's full story and awards
Spoke at London Tech Week: NetZero Panel & SG Tech Panel
Rosetta Digital
Rosetta Digital Founded

Managing Director, Rosetta Digital

Co-founded and managed a fractional-CPO consultancy for AI, cybersecurity and fintech clients across the UK, US and Southeast Asia, the seed that grew into Atlas Rosetta. Alongside it, launched two original ventures: live-streaming platform Upstream and cybersecurity training software Safeguard Scholar.

Award 35 Under 35, Management Today 2021
Autodesk
Autodesk

Senior Product Line Manager, Product Delivery, Autodesk

Transformed the discovery, launch and onboarding experience for 300+ products, cutting install time-to-launch from 3 hours to under 8 minutes and reducing support case volume 12% YoY, with matrixed responsibility for a global team.

Awards SAP Team Innovation Award, 2020 · YWCA Silicon Valley, USA Tribute to Women Award, 2019
Spoke at Autodesk University · Women of Silicon Valley, USA · TechWomen
Barracuda Networks
Barracuda Networks

Product Line Manager, Barracuda Networks

Ran product across content security, analytics and cloud microservices, boosting email security, recovering web security, and shipping a new reporting product from scratch.

Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse

Product & Business Strategy Manager, Credit Suisse

Steered digital transformation initiatives, cutting operational inefficiencies through inter-departmental collaboration and in-house software, including an internal communications tool.

Development Solutions Organization
DSO Founded

Founding Member, Development Solutions Organization

Built a 501(c)3 nonprofit into a 200-member global organization providing technology, marketing and business strategy consulting to social enterprises, partnering with the UNDP and universities like MIT and Stanford.

Website Design and Development
Website Design and Development Founded

Founder & CEO, Website Design and Development

Pioneered building websites and simple e-commerce marketplaces for Singaporean small businesses in the early days of local e-commerce, alongside contracting/consulting/interning at Standard Chartered Bank, Oracle, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Prudential.

A few examples of my past work that I can publicly share

Lannett CDMO Experience Orchard Road Autodesk desktop app Barracuda Reporting Server Barracuda Essentials for Email Security MindMapper concept Credit Suisse IT Initiatives Development Solutions Organization

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Every pin of where I've been has a story I'd love to share

Contact

If you'd like to work together or want to reach out, send me a message

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