ChargePoint announced Ash Chowdappa has joined as Chief Development Officer for Software, where he will lead the Software team across all regions, products, and segments. Mr. Chowdappa is a seasoned technology veteran that has been in customer and field facing business leadership roles for nearly 25 years. He has a proven track record of formulating product strategy from inception to launch.

He most recently served as SVP of Software at HPE Aruba Networks for the Cloud, Security & Network infrastructure portfolio, where he led R&D. His leadership experience combined with deep technical knowledge makes him the ideal executive to lead the software business at ChargePoint. Mitesh Dhruv has joined ChargePoint?s Board and will serve as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Dhruv has close to 25 years of experience in accounting and finance, including a career on Wall Street as an equity analyst.

Previously Mr. Dhruv served as Audit Committee Chair on the Board of ZoomInfo Technologies Inc., and as Chief Financial Officer of RingCentral, Inc. Highly regarded in the software community, he has been ranked in the All-America Best Software CFO category by Institutional Investor for three years in a row. He is a CPA, Chartered Accountant, CFA Charterholder and has an undergraduate degree in Accounting.