Fluence Energy, Inc. announced that effective August 29, Krishna Vanka will join the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer to lead the strategic growth of Fluence's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business. Krishna joins the company at a time of rapid adoption of Fluence's cloud-based software products, used to optimize solar, wind, and energy storage assets. Fluence currently offers two SaaS products as part of the Fluence IQ™ Digital Platform: Fluence Mosaic™ and Fluence Nispera™, with a combined portfolio of more than 16 GW of assets contracted or under management globally.

Krishna brings more than 16 years of demonstrated expertise in building customer solutions through senior technology and product management roles across multiple industries. Most recently, he served as a Chief Product Officer at a high growth startup company that provides infrastructure, maintenance, and network solutions for electric vehicle chargers. Prior to that, Krishna was also founder and CEO of MyShoperoo, ranked 6th among the most fundable startups in the U.S. and featured in Entrepreneur magazine.

He also worked as an executive at Telogis, Inc., where he built and managed product teams, one of which built the world's first and fastest cloud-based route optimization engine.