Arun Chandra joined SumTotal Systems as chief executive officer in October 2008, tasked with guiding the company’s strategy and managing global operations. Chandra brings more than 20 years of technology leadership experience to his position and is a driven leader with general management, strategic marketing, and operational skills in global markets.

Chandra is a veteran of Hewlett-Packard where he began his career as a software engineer in 1985. During his 20-year tenure at HP, Chandra held many general management and senior functional leadership positions, his final as vice president worldwide marketing, strategy & alliances for the Technology Solution Group, a $30 billion enterprise portfolio spanning multiple software, services and systems business units. Earlier in his career with HP, he served as general manager of several growing businesses including the PC Direct business. He left HP in 2005 to serve as the president and chief executive officer of iPolicy Networks, a network security company.

Most recently, Chandra served as vice president of corporate operations at Unisys where he led the company’s change management efforts as member of the CEO staff. He also managed a broad range of corporate functions including the office of the CTO, corporate strategy & development, worldwide marketing and global alliances, among others.

Chandra graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, with a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science. Additionally, he earned a Masters degree in Computer Science from Ohio State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University. He has also completed executive education courses at Harvard University, Stanford University, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.