Anup Deshpande, PMP, CSM has over 16 years of worldwide program / project management experience in the Software Development Industry. He currently works with Yahoo! in the capacity of Senior Program Manager for Engineering. He has managed co-located as well as distributed teams from different parts of the world. Most of his experience has been working with fortune 500 companies providing SaaS based Credit, Payment and Fraud check services, Email Marketing, Web Analytics, Meeting solution, Insurance products, manufacturing and Smartgrid capabilities. He has a Bachelor of Engineering and a PG Diploma in Business Management. He has been an active member of the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter for several years. He has served many leadership roles such as Director of Career Management and Evening Programs and Vice President of Programs where he spearheaded ALL Programs run in the chapter. He is now geared up to take the chapter forward in his new role of 2012 President. His term starts January 1 and ends December 31, 2012.