Anand Krishnan is the Founder and Managing Partner of thinkbridge, a digital technology and business consulting firm that specializes in helping clients build and deploy tech-forward business strategies that drive outsized value creation.
He is also the co-founder of Sensorscall, a senior care platform that helps seniors age-in-place. He was a former CTO of IBM and is one of the leading hives on Swarm.
Anand helps growth-stage companies scale and increase their enterprise value, through the meaningful use of technology. In this episode, we talk about designing a hybrid organization for CTOs and external software engineering partners, using a transparent and outcome-first business model, inconsequential versus meaningful technology, finding your impact as a veteran consultant, and a lot more: 🔹 Scaling hybrid teams beyond “big tech” tactics 🔹 Why Thinkbridge moved from hourly to monthly pricing 🔹 Addressing the mid-market transformation gap 🔹 Avoiding “vanity tech”—what really drives impact 🔹 Redefining retention with transparency and accountability 🔹 Anand’s roadmap to agile scaling without trade-offs 🔹 Making tech teams resilient with hybrid models 🔹 Discovery phases as keys to high-value outcomes 🔹 Progress over perfection—the new rule for growth-stage orgs 🔹 AI’s role in leveling the playing field for emerging tech 🔹 Why “boring” tech like EMRs matter 🔹 Aligning tech impact with revenue for real outcomes 🔹 Purpose-driven tech—Anand’s approach to meaningful success Anand's LinkedIn: / anandhkrishnan