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Ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise founders who just went stealth

12 founders who worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Manav Mishra

Founder and CEO
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Vice President of Product Management
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Vice President of Product Management at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2013-2017 · left Jan 2017
  • Senior Vice President Product Management at MSCI Inc.2020-2026
  • Vice President of Product Management at HPE Aruba Networking2018-2020
  • Board Advisor at griddable.io2017-2019
  • Group Product Manager at Google2012-2013
  • Group Product Manager at Microsoft2003-2012
  • Software Engineer at Intel1999-2003
Education
  • Washington State UniversityMS
  • College of Engineering, GuindyBE

William Parkhouse

Co-Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2024-2025 · left Apr 2025
  • GTM at Asteroid2026-2026
  • Founder & CEO at Recapa2025-2026
  • Software Engineer at Meta2025-2025
  • Audio Engineer / Videographer at William Parkhouse2019-2022
  • Sales at Carpetright, Sony, Panasonic2019-2022
Education
  • University of BirminghamBS
  • Self-tuitionA-Levels
  • Exeter CollegeA-Levels

Jian Wang

Co-Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Lead Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Lead Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2012-2018 · left Jul 2018
  • Research Scientist at Meta2018-2023
  • Research Affiliate at MIT2014-2016
  • Software Engineer at Sun Microsystems2003-2005
Education
  • State University of New York at BinghamtonPhD
  • Florida State UniversityMaster's

Kezhen Chen

Co-Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Software Engineer Internship
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer Internship at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2013-2013 · left Aug 2013
  • Research Scientist at Meta2024-2025
  • Staff Research Scientist at Together AI2024-2024
  • AI Research Scientist at X, The Moonshot Factory2022-2024
  • PHD Student at Northwestern University2016-2022
  • Research Engineer at Microsoft2019-2021
  • Research Assistant at University of Rochester2014-2016
Education
  • Northwestern UniversityPhD
  • University of RochesterBachelor's

Anoop Kumar

Founder and CEO
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Director of Partnerships
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Director of Partnerships at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2010-2018 · left Aug 2018
  • Director, Product and Go to Market at Amazon2025-2026
  • Member of the Board of Advisors at attention labs2024-2026
  • Director of Product Partnerships at Amazon2019-2026
  • Angel Investor at Personal Portfolio2019-2020
  • Senior Director at Cloudera2018-2019
  • GE Leadership Program at GE2010-2010
Education
  • Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyMBA
  • Stanford University
  • N M A M Institute of Technology, NITTEBE

Ankitaben Patel

Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Software Designer V
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Designer V at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2014-2017 · left Aug 2017
  • R&D Software Engineer 5 (Principle Engineer) at Broadcom2021-2025
  • Staff Engineer at VMware2021-2023
  • Principal Software Engineer at Dell Technologies2017-2021
  • Technical Lead at Symphony Teleca2011-2014
  • R&D Software Engineer at Nokia2008-2011
  • Software Engineer at Sasken Technologies Limited2008-2008
Education
  • BITS PilaniPG Diploma
  • BITS PilaniM. S.
  • Dharmsinh Desai Institute of TechnologyBachelor's

Cato Jensen

Co-Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Project Manager / Support Coordinator
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Project Manager / Support Coordinator at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2007-2009 · left Jun 2009
  • Head of Financial Crime Prevention Solutions at SEB2019-2026
  • Service Owner and Manager, Devices and Platform Services at Sandvik2016-2019
  • Senior Service Delivery Manager at Microsoft2013-2015
  • Service Director at Fujitsu2009-2013
  • Project Manager (EDS) at bp2007-2009
  • Editorial Staff/Administrator at ITpro.no AS2002-2008
Education
  • The Norwegian School of Information Technology
  • International School of Stavanger

Jon R.

Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2015-2017 · left Jan 2017
  • Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Meta2022-2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft2022-2022
  • Senior Software Engineer at SailPoint2020-2022
  • Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs2019-2020
  • Founder at Astrobe Labs2019-2019
  • Blockchain Researcher at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission2018-2019
Education
  • Polytechnic University of Puerto RicoBachelor's

Abdul Tafadar

Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Interim Recruiter technology
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Interim Recruiter technology at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2012-2013 · left Nov 2013
  • Engineering Talent Leader at SumUp2026-2026
  • Fractional Talent at AJ FLX2026-2026
  • Fractional Talent at zeroheight2025-2025
  • Talent Advisory at Slice2025-2025
  • Recruiter at slice2025-2025
  • Fractional Talent at the rec hub.2025-2025
Education
  • London South Bank UniversityMaster's
  • Middlesex UniversityB A Honours
  • Barking CollegeDiploma

Zipiao Wan

Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2020-2020 · left Sep 2020
  • Co-Founder at Tribal Mobility2024-2025
  • Co-Founder at Hyperbound Tech | YC China S222022-2023
  • Software Engineer at ByteDance2021-2021
  • VP, Conference Department at CMU Summit on U.S. - China Innovation and Entrepreneurship2020-2021
Education
  • Harvard UniversityMaster's
  • MIT
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's

Ashish Masand

Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Regional BPC Manager
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Regional BPC Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2000-2001 · left Dec 2001
  • Sales Director APAC - Intelligent Automation at UST2019-2023
  • Director Channels & Business Development at Siemens Digital Industries Software2011-2017
  • VP & Country General Manager at Micro Focus2008-2010
  • Director - Partner Sales & Alliances at TIBCO2005-2007
  • Regional Director at Dell Technologies2003-2005
  • Regional Head at Pramati2002-2003
Education
  • Indian Institute of Foreign TradeMaster's
  • BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (BIMTECH)PGDBM
  • Amravati UniversityBE

Himanshu Wardhan

Co-Founder
Left
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Sales Strategy & Transformation Enterprise Group
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Sales Strategy & Transformation Enterprise Group at Hewlett Packard Enterprise2013-2015 · left Oct 2015
  • Strategic Advisor at Etsy2017-2022
  • Head of Operation, Seller Ecosystem and Business Development at Craftsvilla2015-2016
  • Founder at MentMo2013-2016
  • Consultant at McKinsey & Company2011-2013
  • Portfolio Summer Associate at Acumen2010-2010
  • Senior Analyst, Private Equity Practice at McKinsey & Company2005-2009
Education
  • University of VirginiaMBA
  • Cleared all 3 levels of International CFA examCFA
  • Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi UniversityBBS

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# the one request behind this page
curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.