Anu Patil is a sales analyst in global sales operations at Network Appliance in Silicon Valley, CA. Prior to Network Appliance, she was an international political risk analyst at Eurasia Group in Washington, DC where she focused on transnational security issues, homeland security, Asian politics and security, global macroeconomic threats/risks and political risk forecasting. Anu was also an independent contractor, providing regional expertise on Asian security issues, and a senior analyst for DFI Government Services. She is fluent in Hindi and has a MA in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and has a BA in Economics from Tufts University.