Gaurav Aggarwal

Public Speaker, Architect, and Director in Redmond, Washington, United States

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Thought leader and strategist known for innovative and disruptive approach in driving Digital Transformation, developing scalable practices for Cloud, Application Modernization & Outsourcing and Intelligent Experience domains.

Gaurav helps businesses that exploit technical breakthroughs and continue as a visionary leader for the future. He has built a portfolio of $1 Billion+ pipeline for Cloud and Application Modernization business.

He is best in applying complex technologies to business strategies and continue to be a creative thinker with high energy and enthusiasm.

Earlier he has developed Global SI led $400M Azure consumption business for Microsoft by developing new solution offerings and practices, developing partner ecosystem initiatives and enablement programs. He has built and led a global team of 90+ Cloud Solution Architects.

Throughout 25+ years of IT journey spanning management, leading a large team of Architects, Pre-sales, Partner Business Development and Consulting experience, he has gained wide industry recognition for his consistent success in achieving sustained revenue and profit gains.

Gaurav is known for his customer-partner obsession and recognized as a leader in the field of Solution Architecture by both Microsoft and International Association of Software Architects (IASA). Gaurav was globally first Architect to get certified as Microsoft Certified Architect - Databases and Microsoft Certified Architect - Solutions. He is also a Certified IT Architect (Solutions) by IASA, Prosci Change Management Practitioner, TOGAF 8 Certified Enterprise Architect, Six Sigma Green Belt. He has served on review boards of MCA and IASA Architect Certification Programs.

Specialization:
- Leading Cloud & Digital Transformation
- App Modernization& Outsourcing

- Solution offering and GTM strategy

- Partner Business development programs
- Solution Architecture, Azure, IoT, AI
- Building & leading high-performance team
- Organizational Dev. & Integration
- Domain : ITES, Retail, Public Sector, FSI, Oil & Gas

  • Work
    • Avanade
  • Education
    • Delhi university, BA,Economics(1991-1994)
    • NIIT Ltd, GNIIT, Computer Software engineering
    • Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
    • MIT Sloan School of Management,IOT
    • Columbia Business School,Digital strategies