Amish Gambhir
Engineering Leader
Bengaluru,KA
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President, Technology / GM / Site Lead
Vidder Technology India Pvt Ltd
01.2016
- Vidder's product PrecisionAccess is a distributed SaaS solution based on a new approach to security called Software Defined Perimeter (SDP)
- Integral part of the team that re-architected the product to move from a monolithic process (on premise) to a SaaS based distributed, multi tenet microservices architecture using Spring microservices and Kafka messaging system
- The SaaS solution was deployed on AWS using Jenkins for CI/CD
- This helped us grow the revenue from $2M to $15M
- Proactively built partnerships at all levels and worked across teams to ensure ownership and accountability of technical project planning and delivery for complex infrastructure builds and large scale migration programs
- Responsible for end-to-end Planning, Release Management of all the versions of the product.
Vice President, Product
Twixor India Pvt Ltd
2 2023 - Current
- Responsible for laying down the roadmap of Twixor's, Conversational AI platform
- The current focus is on Analytics insights and using LLMs for more engaging conversations.
Vice President, Development
Results CX India Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Result's SupportPredict SaaS platform helps enterprises reimagine their digital journey and in the process creates a new paradigm in customer resolution experience
- Support Predict helps simplify the customer experience with multiple products like Self Service, Agent AI and Bots that integrate seamlessly for a fast path to resolution.
Vice President / India Center Head
Reniac India Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 05.2020
- Reniac's data acceleration platform leverages FPGAs to maximize CPU core efficiency and offload process heavy database operations while improving latency, throughput and data density by an order of magnitude
- Liaisoned discussions with different stakeholders across technical and business teams to come up with the product roadmap
- Collaboratively led technology teams to deliver on version 1.0 of the product.
Co Founder, CTO / Business Development
SPAAN Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2014 - 12.2015
- SPAAN solutions works closely with digital startups to help them get off the ground, by augmenting their technology leadership and product development teams
- My main responsibilities were product strategy, technology identification and business development
- I led the design and development of various products/services using agile methodologies under my leadership.
Director, Engineering
Guavus Networks India Pvt Ltd
10.2013 - 07.2014
- Guavus provides AI/ML driven Analytics Solutions for Communication Service Providers, delivering insights on network operations, service and customer experience
- Led the migration of a customer care analytics product Carereflex from an ETL/data warehousing solution to an Apache Spark based solution
- Founded and grew the Bangalore team to 25 employees in a short span of 4 months.
Director Engineering, Network Infrastructure Solutions / Site Lead
Motorola Mobility, India Pvt Ltd
10.2011 - 10.2013
- Senior member of India Leadership Council responsible for overall functioning of the Bangalore site
- Successfully delivered next generation product working with teams in India and US simultaneously
- Provided Strategic direction to a team of Senior Managers, Architects, System Engineers, Customer Support Engineers and QA Managers
- Led the architecture, development, testing and launch of various products.
Vice President, Products / Site Lead
Torres Networks India Pvt Ltd
02.2008 - 04.2011
- Torres was a startup in the area of Deep Packet Inspection Devices and Enterprise Policy Management Software
- Started as Director, Engineering and then moved up to Vice President, Products
- Played an instrumental part in leading the team to design, develop and successfully develop and deploy a suite of products at various customer locations
- Grew revenue from $0 to $2 million in 2 years
- Grew the India Center to 100+ employees.
Manager, Software Development
CISCO Systems
11.2000 - 01.2008
- Provided global leadership by establishing clear communication, resolving/mitigating issues, discords and risks to deliver successful products
- Collaborated with business unit heads, sales and technology leaders to come up with a definition and architecture of common Network Management Platform across all product families
- Was responsible for leading teams towards Development and QA for multiple Enterprise products in areas of Wireless Networking, Routing, Network Management and SSL VPN
- Led design and development of Wireless Control System (WCS), an Enterprise Network Management Application for the Cisco Unified Wireless Network
- Revenue from most of these product lines was in excess of 500 Million $.
Software Engineer
CISCO Systems
04.1998 - 10.2000
- Member of the team that developed an IDS solution on Solaris appliance and then ported it on a blade for the Catalyst platform.
Software Engineer
Netspeed Inc
09.1997 - 04.1998
- Member of the team that designed and developed an ADSL Broadband Router
- Operating Systems used were VXWorks and Psos.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
04.2001 -
Skills
Team Leadership
Education
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, India, Utah State University, USA, NIT Warangal, India
Patents
Diagnostic Functionality for Wireless Client Connectivity Problems in Wireless Networks US 7747740 B2
Executiveprofile
Outcome driven, passionate, entrepreneurial leader with proven success in building teams that worked on complex products and solutions in Enterprise and Consumer Tech space. Astute strategic leader capable of attracting and retaining top engineering talent, grooming leaders, building a diverse team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment. Proven track record of hiring and retaining top talent., Twixor India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India, Vice President, Product, 02/01/23, Present, Responsible for laying down the roadmap of Twixor's, Conversational AI platform. The current focus is on Analytics insights and using LLMs for more engaging conversations., Results CX India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India, Vice President, Development, 01/01/22, 01/01/23, Result's SupportPredict SaaS platform helps enterprises reimagine their digital journey and in the process creates a new paradigm in customer resolution experience. Support Predict helps simplify the customer experience with multiple products like Self Service, Agent AI and Bots that integrate seamlessly for a fast path to resolution., Reniac India Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India, Vice President / India Center Head, 07/01/19, 05/01/20, Reniac's data acceleration platform leverages FPGAs to maximize CPU core efficiency and offload process heavy database operations while improving latency, throughput and data density by an order of magnitude. Liaisoned discussions with different stakeholders across technical and business teams to come up with the product roadmap. Collaboratively led technology teams to deliver on version 1.0 of the product., Vidder Technology India Pvt Ltd, India, Vice President, Technology / GM / Site Lead, 01/01/16, 03/31/19, Vidder's product PrecisionAccess is a distributed SaaS solution based on a new approach to security called Software Defined Perimeter (SDP). Integral part of the team that re-architected the product to move from a monolithic process (on premise) to a SaaS based distributed, multi tenet microservices architecture using Spring microservices and Kafka messaging system. The SaaS solution was deployed on AWS using Jenkins for CI/CD. This helped us grow the revenue from $2M to $15M. Proactively built partnerships at all levels and worked across teams to ensure ownership and accountability of technical project planning and delivery for complex infrastructure builds and large scale migration programs. Responsible for end-to-end Planning, Release Management of all the versions of the product., SPAAN Solutions Pvt Ltd, India, Co Founder, CTO / Business Development, 07/01/14, 12/01/15, SPAAN solutions works closely with digital startups to help them get off the ground, by augmenting their technology leadership and product development teams. My main responsibilities were product strategy, technology identification and business development. I led the design and development of the following products/services using agile methodologies under my leadership., Guavus Networks India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India, Director, Engineering, 10/01/13, 07/01/14, Guavus provides AI/ML driven Analytics Solutions for Communication Service Providers, delivering insights on network operations, service and customer experience. Led the migration of a customer care analytics product Carereflex from an ETL/data warehousing solution to an Apache Spark based solution. Founded and grew the Bangalore team to 25 employees in a short span of 4 months., Motorola Mobility, India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India, Director Engineering, Network Infrastructure Solutions / Site Lead, 10/01/11, 10/01/13, Senior member of India Leadership Council responsible for overall functioning of the Bangalore site. Successfully delivered next generation product working with teams in India and US simultaneously. Provided Strategic direction to a team of Senior Managers, Architects, System Engineers, Customer Support Engineers and QA Managers. Led the architecture, development, testing and launch of the following products: Next Generation CCAP (Converged Cable Access Platform) product. This is a highly available, scalable and distributed architecture built on custom hardware. CMTS - Cable Modem Termination System (Broad Band Router)., Torres Networks India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India, Vice President, Products / Site Lead, 02/01/08, 04/01/11, Torres was a startup in the area of Deep Packet Inspection Devices and Enterprise Policy Management Software. I started as Director, Engineering and then moved up to Vice President, Products. I played an instrumental part in leading the team to design, develop and successfully developing and deploying a suite of products at various customer locations. Grew revenue from $0 to $2 million in 2 years. Grew the India Center to 100+ employees., CISCO Systems, Bangalore, India, Manager, Software Development, Wireless Networking BU - Advanced Technology BU, 11/01/00, 01/01/08, Provided global leadership by establishing clear communication, resolving/mitigating issues, discords and risks to deliver successful products. Collaborated with business unit heads, sales and technology leaders to come up with a definition and architecture of common Network Management Platform across all product families. Was responsible for leading teams towards Development and QA for multiple Enterprise products in areas of Wireless Networking, Routing, Network Management and SSL VPN. Led design and development of Wireless Control System (WCS), an Enterprise Network Management Application for the Cisco Unified Wireless Network. Worked closely with customers such as Home Depot, Target, Wall-Mart & Walt Disney to deliver features and maintenance releases. Revenue from most of these product lines was in excess of 500 Million $., CISCO Systems, Austin, Texas, USA, Software Engineer, 04/01/98, 10/01/00, Member of the team that developed an IDS solution on Solaris appliance and then ported it on a blade for the Catalyst platform., Netspeed Inc, Austin, Texas, USA, Software Engineer, 09/01/97, 04/01/98, Member of the team that designed and developed an ADSL Broadband Router. Operating Systems used were VXWorks and Psos. Netspeed was a start up company which was acquired by Cisco Systems in April 1998.
Timeline
Vice President, Development - Results CX India Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - 01.2023
Vice President / India Center Head - Reniac India Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 05.2020
Vice President, Technology / GM / Site Lead - Vidder Technology India Pvt Ltd
01.2016
Co Founder, CTO / Business Development - SPAAN Solutions Pvt Ltd
07.2014 - 12.2015
Director, Engineering - Guavus Networks India Pvt Ltd
10.2013 - 07.2014
Director Engineering, Network Infrastructure Solutions / Site Lead - Motorola Mobility, India Pvt Ltd
10.2011 - 10.2013
Vice President, Products / Site Lead - Torres Networks India Pvt Ltd
02.2008 - 04.2011
Utah State University - Master of Science, Computer Engineering
04.2001 -
Manager, Software Development - CISCO Systems
11.2000 - 01.2008
Software Engineer - CISCO Systems
04.1998 - 10.2000
Software Engineer - Netspeed Inc
09.1997 - 04.1998
Vice President, Product - Twixor India Pvt Ltd
2 2023 - Current
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