Deepak Aggarwal — CEO
Strategic Senior Engineering Leader with 20+ yoe building, scaling, and transforming global engineering orgs across Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and startups in the US and India. Proven track record of driving zero-to-one, AI-powered Cloud Platforms. Recognized for building and growing high-performing orgs, proactively expanding charters both organically and inorganically through trusted cross-org partnerships and thoughtful succession planning. Known for navigating ambiguity and sensitive situations, earning stakeholder trust even amid conflicting priorities. Primary inventor on three awarded US patents in cloud NoSQL data storage systems at Amazon; combines deep technical judgment, trusted cross-org stewardship, and a track record of growing future leaders while delivering transformative platform bets. As a leader, I am highly passionate and engaged. I work closely with my teams, while collaborating and influencing my global stakeholders. I have an eye to detail along with a constant focus on the “big picture”. My team members have always described me as being dedicated and enthusiastic, friendly and demanding - all at the same time! I am highly passionate about Hiring, and as part of Senior Hiring Committee at Microsoft E+D (10000+ org size), led transformation of Sr Engineering Hiring practices through ideation and evangelization to introduction of new frameworks and leadership training. Earlier at Amazon, I played a key role in evolving senior hiring frameworks and training interview panels —enabling the successful hiring of multiple senior architects and tech leaders.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Computing expert with extensive experience in engineering leadership and hiring practices.
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Experience: 27 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Global Team Leadership
- Engineering Org Scaling
- Cloud Computing
- Enterprise Software Systems
- High Performance Senior Engineering Hiring
- Software Development
- High Availability Architectures
- Software Architecture
Career Highlights
- 20+ years in global engineering leadership.
- Inventor on three US patents in cloud technology.
- Transformed senior hiring practices at Microsoft and Amazon.
Work Experience
Microsoft
Principal Group Engineering Manager (GEM) (3 yrs 11 mos)
Sr Principal Engineering Manager (2 yrs 4 mos)
Power of Belief Foundation
Founder (5 yrs 1 mo)
Amazon
Software Dev Mgr (5 yrs 8 mos)
Goldman Sachs
Sr Vice President, Technology (1 yr 11 mos)
Pramati Technologies
India Head of Engineering for Agentrics.com (5 yrs)
The D. E. Shaw Group
Project Leader (1 yr 7 mos)
OATSystems India Pvt Ltd
Senior Tech Lead (1 yr 5 mos)
Virtusa
Technical Lead/Senior Consultant (1 yr 11 mos)
Equarius Inc
Sr Consultant (10 mos)
Vialto Technology
Consultant (2 mos)
Progressive Insurance
Software Researcher & Developer (2 yrs 7 mos)
Education
5 yr BS/MS at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
MS at Case Western Reserve University