Gaurav Gupta — CTO
A result-oriented and people-first technology leader with 17+years’ experience in building reliable and maintainable engineering systems. Led, architected, managed multiple large-scale distributed cloud services for products like Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Azure Backup, being used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide each generating billions of dollars of revenue. Achievements • Led building Teams – Skype Edge, a global Azure service, serving 46000 RPS with 99.9% reliability. • Led high visibility and large-scale migration of live multi-tenant services (Microsoft TEAMS). • Built many V1 projects like Azure Backup, Kaizala, Smart Reminders in Outlook. • Led development efforts for 5 successful Microsoft products (Teams, Azure Backup, Kaizala, Smart Reminders in Outlook, MSN Health). Expertise in • Distributed Computing and Fault Tolerant Systems. • Modern Software Development/Testing/DevOps Practices • Communication, Collaboration, Search, Cloud, Backup/Recovery domains. • Enterprise and Consumer products Other Interests A Trained Mountaineer, Marathoner, Yoga and Meditation practitioner. Enjoy spiritual texts and discourses.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a focus on cloud services and distributed systems.
Experience: 21 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Distributed Computing
- Cloud Computing
Career Highlights
- Led development of Microsoft Teams with 99.9% reliability.
- Managed large-scale migration of multi-tenant services.
- Built multiple successful V1 projects for Microsoft.
Work Experience
Microsoft
Principal Group Engineering Manager (1 yr 9 mos)
Principal Engineering Manager (3 yrs 8 mos)
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Education
B.Tech at National Institute of Technology Warangal