Ravi Gadgil

Founder

New Delhi, Delhi, India14 yrs 2 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Founder of AI-powered education platform PrepareBuddy
  • Led DevOps teams across multiple high-scale environments
  • Expert in cloud technologies and AI integration
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and EdTech expert with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Educational TechnologyDevopsCloud ComputingInfrastructure SolutionsInfrastructure ProjectsCloud Management

Other Skills

AWSAmazon EC2Amazon Web Services (AWS)AnsibleArchitecture ReviewsBashBusiness OwnershipComputer ScienceConfiguration ManagementContinuous IntegrationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)DatabasesDisaster RecoveryDistributed SystemsDocker

About

Founder at PrepareBuddy | Transforming Higher Education Through Advanced AI Technology From Engineering Manager to EdTech Innovator - I'm leveraging my decade of experience in DevOps, cloud technologies, and leading high-performing teams to revolutionize education through artificial intelligence. What I'm Building: PrepareBuddy is an advanced AI-powered education platform that serves universities, colleges, and coaching institutes with cutting-edge technology, including voice recognition, image analysis, behavioral analytics, and adaptive learning systems. We provide complete end-to-end solutions from psychometric career guidance to comprehensive exam preparation for GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL, and PTE. Technical Foundation Meets Educational Innovation: My engineering background in cloud technologies and scalable systems enabled me to architect an AI platform that has already processed 50,000+ assessments while reducing university administrative workload from hundreds of man-hours to just hours with superior accuracy. Key Achievements: Built a comprehensive AI technology stack with text generation, voice pattern recognition, and proactive behavioral analysis Successfully deployed solutions across multiple universities and educational institutions Created enterprise-grade assessment infrastructure that rivals systems costing hundreds of thousands annually Pioneered AI-powered Quality Assurance systems, transforming how institutions evaluate student work and faculty feedback Mission: Helping educational institutions achieve AI readiness while democratizing access to advanced learning technology. Currently transitioning from our free evaluation model to premium institutional solutions. Looking to connect with: University administrators, college principals, coaching institute owners, and educational leaders are ready to transform their institutions with AI technology. Ready to see how AI can revolutionize your institution? Let's connect.

Experience

14 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Preparebuddy

Founder

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India · Hybrid

  • Founded and leading PrepareBuddy, an advanced AI-powered education platform transforming how universities, colleges, and coaching institutes approach student assessment and learning.
  • Key Achievements:
  • Built comprehensive AI technology stack including text generation, image recognition, voice pattern recognition, and behavioral analytics
  • Developed end-to-end academic solutions from psychometric career guidance to global exam preparation (GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL, PTE)
  • Created AI-powered Quality Assurance system that reduced university assessment review from hundreds of man-hours to hours with superior accuracy
  • Successfully processed 50,000+ assessments across multiple institutions
  • Pioneered proactive AI technology that anticipates learning needs rather than simply responding
  • Platform serves complete academic journey: field selection through psychometrics, comprehensive exam preparation, 24/7 AI tutoring, adaptive learning systems, and enterprise-grade assessment infrastructure.
  • Currently helping educational institutions achieve AI readiness while transitioning from free access model to premium institutional solutions for universities and coaching institutes.
Business OwnershipArtificial Intelligence (AI)Educational TechnologyPython (Programming Language)Start-up LeadershipStart-up Ventures

Multiplier

Engineering Manager DevOps

May 2023Apr 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · India

  • ● Managing Microservices on AWS: Operated Kubernetes-based microservices on AWS for an EOR provider across 50+ countries with 99.9% uptime SLA.
  • ● Container Architecture Optimization: Scaled Docker/Kubernetes infrastructure 3X on EKS and ECS with zero downtime, reducing deployment time by 65%.
  • ● Advanced Observability: Implemented ELK stack, Prometheus, Victoria Metrics, and Grafana dashboards, reducing incident detection time by 75% and MTTR by 40%.
  • ● DevOps Leadership: Led 10+ Kubernetes specialists, improving productivity by 15% through optimized CI/CD workflows.
  • ● Disaster Recovery: Built multi-region Kubernetes DR system with <15 minutes RTO/RPO using StatefulSets and PersistentVolumes.
  • ● SRE Implementation: Established Kubernetes-native logging, monitoring, and alerting, increasing deployment frequency 4X.
  • ● AWS Partner Compliance: Achieved AWS Advanced Partner status through 100% EKS Technical Program compliance.
  • ● Security Certifications: Secured SOC 2 and ISO 27001 with 30+ Kubernetes security policies and Docker image scanning.
  • ● Cost Optimization: Implemented pod right-sizing and AWS Spot Instances, reducing cloud costs by 40%.
  • ● Agile Leadership: Enhanced Kubernetes deployment workflows, improving delivery by 20% and achieving 95% of roadmap goals.
  • ● Executive Reporting: Delivered actionable Kubernetes release and infrastructure roadmap updates aligned with business objectives.
LeadershipCloud ComputingDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringInfrastructure ProjectsKubernetes+12

Meesho

Engineering Manager DevOps

Mar 2022May 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · India

  • ● Managing Multi-Cloud Environments: Oversee a distributed system across AWS and GCP for one of India’s largest e-commerce platforms, supporting millions of hits per second and managing hundreds of microservices.
  • ● Leadership of Skilled DevOps Team: Lead a team of 25 DevOps engineers, including direct management of 12. Foster collaboration and enhance team performance through mentoring and process improvements.
  • ● Containerization and Cost Optimization: Migrated from VM-based to container-based architecture, improving performance and reducing costs by 30% while streamlining deployment pipelines.
  • ● Multi-Cloud Architecture Design: Architected a multi-cloud setup ensuring high availability, seamless inter-service communication, and elimination of single points of failure.
  • ● Security and Audit Readiness: Maintained the highest security standards, successfully preparing for and passing multiple external audits.
  • ● State-of-the-Art Kubernetes Implementation: Deployed a robust Kubernetes infrastructure integrated with Istio for service mesh, Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring, and the Elastic stack for centralized logging.
  • ● Agile Leadership and Mentorship: Guided cross-functional teams in Agile practices, improving sprint efficiency by 15% and enhancing project tracking through JIRA and Confluence.
  • ● Executive Reporting: Presented weekly progress updates, monthly goals, and quarterly roadmaps to senior executives, achieving 95% alignment with organizational objectives.
  • ● Project Management Expertise: Delivered projects on time through meticulous planning, risk mitigation, and resource management, maintaining a 95% success rate in meeting deadlines and objectives.
Interpersonal SkillsCloud ComputingBashTechnical ArchitectureDevOpsInfrastructure Projects+24

Tokopedia

Team Lead DevOps

Jul 2019Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • ● Managing Multi-Cloud Environments: Oversee a distributed system across AWS, GCP, and Aliyun for Indonesia’s largest e-commerce platform, handling millions of hits per second with hundreds of microservices.
  • ● Global Team Leadership: Manage a distributed DevOps team of 10+ engineers across India and Indonesia, fostering collaboration and enhancing team efficiency.
  • ● Kubernetes Migration: Architected a Kubernetes project on GCP to migrate services from VM-based to containerized setups, improving performance and reducing costs.
  • ● Advanced Kubernetes Setup: Deployed a cutting-edge Kubernetes environment with Istio for service mesh, Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring, Elastic Stack for logging, and Flagger for real-time traffic analysis and Canary deployments.
  • ● On-Demand iOS Slave Setup: Designed a fully dynamic iOS slave system in AWS for Jenkins, improving resource availability during high-demand events.
  • ● Jenkins Migration: Transitioned Jenkins from a VM-based to Kubernetes-based architecture, enabling dynamic slave scaling, reducing costs, and enhancing performance.
  • ● Agile Leadership: Guided DevOps teams in story estimation, sprint planning, and daily scrums, improving delivery efficiency by 20% using JIRA and Confluence for tracking.
  • ● Infrastructure as Code: Implemented Kubernetes for scaling, Jenkins for CI, and ArgoCD for application deployment in a machine learning project, streamlining workflows and reducing deployment times.
  • ● Executive Reporting: Provided weekly updates on releases, monthly goals, risks, and quarterly roadmaps, achieving 95% alignment with organizational objectives.
  • ● Project Management Expertise: Demonstrated strong skills in planning, risk mitigation, and resource allocation, ensuring 90% on-time delivery of key projects.
Interpersonal SkillsCloud ComputingBashTechnical ArchitectureInfrastructure ProjectsKubernetes+21

Delhivery

Team lead DevOps

Jul 2018Jun 2019 · 11 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

  • ● Managing a distributed environment over the AWS public cloud for a highly scalable
  • web & mobile application having multiple agents and building and deploying the
  • application in a highly available environment over the cloud infrastructure.
  • ● Managing a distributed team of 10+ DevOps for the organization which is solely
  • responsible for the whole IT infrastructure.
  • ● Created a CI/CD environment in which deployments happen with the help of Jenkins,
  • ansible, and dockers to have smooth and trackable deployments.
  • ● I have been working on setting up serverless and server-driven applications depending
  • on projects.
  • ● Worked upon ECS to deploy the docker-based applications on AWS, from creating and
  • maintaining services and tasks via the use of Jenkins.
  • ● Using self-based managed NFS as well as AWS EFS to have shared resources for
  • applications.
  • ● Writing the Cloudwatch role in the Ansible/Bash script which pushes the metrics of the
  • memory and the established connections on the basis of which the auto-scaling and the
  • relevant alarms can be configured in the cloud watch service.
  • ● Use of Terraform to create a repeatable infrastructure to attain the Infrastructure as code.
Interpersonal SkillsCloud ComputingBashInfrastructure ProjectsKubernetesInfrastructure Solutions+20

Teamie

Cloud Infrastructure Manager

Oct 2013Jun 2018 · 4 yrs 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • ● Managing a distributed environment over the AWS public cloud for a highly scalable web & mobile application having multiple agents and building and deploying the application in a highly available environment over the cloud infrastructure.
  • ● Writing the Configuration management( Ansible ) for managing the configuration of the Webservers and Application configuration.
  • ● Writing the Cloudwatch role in the Ansible/Bash script which pushes the matrices of the memory and the established connections on the basis of which the auto-scaling and the relevant alarms can be configured in the cloudwatch service.
  • ● Creation of the VPC, s3 endpoints, NAT gateway, internet gateway in the Amazon AWS cloud for the full networking requirements of the project.
  • ● Configuration of the S3 bucket lifecycle policy to move the logs older than 3 months to the glacier or delete them depending on the requirement, handling S3 delete markers and incomplete downloads.
  • ● Setup of the overall environments including the staging, performance, production for the entire application inclusive of the memcache, elasticsearch, Jenkins job, Ansible playbooks, AWS, NFS, and other requirements.
  • ● Integrating Jenkins with Ansible so all Ansible commands can be logged and run via Jenkins console.
  • ● Pushing the various data matrices to the cloudwatch which can be used by the cloudwatch and the autoscaling service.
  • ● Setup custom script to take the backup of application, database, S3, etc on a daily and monthly basis with creating a copy in different regions.
  • ● Creating the Route 53 domains for Intranet and Internet requirements associating them with the application ELBs and instances for better manipulation during the changes in the base infrastructure.
  • ● Create custom Docker images with help of image layering and Dokerfile to have a fast and repeatable infrastructure all the time.
  • ● Setup Docker security parameters, networking, and binding data volumes to share resources within the docker images.
Interpersonal SkillsCloud ComputingBashInfrastructure ProjectsInfrastructure SolutionsSystems Design+15

Sdg corporation

IT Specialist

Aug 2011Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Noida Area, India

  • ● Creating of the Apache Redirects , Apache User authentication.
  • ● Resolving and troubleshooting the various system level alerts related to Hard disk usage, memory usage and Load on the servers.
  • ● Troubleshooting, clearing and configuration of varnish Cache.
  • ● Working on the alerts generated by the cloudwatch for the applications deployed in AWS Cloud.
  • ● Configuring the Monitoring tools and set up alerts to monitor system health via monitoring tools such as Nagios, Icinga , Appdynamics.
  • ● Creating Apache configuration , VHOSTS and activation of the new domains.
  • ● Coordinating with DNS team to create and modify various DNS records.
  • ● Configuring the CDN network like Akamai and creating the caching parameters for the domains.
  • ● Troubleshooting application using the tools such as Appdynamics, New Relic and Splunk.
  • ● Deploying SSL on the domains for secure connection.
  • ● Installing of the Apache and php based on the application requirement.
  • ● Configuration of the sendmail service.
  • ● Creating the Log rotation for the various log generating application for the better utilization of the Disk space.
  • ● Creating the local and centralized yum repositories for the package availability.
  • ● Setting up of the Umask values, ACL , installation of Ruby and Gems etc based on the environment requirement.
  • ● Troubleshooting applications based on the log analysis of apache and php.
  • ● Working on building an multi-tier load balanced environment for hosted applications.
  • ● Working on the ITIL based processes and resolving tickets based on the level of the priorities and SLAs.
Cloud ComputingBashInfrastructure ProjectsSystems DesignStrategic ThinkingProblem Solving+9

National institute of science communication and information resources

System Administrator

Dec 2010Aug 2011 · 8 mos

  • ● The project is to form a website which will give the facility to the people to know about the patents in their respective field and avail them facility to register their patent there itself. I am working on the LAMP Server of this project and to provide high availability using virtualization and clustering.
  • ● The project to develop an open source hybrid cloud using the available software’s, we have used the eucalyptus cloud in the Ubuntu platform to perform this task.
BashInfrastructure ProjectsProblem SolvingLinuxCloud ManagementDatabases+2

Education

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Information Technology

Jan 2011Jan 2013

I.T.S Engineering College, Greater Noida, U.P.

B.Tech — Computer Science Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

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