Gaurav Mishra

About Gaurav Mishra

I bring over 2-decade of experience driving large-scale sustainable technology initiatives across cloud, data, and engineering domains in Enterprise IT, Telecom, Mobility, Travel, Ed-Tech, IoT, Blockchain, BFSI, Mech/Industrial Engg. and Govt. verticals while driving growth with improvement in customer experience, privacy and trust.As a techno-functional leader, I’ve built and led globally distributed teams of 50+ experts across DevSecOps, SRE, Change Management, and Data Delivery—bridging the gap between business strategy and technical execution.My leadership philosophy centers on clarity, velocity, and resilience. I’ve architected multi-cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP), modernized legacy systems into agile microservices, and implemented robust CI/CD and SRE frameworks that consistently deliver with agile change and faster incident handling. I thrive in high-stakes environments where innovation meets accountability.Whether mentoring future leaders, aligning cross-functional matrixed teams, or translating complex tech into business value, I operate with a bias for impact. My mission is to build sustainable and scalable platforms, empower high-performing teams, enabling proactive communication and accelerate digital transformation that moves the needle.Let’s connect if you\'re passionate about building the future of tech—one resilient system and empowered team at a time.Key Skills:• Data Governance and Transformation • Cloud Computing • Identity Management • ITIL® • Trained on PMP® Methodologies • LEAN Six Sigma • Management Consulting • Knowledge Management • Agile Deployment & Delivery • GSMA-Mobile Connect Federation (ID) • Presales discussion/Support • Digital Transformation

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Project Manager - Delivery

   Vodafone

   Dec 2020 — Present · Pune, IN

   Orchestrated a globally distributed, matrixed team of 50–75 engineers and specialists spanning across DevSecOps, SRE, Change Management, Data Delivery, and Core Engineering, driving enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.Served as the strategic conduit between executive leadership and technical delivery teams, aligning Digital Data, IT Cloud Development and operational strategies with engineering roadmaps with business objectives to accelerate digital innovation.Led multi-cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, architecting resilient, scalable platforms that supported high-availability services and reduced operational overhead by 30%.Directed the modernization of legacy systems into microservices-based, containerized environments, achieving a 50% reduction in deployment cycles and enhancing platform agility.Instituted robust SRE frameworks and automated CI/CD pipelines, resulting in a 50%+ improvement in incident response times and maintaining 99.95% uptime across mission-critical applications.Championed data platform evolution, integrating real-time analytics and governance models that tripled data accessibility and empowered faster, insight-driven decision-making.Cultivated a high-performance engineering culture through mentorship, agile adoption, and outcome-driven leadership—boosting team productivity by 25% and accelerating time-to-market for key initiatives.Organizing knowledge APIs and supporting RFI, RfP and SoW requirements for Custom designed product solutions while working with multi-vendors globally.

Education

• MIT School of Business

  Exec-Master of Business Administration (MBA), Information Technology Project Management

  2014 — 2016

• Dayalbagh Educational Institute

  Certificate, IT/Software Engineering

  2005 — 2006

• Doctor Bhim Rao Ambedkar University

  B.Com., Commerce

  1998 — 2001