Ashish Wadhwa

About Ashish Wadhwa

Ashish is a management professional with 16 years of global sales experience (APAC, EU, India) and an in-depth exposure to Digital Transformation enablers like Cloud, AI, Data Analytics, Security, App Innovation, DevOps, Mobility, Digital platforms, IOT, etc. He brings in a mix of Business Development, Account Management, Cloud Solution Specialist, Presales, Partner Management and Alliance management in Technology industry. In his current role at Microsoft, he leads the Cloud and AI solution sales and adoption for a large Indian conglomerate. He has extensive experience in working across multiple geographic regions. He worked in The Netherlands as Area Sales Director for HCLTech and handled business for one of the largest Financial Services customers. Additionally, he has worked towards development of new business in other regions like Middle East, Nordics, India and South Asia in previous roles. His experience spans across working at the largest technology company on planet (Microsoft), one of the largest System integrators (HCLTech), one of the fastest growing Digital technology and Cloud services provider in India (TO THE NEW) and one of the largest Infra hosting and MPLS providers in India (Sify). Major focus markets across the career have been Europe, India and Middle East. Major focus industries have been Financial Services (Insurance and Asset Management), Manufacturing, Digital Natives (including e-commerce and travel commerce), Media and entertainment. In his current role as Cloud & AI Specialist at Microsoft, Ashish works as a technical sales and pre-sales consultant who collaborates directly with customers and partners to design, migrate, and optimize cloud architectures supporting modern and AI-based solutions on Azure. This role blends deep technical expertise in cloud infrastructure, data, and AI with stakeholder engagement, thought leadership, and strategic business outcomesEducational qualification: MBA (2 years\' full-time) from IMT Ghaziabad and B.Tech (Mech.) from Delhi College of Engineering

Experience

1. Sr Specialist - Cloud & Ai

   Microsoft

   Jul 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   As a Cloud and AI Specialist, I work closely with large Enterprise customers across Manufacturing and conglomerates to help them in their journey to AI adoption, Cloud migration and App Innovation. This involves in-depth business case analysis, solution design and architecting, and showcasing the art of possible on how to realize the ROI of moving to Cloud. This role involves leading a team of technical, partner and consulting resources to bring the customer\'s Cloud and AI vision to fruition. Continue to lead SAP migrations across Enterprise segment as an additional responsibility.

Education

• Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and Operations

  2010 — 2012

• Delhi College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

  2004 — 2008