Gaurav Sharma
About Gaurav Sharma
Gaurav Sharma is a Senior Program Manager at Cisco, with extensive experience in software engineering and quality assurance.
Title
Gaurav Sharma holds the position of Senior Program Manager at Cisco, where he has been working since 2015. Before this role, he served as a Senior Software Engineer at the same company from 2013 to 2014. He has also held positions such as Software Engineer at Cisco Systems, Member Technical Staff at Juniper Networks, Software QA Engineer at McAfee, and Test Engineer at Nokia Enterprise Solutions.
Current Role at Cisco
Gaurav Sharma has been a Senior Program Manager at Cisco since 2015. He plays a pivotal role in the Cloud Web Security service, managing a team of 30 people. His responsibilities include overseeing hiring, team building, performance management, and employee development. He has led several key initiatives, including migrating the Cloud Email Security Service from a private data center to a public cloud based on AWS IaaS.
Previous Work Experience
Before becoming a Senior Program Manager at Cisco, Gaurav worked in several engineering roles. He was a Senior Software Engineer at Cisco from 2013 to 2014 and a Software Engineer at Cisco Systems from 2010 to 2011. He also worked for Juniper Networks as a Member Technical Staff from 2006 to 2010. Earlier in his career, he was a Software QA Engineer at McAfee from 2004 to 2006 and a Test Engineer at Nokia Enterprise Solutions from 2003 to 2004.
Education and Expertise
Gaurav Sharma studied at the Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, where he completed a course in Strategy Management and Leadership in 2022. He also received a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, Katol Road, despite an incorrect date and duration listed.
Key Projects and Initiatives
Gaurav Sharma has implemented several significant projects and initiatives throughout his career. At Cisco, he successfully led the migration of the Cloud Email Security Service to a public cloud based on AWS IaaS. He also implemented a continuous software delivery model for the Cloud Email Security product line. While at Juniper Networks, he built the Customer Scenario Test team for AT&T, Juniper's largest account. Additionally, he achieved a 30% reduction in customer-found defects through a software quality improvement initiative for Email Security Appliance releases.