Kartik Gupta
About Kartik Gupta
Kartik Gupta serves as the Founding Mentor at Plato and is the Director of Technical Program Management at Salesforce AI, where he has worked since 2022. He has a diverse background in technical program management, having held various leadership roles at companies such as Meta, Medallia, and Salesforce.
Work at Plato
Kartik Gupta serves as a Founding Mentor at Plato, a role he has held since 2022. In this position, he provides guidance and mentorship to professionals in the tech industry, leveraging his extensive experience in technical program management and product development. His involvement with Plato reflects his commitment to fostering talent and sharing knowledge within the technology community.
Current Role at Salesforce
Since 2022, Kartik Gupta has been working as the Director of Technical Program Management at Salesforce AI in Palo Alto, California. In this capacity, he leads initiatives focused on artificial intelligence and oversees the development of domain-specific large language models for various Salesforce Clouds. His role emphasizes strategic planning and execution to enhance Salesforce's AI capabilities.
Education and Expertise
Kartik Gupta holds a Master's degree in Management Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University, which he completed from 2012 to 2013. He also achieved an Executive Product Management certification from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in 2016. Additionally, he earned a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) between 2006 and 2010.
Previous Experience
Kartik Gupta has held various roles in prominent organizations. He worked at Meta, leading audio/video calling efforts for Reality Lab teams and serving as Technical Program Manager for Portal Home & Interfaces. His tenure at Medallia included positions as Staff Technical Program Manager and Head of Technical Program Management & PMO. He also has experience at Salesforce in multiple program management roles, contributing to the Sales Cloud and software release processes.
Background and Early Career
Kartik Gupta's educational journey began at St. Xaviers Senior Secondary School in Jaipur, where he studied from 1993 to 2005. He founded a startup called Design Bureau, which operated from 2005 to 2012, focusing on a 'Customer First' culture. His early career included a role as an SAP Technical Consultant at Infosys from 2010 to 2012, where he developed foundational skills in technical consulting and project management.