Ashish K Agarwal
About Ashish K Agarwal
Ashish K Agarwal is a Senior Engineering Leader currently working at Acquia in Pune, India. He has extensive experience in engineering management and software project management, having held positions at several companies including ADP Dealer Services, Schlumberger, and Cisco Systems.
Work at Acquia
Ashish K Agarwal has been serving as a Senior Engineering Leader at Acquia since 2021. In this role, he has focused on building and scaling engineering teams, particularly in the area of data ingestion pipelines and analytics for the Customer Data Platform. He has successfully scaled his team from 3 to over 24 engineers, demonstrating his capability in managing growth and complexity in engineering projects. His work includes defining and implementing processes for production support incidents, integrating tools such as PagerDuty, JIRA, and Slack using Terraform scripts.
Previous Experience in Engineering Management
Prior to his current role at Acquia, Ashish K Agarwal held several key positions in engineering management. He worked as a Software Project Manager at Schlumberger from 2018 to 2021, and as an Engineering Manager at AppDirect from 2017 to 2018. His experience also includes a role as a Software Development Manager at PTC for 8 months in 2016. During his tenure at ADP Dealer Services from 2012 to 2016, he served as a Senior Consultant, taking on managerial responsibilities.
Technical Leadership and Project Management
Ashish K Agarwal has demonstrated strong technical leadership throughout his career. He led cross-organizational initiatives focusing on DevSecOps and managed six cross-functional agile teams, which included various roles such as Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and Site Reliability Engineers. His experience at Cisco Systems as a Technical Lead from 2007 to 2011 involved evaluating third-party vendors for data ingestion into the SnowFlake data warehouse, showcasing his expertise in data management and project oversight.
Education and Academic Background
Ashish K Agarwal completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from Savitribai Phule Pune University, graduating in the top 5% of his class from 1999 to 2003. He also studied at Nowrosjee Wadia College, achieving a 10+2 in Science from 1997 to 1999. His early education included studies at Ramu's and ENNS, contributing to a solid foundation in technical and scientific disciplines.
Key Contributions and Innovations
Throughout his career, Ashish K Agarwal has made significant contributions to engineering processes and team dynamics. He built a scalable R&D team for the Customer Data Platform in India, establishing well-defined missions for team members. He has also uncovered technical bottlenecks in Spark Realtime and Batch pipelines using Unravel, demonstrating his analytical skills in optimizing engineering workflows.