Akhil Aggrawal is a technology thought leader with years of experience in technology strategy and execution, mobile application development, social media technology, agile methodologies, content management, analytics, search, offshore/global development, nonprofit governance, and business partnerships. He is an innovative and patent owner who has won several awards and has presented in conferences worldwide. He is known to collaborate with business stakeholders to build cross-functional and cross-team linkages to use the latest technology for optimizing operation frontiers. Akhil excels at solving complex business problems enabled by technology and working collaboratively with the business.

Akhil's educational background includes studying Engineering at Aligarh Muslim University and S.Tech at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has worked in various reputable organizations in the technology industry, such as Palo Alto Networks, Dell, Cisco Systems, NextDoor Networks, YASH Technologies, and IIS Infotech.

At Palo Alto Networks, Akhil is a Sr Principal Architect, where he leads the technology strategy and execution for the company. Before this, Akhil co-founded and served on the board of Small Steps Foundation. He has also worked at Dell as Chief Architect, DellEmc.com, and Senior Director, Architecture. He also worked at Cisco Systems as Distinguished Engineer (IT) and Chief Architect, Cisco.com.

As for his interests, Akhil has organized and participated in many hack-a-thons and is known to mentor and build cross-functional teams.