Gaurav Gargate is a seasoned software architect with over 15 years of experience, specializing in scaling organizations, systems, and platforms in fast-growing SaaS companies. He is currently working as an Engineering Leadership at Confluent and previously served as a Member Board of Advisors at Properly, Inc. Additionally, Gaurav is an accomplished speaker and panelist at several events. He employs a "bottom-up" management style, believing in building lean and high-performing organizations and leaders. He holds a Bachelor's degree from WIT and an MS degree from Rochester Institute of Technology.