Vishal Gauri

Vishal is an entrepreneurial business leader with a track record of founding and building companies. Vishal has a diverse background, with deep expertise in materials, semconductors, software and financial services. Across his 20+ year career, Vishal has developed go-to-market strategies, led sales & marketing and streamlined operations to create sustainable growth in both early and late stage ventures.

In his prior role, Vishal was President and Chief Strategy Officer at Incedo, where he led its strategic pivot, to focus on productized AI/ML solutions that revived growth and increased margins. Vishal was also President of Nagarro, a global technology solutions company - where he was responsible for overall strategy, revenue and growth. Under his leadership, Nagarro grew to grew 20x in revenue and was acquired by Allgeier SE. Vishal is an operator and a hands-on leader, owning multiple functions across the company during growth to 2500+ team members. He led P&L for Americas, and built high performing teams across US, MX and India.

In his early career as a technologist, Vishal focsed on developing leading new processes and materials in multiple industries. Vishal is an inventor on 18 patents in areas including ceramics, semiconductors, plasma processing and reactor design.

Vishal is passionate about creating an impact, and is active as a volunteer, advisor or board member in several social causes, including Peopleshores, a public benefit corporation that aims to bring tech jobs to underserved rural US communities.