Gaurav Kansal

Gaurav Kansal has extensive work experience in the software engineering field. Gaurav currently works at Ribbon Communications as an Associate Director of Software Engineering, a role they started in July 2021. Prior to this, they held the position of Senior Manager of Software Engineering at Ribbon Communications from April 2017 to June 2021.

Before joining Ribbon Communications, Gaurav worked at Sonus as a Manager of Software Engineering from April 2015 to March 2017. Prior to that, they held the position of Principal Software Engineer at Sonus from April 2012 to March 2015. Gaurav started their tenure at Sonus as a Senior Technical Lead from January 2009 to March 2012.

Gaurav also has experience working at Velankani Software Pvt Ltd in Bangalore, where they served as a Technical Lead from October 2004 to January 2009. Gaurav began their career at Conexant in Noida, India, as a Software Engineer from May 2002 to September 2004. Gaurav then worked at Hughes Software (now Aricent) in Gurgaon, India, as a Software Engineer from August 2000 to May 2002.

Gaurav Kansal obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, starting in 1996 and completing in 2000. Later, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Administration and Management from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, starting in 2010 and finishing in 2012. In addition to their formal education, they obtained certifications such as "Go: The Complete Developer's Guide (Golang)" from Udemy in November 2021, "Introduction to AWS" from A Cloud Guru in October 2021, "Complete Python Bootcamp" from Udemy in April 2020, and "Docker and Kubernetes: The Complete Guide" from Udemy in April 2020.