Avani Gupta
Sr. Vice President (Technology, Media & Telecom) at Goldman Sachs
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAvani Gupta is a senior technology executive with 11 years of cross-functional experience spanning software engineering and product leadership at top-tier tech firms and financial institutions. Currently Sr. Vice President for Technology, Media & Telecom at Goldman Sachs, she blends hands-on backend engineering (including contributions to the widely used Azure CLI for App Configuration) with strategic product roles at Microsoft Teams, Slack, Netflix, and Stripe. Her dual technical masters from UC Berkeley and Yale, plus an MBA from Wharton, fuel a rare combination of deep engineering rigor and commercial acumen. Known for shipping reliable backend systems and driving product growth, she moves seamlessly between coding, product strategy, and enterprise delivery. A Seattle-based leader, she often leverages open-source collaboration to accelerate cloud-native integrations and operational improvements.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, 4.0, Master's degree, Computer Science, 4.0 at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Statistics, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Statistics at University of PennsylvaniaBachelor's degree, Computer Science and Economics, 4.0, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Economics, 4.0 at Yale UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Statistics, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Statistics at The Wharton School
Github Skills (9)
azure10
api10
microsoft-azure10
cloud-computing10
python10
apidoc10
azure-cli10
json9
yaml8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-cli
Oct 2019 - Mar 2022
Azure Command-Line Interface
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:301 reviews, 30 commits, 34 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Avani primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Azure CLI for the Azure App Configuration service. Their work included modifying the data plane service protocol, fixing bugs in key-value export, and implementing support for feature flags. They also added a new command for setting keyvault references and addressed issues related to import/export operations within the service.
command-line-interfacecloudazurecommand-lineazure-cli
Azure/AppConfiguration-DotnetProvider
Jul 2020 - Oct 2022
The .NET Standard configuration provider for Azure App Configuration
Contributions:13 releases, 744 reviews, 106 commits in 2 years 3 months
dotnetproviderapp-configurationnet-standardazure-app-configuration
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