Gaurav Sitlani is a customer-focused Technical Product Manager specializing in software-defined storage with eight years of experience across Ceph, OpenShift Data Foundation, containers, and Kubernetes. At IBM he drives product strategy for IBM Storage Ceph after leading support and product initiatives that bridged engineering and customer success. He also leads the Ceph Community Ambassadors program, reflecting strong open-source leadership and community-building beyond his corporate roles. His background spans hands-on support, quality engineering, and partner engineering at Red Hat, giving him a rare combination of field-facing insight and product planning skills. Based in India, he pairs a First Class with Distinction BE in Computer Engineering with a pragmatic approach to turning complex distributed storage challenges into reliable, user-centric solutions. Colleagues know him for translating deep technical subject-matter expertise into clearer customer outcomes and healthier open-source ecosystems.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Seedling Public School,Jaipur
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering, First Class with Distinction, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering, First Class with Distinction at Savitribai Phule Pune University
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Gaurav Sitlani - Technical Product Manager, IBM Storage Ceph