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Abhishek Gupta

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Head of IT & Technology at Peak XV Partners

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Abhishek Gupta is Head of IT and Tech at Peak XV Partners, bringing over 25 years of executive leadership experience in cloud operations, strategy, and application delivery. In his previous role as Global Vice President of Application Operations at SAP SuccessFactors, he led a team of 200+ professionals managing mission-critical systems, achieving 99.98%+ service availability and a 22-point NPS improvement. His track record includes migrating on-premise data centers to major cloud providers, reducing annual infrastructure costs by €40 million, decreasing system maintenance windows from 14 hours weekly to one hour monthly, and reducing security vulnerabilities by over 90%.

Experience

  1. Peak XV PartnersHead - IT and Techcurrent2025 — present
  2. OlaHead of Information Technology2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  3. SAPGlobal Vice President - Cloud Operations, SAP SuccessFactors2022 — 2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  4. SAPSite Lead2018 — 2023
  5. SAPVice President - Service Management & Site Leader EMEA at SAP SuccessFactors2018 — 2022Budapest, Hungary
  6. SAPSr. Director Tenant Lifecycle Management - SAP SuccessFactors2017 — 2018Bengaluru Area, India
  7. SAPHead - Software Delivery Center, SAP India2008 — 2017
  8. Softalk Technologies LtdVice president2000 — 2008
  9. Devyani International LimitedOperations Manager1998 — 1999New Delhi, Delhi, India

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Management, CalcuttaBusiness Management2009 — 2010
  2. Delhi UniversityB.Com, Commerce1995 — 2000
  3. Institute of Hotel ManagementDiploma in Hotel Management, Hotel Management1995 — 1998
  4. National Law School of India University
  5. Apeejay School

Skills & more

Machine LearningEngineering ManagementCloud InfrastructureBusiness AcumenHands-on TechnicalTechnical ProficiencyStakeholder ManagementTechnical LeadershipSolution ArchitectureArchitectureCloud StorageCloud Security
+12 moreScalable ArchitectureInfrastructure as code (IaC)Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Regulatory ComplianceNISTData PrivacyGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)Information SecurityStrategic ThinkingLeadershipTeam ManagementManagement

Languages English · German · Hindi

  • Generative AI Foundations: Prompt Engineering — Pluralsight
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  • AI & Generative AI — Pluralsight
  • Ken Blanchard on Servant Leadership — LinkedIn

From Abhishek's professional profile.

Colleagues at Peak XV Partners

Aadith Ramesh
Associate at Peak XV Partners
Aaditya Sood
Venture Partner at Peak XV Partners
Aakash Kapoor
Principal at Peak XV Partners
Abheek Anand
Managing Director at Peak XV Partners
Abhishek Mohan
Managing Director at Peak XV Partners
Akshay Agarwal
Vice President at Peak XV Partners
Alyssa Maharani
Analyst at Peak XV Partners
Anandamoy Roychowdhary
Managing Director, India & APAC at Crane Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Where does Abhishek Gupta work?
Abhishek Gupta is Head of IT & Technology at Peak XV Partners.

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta66

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Also attended Delhi University108

Rama KannanGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital VenturesAmrit RajPartner & Chief Marketing Officer at Jungle VenturesShunyam GuptaAnalyst, Asia at RTP GlobalAtul DhawanAudit & Strategy Mentor at SenseAI VenturesUtpal SharmaVice President at Titan CapitalGeetansh PopliInvestment Analyst at Titan Capital

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Also attended National Law School of India University11

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Also attended Apeejay School4

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Shared employers

Also worked at Ola14

Saharsh SharmaVice President - Investments at Chiratae VenturesMandeep JulkaVice President - Investments at Chiratae VenturesSaloni VermaAssociate at Info Edge VenturesMadhusmita DasVice President at Leo Capital VenturesSandeep Naidu KandipalliHead, Strategic Development at Inflexor VenturesVatsala HaliDirector, Marketing at Kalaari Capital

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Also worked at SAP157

Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupJohn TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupAnders RanumPartner at Sapphire VenturesRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra Ventures

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Also worked at Devyani International Limited1

Naresh PatwariManaging Partner at Jashvik Capital