About
Vaibhav Kharat is co-founder and CTO of Gigs.live. He previously held technology roles at Amazon.com for 19 years and holds a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Founder at Gigs LiveYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Vaibhav went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Vaibhav can intro founders to Gigs Live's investors below.
Gigs Live's investors · 1
Co-founders at Gigs Live
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Ashutosh "Ash" NayakFounder
Experience
- FlymachineVP of Engineeringcurrent2022 — present
- Gigs.LiveChief Technology Officer and Co-Founder2020 — 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- AudibleDirector of Software Engineering2014 — 2020Newark, NJ
- AmazonSoftware Engineering Manager, Payments2012 — 2014Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
- AmazonSenior Software Engineer, Marketplace / Trust & Safety / Payments2000 — 2012Seattle, Washington, United States
Skills & more
System DynamicsBusiness Analytics / AI MLGlobal Cross-Functional Team LeadershipEmotional IntelligenceQuality EngineeringCommunicationAnalytical SkillsQuantitative AnalyticsEntrepreneurshipNegotiationJenkinsAnsible
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DockerSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)LeadershipManagementProduct ManagementData EngineeringCloud ComputingSoftware Project ManagementProfit & Loss ManagementStreaming MediaKubernetesDevOps- Build with Claude Code — ByteByteGo
- AI Engineering Specialization — ByteByteGo
- CI/CD Jenkins Ansible Kubernetes — Udemy
- Javascript — Udemy
- Docker — Udemy
- Kubernetes — Udemy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vaibhav Kharat?
- Vaibhav Kharat is co-founder and CTO of Gigs.live. He previously held technology roles at Amazon.com for 19 years and holds a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
- Where does Vaibhav Kharat work?
- Vaibhav Kharat is Founder of Gigs Live.
- What companies did Vaibhav Kharat found?
- Vaibhav Kharat founded Gigs Live.
- Where did Vaibhav Kharat go to school?
- Vaibhav Kharat studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Y Combinator; University of Cincinnati (MS, Industrial Engineering).
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