About

Akhilesh Upadhyay is the Founder and CEO of PetsWoof, a startup that he drives with his strategic vision and technical expertise. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, he has held various technical and leadership roles at multinational organizations like Wipro, Ciber, IBM, and ITC Infotech before founding PetsWoof. Akhilesh plays a key role in business analysis, planning, general management operations, team and infrastructure building. Currently, he is focused on scaling his startup to new heights. Akhilesh has a good understanding of the Siebel architecture, data model, configuration, customization, script, workflow administration, email integration, and enterprise application integration, including inbound and outbound integration. He is also an expert in SFDC and has experience implementing key industry solutions from healthcare, Siebel financial, automotive, eCommunications, field service, and consumer goods. Akhilesh has a proven track record of designing and code reviewing to ensure standards and quality levels for the build and implementing the best practices for process improvements for SDLC management. He has also managed in-house and vendor deliverables optimally to meet time, scope, and budget commitments. Before founding PetsWoof, Akhilesh worked as a Presales Consultant at Wipro and a Principal Consultant at Ciber Global. At Ciber Global, he managed the Siebel team to perform requirement/feasibility gathering, translate business process mapping documents to IT requirements, review/finalize solution design documents, handle incident/change/release management as per ITIL framework, and identify gaps in process and provide feedback for solution redesign. He also participated in project initiation/status/review meetings, conducted project meetings as required to identify, allocate tasks, and drive progress for aspects within IT responsibility between both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Akhilesh holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University. He has a tech stack that includes integration, infrastructure, and testing. With 17.62 years of relevant experience, Akhilesh is a seasoned professional who has a passion for driving innovation and growth.