Tejaswa Gavankar

Hi, I am Tejaswa!

3 adjectives that describe me best - curious, analytical, and resourceful. Instead of an essay of my background and interests, here are 10 random examples of things I’ve worked on:

• Managed 30+ people, $3M+ budget, $25M+ value program through 8 AI agents with Sierra AI at a Fortune-10 company
• Figured out how to and built the business case to sell an 8 MW datacenter in Texas to hyperscalers
• Led a “tiger” team of technologists for corporate innovation at a global bank and deployed 6 high-impact projects
• Worked 1:1 with the US CIO of a German automobile truck manufacturer to define their service needs and vendor selection and management strategy
• Authored an IEEE research paper on distributed computing for autonomous driving
• Designed helicopter export strategy for South Asia’s largest aircraft manufacturer moving from the defense to commercial market, operationalized a year later
• Raised $60K and founded a US/India business conference in Los Angeles with ambassadors, CEOs, and national athletes
• Professionally managed a $2M US stock portfolio
• Taught business professionals and authored memos on marketing in the age of AI
• Designed and taught summer camps, after school classes in science, math, history, and life-skills for ~50 kids

If you think we could do interesting and cool things together, I’d love to hear from you. You can reach me at gavankartejaswa@gmail.com or a DM on LinkedIn