Ashish Raj is a technologist and storyteller who helps engineering teams improve their velocity. He believes the biggest challenges facing engineers aren't technical, but not knowing how to tie people, process and technology. With an extensive background spanning innovative startups to leading tech conglomerates, Ashish currently serves as a Cloud & DevOps Architect at Haufe Group.

A fervent advocate and contributor to the DevOps and cloud communities, he shares expertise through webinars and local meetups. Holding Microsoft certifications in DevOps, Architecture, and Certified Microsoft Trainer. Ashish co-founded "AzureTalk," a prominent IM-based global Azure community on Telegram, and initiated "AzureDevOpsPro," a thriving DevOps community. He shares educational cloud and DevOps videos on his YouTube channel, youtube.com/ashishrajsrivastava