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Ashish Banerjee
Sr Principal Analyst
As a Gartner Analyst, I advise CIOs and heads of IT infrastructure and operations at global enterprises on cloud and infrastructure transformation, delivering data-driven insights and prescriptive recommendations. My role involves equipping technology leaders with strategic frameworks, operating models, and financial rigor to optimize cloud adoption and accelerate innovation.
My coverage spans two key areas. In Cloud Strategy & Governance, I guide organizations on operating-model design, workload-placement policies, and end-to-end implementation roadmaps, including exit strategies and migration methodologies. I also help develop business cases, define KPIs, and implement FinOps best practices, alongside designing landing zone architectures and optimizing workloads.
In AI & Generative AI, I advise on enterprise AI strategies, use-case prioritization, and value-realization roadmaps. I provide guidance on deployment approaches—whether building, fine-tuning, leveraging RAG, extending, or adopting SaaS—and on GPU cluster design. Additionally, I work on agentic AI frameworks, deployment strategies, and AI-driven IT operations (AIOps).
My thought leadership has been featured in CIO.com, Network World, and Entrepreneur, where I have shared perspectives on data sovereignty, IT infrastructure hosting, and data center development in India.
Previous experience
At Accenture, I served as a Tech Strategy Consultant, where I assessed clients’ IT landscapes through surveys and interviews to identify current-state challenges and opportunities. I designed future-state technology roadmaps and developed cost models to support strategic decisions, collaborating with technology specialists to craft tailored business cases aligned with client objectives. My work supported leading energy enterprises in Canada and a major U.S. insurance provider.
As a Business Analyst, I partnered with clients to capture business requirements and worked closely with technical teams to deliver effective solutions. I authored design documents, user stories, and comprehensive test plans, and developed detailed test cases to ensure quality. Additionally, I supported project planning and execution using tools such as JIRA and ServiceNow, contributing to transformation initiatives for one of the world’s largest telecom companies.
At Tata Consultancy Services, I delivered end-to-end project support for a major U.S. pharmaceutical client, including requirements gathering, proof-of-concept development, coding, debugging, and deployment, leveraging both Waterfall and Agile methodologies. I led a team of seven managing 14 Salesforce CRM and Heroku applications and 21 SharePoint applications across Legal, HR, and Finance functions. Earlier, I served as a front-end designer and developer, creating portfolio sites on Salesforce CRM and SharePoint for manufacturing and supplier management divisions.
Professional background
Accenture, Business and Integration Architecture Specialist, 2 years
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, System Engineer, 4 years
Areas of coverage
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I&O Organizational Strategy
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I&O Operations Management
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I&O Platforms
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Head of Infrastructure and IT Operations Leadership
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Management - IMT Ghazaiabad, 2020
Bachelor of Technology - West Bengal University of Technology, 2014
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Cloud Strategy & Multicloud Strategy
Cloud Governance
Workload Placement; Cloud Migration
Cloud Financial Management (FinOps)
Generative AI and Agentic AI