Harshwardhan Joshi

AI and Data leader. Chapter Lead for Network AI & Data at VodafoneZiggo. Engineering, architecture and technology strategy.

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Where I have worked, July 2008 to today
  1. VodafoneZiggo, August 2026 to today
  2. Navtaro, September 2025 to today
  3. Mambu, April 2025 to August 2025
  4. Shell, March 2016 to April 2025
  5. Rapid Circle, September 2014 to March 2020
  6. Microsoft, December 2011 to September 2014
  7. Icertis, December 2011 to August 2014
  8. Indigo Architects, July 2008 to November 2011

Profile

Technology strategy and planning leader with two decades of experience turning technology investment into measurable business impact, including senior leadership and full ownership of the roadmap, portfolio, and investment case for an enterprise platform.

I set medium and long term technological direction and connect strategy, finance, and technology. I have owned multi year technology roadmaps and evolution planning, built the business cases behind them, aligned them to financial planning and budgeting, and tracked KPIs and value with senior management, translating market, customer, and financial data into clear, prioritised choices.

I am a reliable sparring partner to senior stakeholders, bringing structure to rapidly changing environments and creating alignment across multidisciplinary teams through influence. I combine strategic thinking with a hands on mentality and take ownership of both the course and the execution. An early adopter of AI, I track the latest trends and put them to work.

I hold an Executive MBA from RSM Erasmus, with a strong grasp of business models, commercial dynamics, and financial management, and I work in technology and rapidly changing digital sectors, including cloud, AI, and FinTech.

Experience

VodafoneZiggo The Randstad, Netherlands

  • August 2026 to present
    Chapter Lead for Network AI & Data

    Leading a multidisciplinary chapter of data engineers, data scientists and analysts in the area of Service Intelligence at one of the largest telecom providers in the Netherlands.

Navtaro Netherlands

  • September 2025 to present
    Cloud, Data & AI

Mambu Amsterdam

  • April 2025 to August 2025
    Senior Product Manager, Platform Engineering

    Also acted as interim senior engineering manager for parts of the Mambu platform.

Shell The Hague, 9 years 2 months

  • January 2023 to April 2025
    Data & AI Platform Engineering Manager
  • January 2022 to December 2023
    Lead Data & AI
  • January 2020 to December 2021
    Senior Data & AI Solution Architect
  • March 2016 to December 2019
    Technical Architect Consultant

Rapid Circle 5 years 7 months

  • March 2016 to March 2020
    Consultant for Cloud, Data & AI

    Deputed to Shell in The Hague as cloud architect contractor for the full four years.

  • September 2014 to March 2016
    Consultant for Cloud

    Pune, India.

Microsoft Bellevue, Washington

  • December 2011 to September 2014
    SDET, Microsoft Azure & Identity

    Member of the Microsoft Azure Identity team.

Icertis India

  • December 2011 to August 2014
    Senior Software Analyst, New Technologies

Indigo Architects

  • July 2008 to November 2011
    Software Engineer, Cloud

Education

  • 2023 to 2024
    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
    Executive MBA
  • 2024
    Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
    Innovation within complexity and uncertainty
  • 2023
    Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
    Executive education, business and politics
  • 2003 to 2008
    Pune University
    Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

Credentials

Certifications

  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner
  • Microsoft Certified: AI Transformation Leader
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate

Focus

  • AI strategy
  • Digital innovation
  • Digital transformation

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Marathi

Publication

Building Web Services With Microsoft Azure

Recognition

Employee of the Quarter

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