Ashish Thakur heads Product & Platform Engineering at Material. His interests lies in Cloud Native Architecture, Stream Processing and Container Platforms. Apart from technology he is a passionate mountain athlete.

Ashish has been an active community member across South East Asia, contributing through both speaking and organizing. He has spoken at multiple events in Singapore, Manila, and Jakarta. Beyond speaking engagements, he has also played a key role in building local communities by helping to organize meetups in Gurugram.