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Nishit Dalal

Doer · DISC type ds
Head of Platform Engineering at OutSystems
📍 Fremont, California, United States

Nishit is an AI and Cloud Platform Engineering Leader at OutSystems with a background at Apple, Zoom, and VMware. He specializes in ML-Ops and SRE, holding an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on leader with deep technical understanding, strategic clarity, and a talent for building high-performing teams.

As a parent, Nishit is passionate about using technology to solve practical problems and is committed to personal growth through consistency and focus. He is interested in initiatives that support long-term planning and financial literacy for the next generation, reflecting his own forward-thinking mindset outside of his professional role.

He was instrumental in VMware’s early adoption of Kubernetes and AWS, driving the company’s pivotal entry into cloud-native architectures.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Head of Platform Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Fremont, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Nishit shows up

Fast-paced
Deliberate Doer
Long-term Focused

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Priorities

Topics Nishit cares about

AI/ML Infrastructure
Led the transformation of Apple’s AI/ML data infrastructure to the public cloud and follows the latest advancements in AI agents and reasoning.
Cloud-Native Adoption
Pioneered the use of Kubernetes and AWS at VMware and is actively hiring engineers to build scalable cloud infrastructure on these platforms.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Head of Platform Engineering
OutSystems
4-2024 - 11-2025
Director | Zoom For Govt & Defense
Zoom
10-2021 - 4-2024
Senior Engineering Manager | Apple Intelligence
Apple
6-2017 - 10-2021
Director, Platform Engineering
VMware
1-2015 - 6-2017
Senior Site Reliability Engineering Manager
VMware
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
5-2019 - 5-2020
Education details unavailable
Harvard Business School Online
1998 - 2002
B.E. (Info. Tech)
Sardar Patel University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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