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title: "Ashish Ambast - Chief Technology Officer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Ashish Ambast, CTO - Urban Vault | Ex - Microsoft, Yahoo!, Mentor Graphics based in Bengaluru."
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# Ashish Ambast on Tal

## Headline

CTO \- Urban Vault \| Ex \- Microsoft, Yahoo\!, Mentor Graphics

## About

Engineer by education, problem\-solver by nature, and builder at heart\. My early career stint at leading MNCs gained me hands\-on experience in building scalable tech solutions\. Later, a purposeful break from the corporate world to prepare for the Civil Services Examination taught me the values of discipline and perseverance and strengthened my problem\-solving mindset\. Now, back to building user\-centric and impactful technology\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Chief Technology Officer at Urban Vault, May 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru

Venture Building & Strategic Experimentation \- Building, Failing, Learning, Rebuilding at Independent, Jan 2020 \- Apr 2025 · 5 yrs 4 mos, Built and experimented with multiple technology\-led ventures\.

Public Policy & Governance Immersion \| Civil Services Examination at Independent, Sep 2017 \- Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos, New Delhi, Intensive study of Public Policy, Governance, Economics, Ethics & International Relations\.

Product Manager at EdgeCanvas, Nov 2015 \- Aug 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos, Gurugram

Senior Software Engineer at Mentor Graphics, May 2013 \- Nov 2013 · 7 mos, Noida

Software Engineer at Yahoo\!, Jul 2010 \- Apr 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Mathematics and Computing, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

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