Manish Agarwal is a Executive Director, IaC and CaC Platlforms at Wells Fargo. They is proficient in Hindi, Bengali. Colleagues describe them as "Manish's inquisitive mind is that of a true engineer, seeking to find the internal workings of the machine they are examining, not only for intellectual purposes but also for pragmatic reasons, asking always about the applicability of the processes or tools in context of bringing value to Fannie Mae. He always came to meetings prepared and armed with both institutional knowledge and with knowledge of systems outside of Fannie Mae, including open-source and academic resources. That, I found most of all, is the main reason for his lasting impact on his surroundings, whether with the teams he led or with an audience in meetings he attended. His soft-spoken, gentle style makes him a pleasure to work with, as he emanates a serene, zen-like approach to gathering information, digesting and almost always engaging in a Socratic dialogue to advance from learning to teaching while in an apparent laid-back conversation. I think this is a trait of a true leader, and it is through conversations with him that I was able to find inspiration that led to new ideas or find insights that I had not noticed before. Manish himself is always challenging status quo, questioning how one can improve the situation, and is persistent when he applies solutions and makes sure they are implemented honestly and to their fullest extent. As a leader, he sees his colleagues’ well-being as his highest priority, while demanding of them to do their utmost to fulfil their goals to assure their professional progression. In doing so, he earns their trust, giving them confidence in their career journey. I have seen this more than once with people that report to him. Thanks to his people-management skills, he is able to extract the most value from his subordinates to better serve Fannie Mae. When I think of Manish, I see someone whom I would work for, knowing that I would be treated to a wonderful journey of collaborative innovation through inquisitive learning as we seek the essence of the problems to be solved thinking not only of short term gains, but keeping long-term optimisation in mind. Please accept my highest recommendation of Manish as a person and a professional who, in my humble opinion, deserves all credit for making Fannie Mae a place that is enjoyable to work in." and "Manish is a very skilled Performance and Automation Manager who brings much more to the table than the ability to set up and run complex automation jobs against multisystem environments. He is able to go outside of the scope of his responsibilities and contribute to deep root-cause analysis of performance issues by looking at machine characteristics, database characteristics, 3rd party software and multiple other characteristics and draw insightful conclusions. He is diligent in his work and has been instrumental in identifying and helping fix many performance related issues on our critical systems as well as identifying environmental factors (network, firewall etc.) that may have contributed to problems in test results. He is a true teamplayer and would be an asset to any Automation and Performance test Organization."