Rishi Gaurav

Founder, Total Shift Left & Shift-Left API

Rishi is the founder of Total Shift Left and Shift-Left API, with deep expertise in building both technology products and technology services businesses. He has worked with customers including Microsoft and PayPal, and previously scaled Leapwork's India operation from 0 to 250 people across product, sales, and support. He has spent more than a decade designing API test automation and CI/CD platforms for regulated enterprises in BFSI, healthcare, and the public sector — work that informs his writing on self-hosted LLMs, contract testing at scale, and shift-left strategy. He is a frequent author on AI API testing, OpenAPI-driven automation, and on-prem deployment of testing platforms.

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