Ajit Lakhwani

Ajit Lakhwani's work experience includes:

1. AQR Capital Management:

- Vice President (2019-present)

- Senior leader in the Enterprise Engineering team responsible for designing and developing foundational software infrastructure utilized by applications throughout the company.

- Involved in projects that streamline the entire software development lifecycle.

- Built and maintained common development tools and libraries in various programming languages.

2. Morgan Stanley:

- Vice President (2014-2019)

- Renovated a complex financial system for OTC derivatives documentation, collateral management, and downgrade risk monitoring.

- Instrumental in strategizing and designing the system based on core principles of simplicity, transparency, and control.

- Held various roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Manager, Manager, and Senior Associate.

- Provided solutions for the firm-wide OTC Derivatives Risk Monitoring System, including projects related to PNL reporting, contingent funding, and regulatory reporting.

3. Persistent Systems:

- Senior Software Engineer (2011-2014)

- Built end-to-end GMLC and SMLC stacks deployed in operators' networks for emergency and commercial location-based services.

- Implemented base diameter protocol in Java.

Overall, Ajit Lakhwani has extensive experience in senior leadership roles, software infrastructure development, financial system renovation, and risk monitoring systems in the finance industry.

Ajit Lakhwani completed their Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Computer Science from Amravati University from the year 2007 to 2011. In addition, they obtained the Oracle Certified Java Programmer certification from Oracle in December 2013.