Pruthvi Pendru

Pruthvi Pendru has a diverse work experience spanning multiple roles and industries. Starting in 2008, Pruthvi worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of South Florida. In 2010, they transitioned to the role of a Business Analyst at Softira Inc, before moving to Cognizant Technology Solutions in 2011, where they worked as a Business Analyst, driving data analysis, gathering requirements, and facilitating communication between different teams. In 2013, Pruthvi joined Birch (previously Cbeyond) as a Solutions Architect, responsible for creating solutions for telecom and cloud data center order flows. Pruthvi then joined Deloitte in 2014, working as a Business Architect and Product Engineer, developing business architecture deliverables and building a new web-based application management system. Pruthvi's most recent position is at Bakkt, where they started in 2015 as a Solutions Architect and eventually became the Director of Loyalty Client Solutions. In this role, they collaborate with various teams to integrate client and partner applications with the Bakkt Loyalty Redemption Product, creates and builds the product roadmap, and prioritizes roadmap features.

Pruthvi Pendru completed their Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Power Systems, Transformers, Switching Theory, and Logic Design from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University between 2003 and 2007. Pruthvi then pursued a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from the University of South Florida from 2007 to 2009, specializing in Engineering, Semiconductor Physics, and Manufacturing and Characterization of novel magnetic structures.