Manisha Sheode Rao currently serves as VP of Software Engineering at Mastercard, focusing on Foundry R&D within Mastercard Commerce Media since November 2025. Prior to this role, Manisha was an executive director at Reinsurance Group of America from March 2019 to October 2025, where responsibilities included founding the Global Marketing Technologies & Operations function and leading technology transformation in product development for global actuarial solutions. Previous experience includes senior engineering management roles at Bayer and Monsanto, driving product innovation within IoT platforms and analytics for R&D, respectively. Earlier career stages involved software development at BJC Health, and consultancy roles for major clients like CISCO Systems. Manisha holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, a Bachelor of Engineering in Process Control and Instrumentation from Savitribai Phule Pune University, and a secondary education diploma in Mathematics and Science from Fergusson College.
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