Nikita Dekate

Nikita Dekate currently serves as a Product Manager at OpenInvest, a J.P. Morgan company, since August 2023. Previously, Nikita held the role of Fellow at Congress Avenue Ventures from January 2023 to January 2024, focusing on venture investments for UT Austin alumni. Prior experience includes product management at Adobe from August 2019 to November 2022, where responsibilities included international strategy and the launch of features for Digital Media. Nikita was also a professional dancer and cheerleader for the Bay Area Panthers, earning Rookie of the Year in 2022. Other previous positions include internships at VMware and Symantec, as well as a consulting role at Illinois Business Consulting. Nikita holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and participated in a program at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business in 2018.