Mandar Baxi is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in engineering management and project oversight, currently serving as Principal Engineering Manager and previously holding multiple roles including Senior Project Manager and Project Manager at Persistent Systems since September 2013. Mandar has a strong background in business analysis, having led teams and facilitated communication between clients and development teams, ensuring timely and quality releases. Prior experience includes serving as an Equity Research Analyst at First Global, where Mandar focused on the US Technology and Indian Education sectors, and earlier roles as a Management Trainee at Voltas Limited and a Software Engineer at Infosys, where Mandar provided support for banking software. Educational credentials include a Master of Science in Data Science from Indiana University Bloomington, an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, a Financial Risk Manager certification from GARP, and a Bachelor of Technology from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology.