Madhu Babu Prakhya

Madhu Babu Prakhya is an experienced professional currently serving as Principal PM and Chief of Staff to the VP of Engineering at Synopsys Inc. since January 2022, with previous roles at Synopsys as Principal in Engineering Program Management. Prior to this, Madhu held several leadership positions including Director of Software Quality Assurance at IGT and Senior Manager in Test Engineering at ClearSlide. Experience also includes serving as Senior Quality Assurance Manager at Marketo, Software Development Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Software Development Manager at Oracle. Madhu’s career began as a Lead Performance QA Engineer at Fidelity Investments. Educational qualifications include an Executive MBA from the University of Lincoln, an LLM from Staffordshire University, and a B.Sc. from Andhra University, reflecting a strong foundation in both management and technology.