Mayank Mandava

Mayank Mandava is an accomplished engineering professional with extensive experience in leadership roles across diverse technology companies. Currently serving as VP of Engineering at Valdera since January 2025, Mayank previously co-founded and acted as CTO at Formalize, focusing on innovative software tools for financial risk management. Mayank's background includes director-level positions at Square and Afterpay, as well as a staff engineer role at Benchling, where contributions centered on advancing biologics research. Earlier experience includes software engineering at Uber and a teaching assistantship at the University of Chicago. Additionally, Mayank has a notable foundation in finance, having worked as an Equity Structurer for Deutsche Bank in South East Asia. Mayank holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Chicago and dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.