About

Hrishikesh Bhagwat is an experienced software developer with a career spanning over 19 years. Currently, he serves as an Engineering Manager at MathWorks, where he manages one of the MATLAB Coder™ development teams. He has a strong background in software design and architecture, OOP, C++, data structures, algorithms, and compiler optimizations. In his current role, Hrishikesh leads a team of compiler engineers to enhance code generation workflows at MathWorks. He contributes to products such as MATLAB Coder™, HDL Coder, Simulink PLC Coder™, and MATLAB® Function block. He has developed compiler transforms and optimizations, enabled various MATLAB® and Simulink features for code generation, improved readability of the generated code through enhancements to MathWorks proprietary IR, and added new workflows to code generation products for better usability and applications. Prior to his current position, Hrishikesh served as a Senior Team Lead and Principal Software Engineer at MathWorks. He has extensive experience in product development in extremely large-sized code-bases. Hrishikesh holds a Master of Technology degree from the International Institute of Information Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Department of Technology, Savitribai Phule Pune University. Overall, Hrishikesh Bhagwat is a highly skilled software developer and engineering manager with a strong technical background in software design and architecture. He has a proven track record of successfully leading teams and contributing to the development of complex software products.