About

Kshitij Soni is an experienced Technopreneur with a diverse skill set in Technical Projects, Strategy, Product Development, and Management. He has a demonstrated history of working in the areas of Software Development, Industrial Research, Business Analytics, Asset Management, User Experience, Product Innovation, and Engineering tools like C++, SQL, Python, Amazon Web Services, Azure, distributed systems, data structures, algorithms, and scalable designs. Currently pursuing a B.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Visakhapatnam, Kshitij is also a CFA Student Access Scholarship awardee and has qualified the foundation level exam in Chartered Secretary organized by ICSI India. He has a teaching experience in the Faculty of Mathematics as a Visiting Faculty at Weidner Memorial Senior Secondary School, where he has taught Mathematics (11th and 12th). Kshitij has a fun side too, as he enjoys doing standup comedy. He has worked with Google Summer of Code as a Contributor, where he built industry software, led a team of six members, and guided 11 new founders on business management. He has also worked with Infradaam as a Business Development and Data Analyst, where he worked in a team of four to onboard manufacturers and worked with the CTO in the data analytics team, and was a member of the brand partnerships team. Kshitij's education history includes a Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Petroleum Engineering from the Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy (IIPE), a Chartered Secretary degree from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, a Senior School Certificate in Science & Economics from BSP Senior Secondary School-X, and a Secondary School Certificate in Science from Weidner Memorial Senior Secondary School. With a relevant experience of 0.93 years, Kshitij's tech stack includes SQL, Python, Research Scientist, Azure, Web, Software Engineer, and Senior Software Engineer. He is currently a GSoC'22 @ Genome Assembly and Annotation and has previously been a Summer Intern 2020 @IITK.