Srinivasa Mahendrakar is an experienced technology professional with a focus on application engineering, cloud, and DevOps engineering. Currently serving as Vice President at BlackRock since August 2019, Srinivasa has been instrumental in designing a serverless data integration solution for the firm's Efron investment management product. In addition to this role, Srinivasa has contributed to BidBeds.com as an investor and advisor since March 2017. Previous positions include Director and Independent Azure Consultant at Brainplant Technologies, Azure Consultant at Halfords, and several key roles at BizTalk360, where Srinivasa also served as co-author of the book "Serverless Integration Design Patterns with Azure." Srinivasa holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Information Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University.