ABOUT SARTHI
CONTEXT
Sarthi (he/him) is living in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. After relocating to Maryland in 2011, Sarthi has lived and spent his last decade in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, Maryland. Being a tech enthusiast, the area has been full of opportunities, and Sarthi has had some great experiences in his field of interest.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sarthi Andley has been working in the Technology space since 2014 and strives to drive solutions/services. In his current role, he is the product owner of a customer data platform. His responsibility is to develop and execute the product roadmap for data integrations, connections, and privacy.
His key ability is to communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders in order to understand their needs and convey information to teams (developers, project managers, executives) with complex issues communicated in simple words adjusted to the audience and their skills. With a strong understanding of the organization and stakeholders along with their short- and long-term mission and goals, Sarthi always jumps in to work on technical business issues to design big-picture strategies. Professionally, it is satisfying for him to see the solutions worked on by the team making an impact and getting used by others, making a difference in the real world.
EDUCATION
After relocating to Silver Spring, Maryland, Sarthi earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park (2011-2015). With being the nation’s one of the best public engineering colleges, A James Clark School of Engineering, the knowledge earned from there built a strong fundamental of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Computer engineers apply the principles and techniques of electrical engineering, computer science, and mathematical analysis to design, develop, test, and evaluate the software and hardware systems that enable computers to perform increasingly demanding functions.
Along with working full-time, Sarthi earned his Masters’s degree in Engineering Management in 2020 from Penn State University. The program offered was a technically focused analytical degree designed specifically to address the challenges found at the intersection of management and engineering. Penn State World Campus allowed Sarthi to finish his degree on the side of working as a professional adult in Maryland. The curriculum was intended to address the needs of individuals in coordinating and developing large interdisciplinary engineering projects in addition to the leadership of technical staff. The two-year program offers experience in the analytical approaches to solving technical and socio-technical problems, leading technical people, fostering effective teams, and managing technical projects in the presence of uncertainty and risk. With this, Sarthi was able to build managerial and leadership skills on top of strong technical engineering foundations.
