One of Laxmikant Bhattad’s primary strengths is his ability to collaborate with a great many teams across the world and to network and connect with professionals and clients throughout his field. At his present position with Cognizant, Laxmikant Bhattad leads 10 separate overseas teams on integration projects, and he supervises the execution and coordination of customer/vendor analysis. Additionally, Bhattad is entrusted with running workshops and interviewing clients. As a Senior Business Analyst, he strives to develop new strategies and employ original conceptual frameworks and approaches. Prior to his role with Cognizant, Laxmikant Bhattad served in the banking sector at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., where he held the position of Performance Reporting Analyst. He led a team of 14 highly skilled people in multiple, simultaneous projects. Laxmikant Bhattad’s other responsibilities included determining the investment performance returns on assets evaluated at 85 billion dollars. Bhattad served as an intern at Exelon Corporation and Siemens AG, where he worked in analysis. Laxmikant Bhattad proved instrumental in efficiency improvement, decreasing spending at Exelon and Siemens by 20% and 15%, respectively. Most of his duties involved ensuring the accuracy of data and managing databases. He graduated from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology in 1999 with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering. In 2004, Laxmikant Bhattad received a Dean’s Fellowship and Research Assistantship that allowed him to travel to the United States and study at Drexel University. He earned his Master of Business Administration in Accounting at Drexel and spent time building financial models of the oil industry. Bhattad enjoys watching movies and playing a variety of sports including cricket, soccer, and ice hockey.