Vasant has 25+ years of experience in Aerospace and Defense and Off-road Vehicles. Vasant was the Head of Aerospace & Defense for North America at Cyient and at Tech Mahindra with P&L responsibility. He covered Engineering, IT and Digital Sales as part of his responsibility. He had a diverse career in Cessna Aircraft (a Textron Company) as well, where he managed various areas such as Product Engineering, Aircraft Certification, Accident Investigation, Materials & Processes, Manufacturing, Quality, Technical Publications and Export / Import Compliance to name a few. He was also the Head of Engineering for Textron’s Golf and Turf division and was responsible for New Product Development and Sustaining Products. Vasant is currently working as an Adjunct faculty at The University of Texas at Dallas in the Jindal School of Management offering graduate level courses in Digital Product Management. He also is a part time Strategy Advisor at Cyient. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering with minor in Robotics and Controls from The Wichita State University (WSU) and is well published in National and International journals. He has completed several Executive Programs from Harvard, Duke, Ohio State University and Thunderbird School of Management. He enjoys art and literature and his favorite sport is American Football. He is an ardent fan of the Kansas City Chiefs.