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to build and strengthen the company’s global client relationships with large investment banks and financial services firms across the U.S., the U.K., India, China, Singapore and Eastern Europe. Bajoria’s background includes experience in consulting, invest- ment banking, capital markets business and technology land- scape. Over the course of a career that has spanned nearly two decades, Bajoria has consistently delivered measurable results in the form of increased account revenues, new business growth and relationship management. Her career began as Manage- ment Trainee with Merrill Lynch, India. In just six years, she went from Management Trainee to Assistant Vice President of Invest- ment Banking. In the ensuing years, Bajoria was hired in at Info- sys and served as domain consultant/senior consultant, practice lead/senior principal, and senior manager (client services) before taking her current position. She has been responsible for leading U.S. relationships with Infosys’ largest capital markets client, con- verting a multi-million-dollar proposal into a strategic partner- ship, building and managing a team of 50 consultants, imple- menting a comprehensive trade surveillance and compliance system at a Wall Street major, and designing and developing a real-time trade processing system at a large U.S. stock exchange. Now, New York-based, Bajoria volunteers with New York Cares and the after-school STEM program of the New York Academy of Sciences. As well, she is a sought-after industry speaker and lead- ing champion of women’s inclusivity issues at Infosys.
Sonal Deshpande VP, Advanced Maritime and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Systems Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. Deshpande later earned Master of Science in electrical engineer- ing from Johns Hopkins and attended the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. Currently, she is respon- sible for the execution of research and development programs for advanced maritime and integrated air and missile defense sensors and systems, business development and growth of the Navy’s Above Water Sensors and Systems and new business creation for the next generation of Surface Navy Radars EW, and EO/IR markets. Deshpande is an accomplished leader whose penchant for solving business challenges coupled with her technical prowess has afforded her the opportunity to serve in a series of management positions. As a digital hardware designer in the Processing Systems Division, she designed processors and radar hardware for sector programs including Comanche. Later, as the function manager, Deshpande started and established the first formal VHDL in-house training program. Within three years, she was engineering manager in the Systems Development and Technology Division. Less than two years later, she served as pro-
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onal Deshpande joined Northrop Grumman 27 years ago having earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
gram manager of Comanche then as director of B-1 Programs in Combat Avionics. In the last five years, Deshpande has held the positions of director of Special Technology Programs, Combat Avionics Division; director, Cobra Judy Replacement Program in the Naval Marine Systems Division; vice president of engineer- ing in the Manufacturing and Logistics Division before being installed in her current position. “I came to this country with my family when I was six years old, Deshpande said. “My parents taught me to work hard, not to turn away from challenges. Growing up, I wanted to be an artist, but I also liked math and science…It wasn’t until college when I decided to pursue engi- neering, remembering to “work hard, not be afraid of challenge and stay true.” Those values have been with me throughout my 27-year career.”
Aimee G. Do Manager, Boeing Testing & Evaluation The Boeing Company
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imee Do is in charge of multiple laboratories overseeing 30 employees and $50 million in equipment. She is responsi-
ble for development and improvements to integrated systems laboratory infrastructure for new commercial airplane programs, and overseeing engineering of the 737 Max airplane program. She has also taken on special assignment supporting the 787 return-to-service battery program. Do is a leader not just at Boeing but in her field having written numerous white papers on work flow and cost cutting with XML technology. One of her most outstanding personal attributes is her passion for helping others realize their potential by initiating mentoring programs within Boeing and leading “Entrepreneur Issues in Alterna- tive Energy” workshops for Society of Women Engineers. Do’s own journey began when she fled Vietnam at age 11. Arriving in the U.S.A., she learned quickly and excelled in mathemat- ics and science, before going on to earn a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and then a master’s degree in engineering from Washington State University. She is currently working with the deans of the University of Science in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to improve undergraduate problems in technology, computer science and engineering. Her favorite local charity is Fare Start, a job training and placement program for the homeless in Seattle where she acts as a mentor in their Fare Start restaurant. She is a member of the Boeing Women in Leadership group, Boeing Asian American Professional Association, Boeing Management Association and an advisor on the Engineering, Operations & Technology board. In her spare time she loves to travel with her husband, Steve, and runs marathons. She has a daughter, Aline, who is studying for her master’s degree in nursing, and plans to join Aimee on her charitable pursuits. “As a teenage[r] in war torn Vietnam, I witnessed pain, suffering, and despair,” Do said. “But when I came to the U.S., I saw hope and opportunities.
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