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Insights / Contributors / Vidya Eashwer
Vidya Eashwer

Vidya Eashwer

Chief Technology Officer
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Vidya Eashwer is Chief Technology Officer at Forge Global. Vidya has 20 years’ experience creating and executing innovative fintech technology strategy.

Prior to joining Forge, Vidya was Head of Technology, Edge Systems, at Intercontinental Exchange where she led overall program delivery ownership and management for software development and data sciences. Vidya also spent 6 years as Managing Director of IT at the New York Stock Exchange managing software development across the U.S. and Europe.

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Education: B.E. and B.S. in Engineering from the University of Mumbia. Post Graduate Diploma from the National Centre for Software Technology, Maharashtra, India.

Previous experience: Intercontinental Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Archipelago

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