Completed BS (Biomed Eng) and MS (computer science); worked in both management consultancy and in a private (health-tech) firm for ~3 years prior to completing full-time MBA in a top-tier business school. Currently employed in NY. Born and brought up in US with a blend of Indian and American values. Loves traveling, hiking / outdoors. Both parents are professionally employed and originally from Alleppey / Ernakulam (Nair families) and settled in the US for the past 30+ years. One brother (younger) completed engineering and is employed with a multinational firm.