Kaustubh Bhalerao

Kaustubh Bhalerao is an accomplished technology and engineering professional with extensive experience in various leadership roles. Currently serving as Chief Technology Officer at Peoples Company, Bhalerao is pivotal in developing the digitization platform Farmworth. As Director at EC Infosolutions Pvt Ltd and Software Developer at Continuum Ag, Bhalerao leads web implementations for technology platforms focused on soil health and environmental sustainability. Additionally, Bhalerao has been the President and CEO of Soil Diagnostics, Inc. and Head of Fleet Product Engineering at Formic, where significant advancements in IoT and data management were achieved. Bhalerao's academic career includes a tenure as Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bhalerao holds both a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from COEP Technological University.