Hrusikesh Panda is a seasoned engineering leader with 15+ years building cloud-native systems and modern consumer platforms, currently serving as VP Head of Engineering in New York. He has led architecture and delivery efforts across Dow Jones, News Corp, and The News Movement, driving web rendering modernization and real-time consumer data analytics to speed publishing and improve reliability. Known for blending storytelling with technology, he pioneers news delivery for Gen Z using Generative AI, data-driven trend detection, and misinformation mitigation. Hrusikesh remains hands-on—contributing to accessible open-source front-end components like the popular react-dropdown-tree-select—while mentoring cross-generational teams. He combines platform-level architecture experience with product sensibility, turning complex distributed systems into developer-friendly, scalable solutions. Colleagues describe him as an innovative operator who translates newsroom needs into pragmatic, high-impact engineering roadmaps.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Electronics & Instrumentation, Bachelor of Engineering Electronics & Instrumentation at Berhampur University
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Bachelor of Engineering Electronics and Instrumentation, Bachelor of Engineering Electronics and Instrumentation at National Institute of Science & Technology
Lightweight, accessible, customizable and fast Dropdown Tree Select component for React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:48 releases, 30 reviews, 277 commits in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Hrusikesh primarily contributed to the development of the React-based dropdown tree select component. Their commits included adding functionality, fixing bugs, and improving the user interface. They updated the component to support new features and also upgraded dependencies such as React and Enzyme, focusing on maintaining and improving the component's performance and usability. The user's work also involved updating example documentation and implementing accessibility features.
Contributions:37 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 3 months
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