If there is one thing that Manikandan ‘Mani’ Thangarathnam loves about technology, it is the ability to simplify a consumer’s life. A staunch believer in the power of logical thinking and reasoning, Mani felt there was a “strong correlation between mathematics and computer science”. “Both have a strong base in logical thinking and reasoning. There should be a reasoning for why are you doing what you are doing, and computer science gives you that. There is a logic for everything and this is what excites me the most about computer science,” Mani says. After a 15-year engagement at Amazon, Mani recently joined Uber as Senior Director. The shift was a no-brainer for he believes every segment, sector, and space in an industry has “a phase of disruption” when it comes to technology.