Meet The Hosts
When two lifelong friends graduated with their MBAs, they began to explore the idea of sharing their stories about how little moments throughout life help shape who they are today. MBA: Mature by Accident podcast has been a great platform to showcase all the MBA moments that they and their guests experience as they mature.
Gina Sasso
Gina was born and raised in Southington, CT and remains a resident of the town today. She has been married to her husband, Paul Sasso, since 2012 and they have two girls Maya and Macy. Gina is employed in the Customer Service industry where she is passionate about helping others and shaping the customer experience for major companies. She has her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Central Connecticut State University and her MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. Gina enjoys sharing her journeys of life and hearing the journeys of others through this platform. Gina believes “We can’t always plan everything. We have to be able to go with the flow and share our journeys with others, so we can all learn together”. This podcast has become a very important part of Gina’s life and she is happy to share these experiences with her lifelong friend, Shash. She’s very much looking forward to the future of the show and can’t thank all of her support system enough for making MBA: Mature By Accident such a success!
Shashwat Baxi
Shashwat Baxi was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and moved to Southington, CT when he was 12. He went on to Chicago to complete his BA in Political Science and his MBA with a focus in Strategy and Management. Shashwat has another podcast, where Gina was his first guest. Based on the feedback off of that experience, this podcast was born! Now in their fourth season, he credits the success of the podcast to the audience. “Without the continued support of our friends and family, we would just be two best friends having a chat”. Shashwat currently works in Business Development for a health intelligence company and lives outside of Chicago with his wife, Divya, and son, Vivek.
