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Ravikiran Gopalan is the Founder and CEO of Canyon Code. He has founded three deep-tech companies and has over a decade of experience in systems engineering.
CEO & Founder at Canyon Code
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Aditya AkellaChief Scientist & Co-Founder
Experience
- Canyon CodeFounder and CEOcurrent2025 — present
- SRIEntrepreneur in Residence2025 — 2026
- SpectrumX – An NSF Spectrum Innovation CenterAdvisory Board Member2023 — 2025
- Aira TechnologiesFounder and CTO2020 — 2025Saratoga, California, United States
- Acuity.AIFounder and CEO2018 — 2023Stanford, CA
- AsurionConversational AI2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- QualcommModem Systems Lead2007 — 2016San Diego County, California, United States
- Texas InstrumentsSenior System Engineer2007San Francisco Bay Area
- Bell LaboratoriesStudent Researcher2006 — 2007Murray Hill
Skills & more
New Business Development3Business Growth Strategies3Telecommunications2InfrastructureEngineering Management3Electrical Engineering3Communication Design3PHY1Video1Digital Video1E-CommerceEntrepreneurship
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Innovation ManagementResearch and Development (R&D)Business StrategyProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentBluetoothWireless TechnologiesC++JavaMatlabLanguages English · French · Hindi · Tamil · Telugu
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- Who is Ravikiran Gopalan?
- Ravikiran Gopalan is the Founder and CEO of Canyon Code. He has founded three deep-tech companies and has over a decade of experience in systems engineering.
- Where does Ravikiran Gopalan work?
- Ravikiran Gopalan is CEO & Founder of Canyon Code.
- What companies did Ravikiran Gopalan found?
- Ravikiran Gopalan founded Canyon Code.
- Where did Ravikiran Gopalan go to school?
- Ravikiran Gopalan studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Science - MS, Business Administration and Management); University of Notre Dame (PhD, Electrical Engineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (BTech, Electrical Engineering).
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