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Sumukh Avadhani is Co-founder and CTO of Pencil, a generative-AI platform for producing and optimizing ad creatives, where he oversees architecture, product vision, and technical roadmap, and has scaled the platform to process over $1B in media spend across more than 4,000 brands. Following Pencil's 2023 acquisition by The Brandtech Group, his work focuses on enterprise integration and global scale. He previously held roles at Google in product quality and anti-abuse, as well as at Samsung, Toshiba, and Kaybus, and holds an MSc in Signal Processing from King's College London and a BE in Telecommunication Engineering from BMS College of Engineering.
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Experience
- Pencil AICTO and Co-foundercurrent2018 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Entrepreneur FirstFellow (EFSG3 cohort)2018Singapore
- GooglePrincipal2016 — 2018Singapore
- Kaybus, Inc.Manager2014 — 2016
- Kaybus, Inc.Technical Specialist2014 — 2015Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- ToshibaSenior Software Engineer2012 — 2014Bangalore
- Marvell SemiconductorSenior Engineer2012Bangalore, India
- Samsung India Software OperationsTechnical Manager2009 — 2012Bangalore
- SaskenSoftware Engineer (DSP)2006 — 2008
Skills & more
Python2Java5Node.js1Ruby on Rails3Github1Embedded Systems10RTOS9C14C++8Android7Embedded Software6Linux5
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Deep LearningMachine LearningArtificial Neural NetworksRabbitMQOpenCVApache StormDigital Signal ProcessorsAlgorithmsH.264Image ProcessingSignal ProcessingPattern RecognitionLanguages English · Hindi · Kannada
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera
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- Who is Sumukh Avadhani?
- Sumukh Avadhani is Co-founder and CTO of Pencil, a generative-AI platform for producing and optimizing ad creatives, where he oversees architecture, product vision, and technical roadmap, and has scaled the platform to process over $1B in media spend across more than 4,000 brands. Following Pencil's 2023 acquisition by The Brandtech Group, his work focuses on enterprise integration and global scale. He previously held roles at Google in product quality and anti-abuse, as well as at Samsung, Toshiba, and Kaybus, and holds an MSc in Signal Processing from King's College London and a BE in Telecommunication Engineering from BMS College of Engineering.
- Where does Sumukh Avadhani work?
- Sumukh Avadhani is CTO of Pencil.
- What companies did Sumukh Avadhani found?
- Sumukh Avadhani founded Pencil.
- Where did Sumukh Avadhani go to school?
- Sumukh Avadhani studied at King's College London (MSc, Signal Processing); B. M. S. College of Engineering (B.E, Telecommunication Engineering).
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