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Viswa Sankaranarayanan

Investor

Venture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

Santa Clara, California, United States

About

Viswa has nearly 25 years in technical leadership across Big Tech, including nine years on ML applied research at Waymo Research and Google Research, and earlier as a Principal Engineer on Amazon's Kindle team.

Experience

  1. Monta Vista CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. WaymoSoftware Engineer2020 — 2023Mountain View, California, United States
  3. GoogleSoftware Engineer2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. WalmartLabsDistinguished Engineer2013 — 2014Bangalore Area, India
  5. Amazon.comPrincipal Engineer2008 — 2013Greater Chennai Area
  6. MicrosoftDevelopment Lead2000 — 2008Greater Seattle Area
  7. CERC, University of Texas at AustinGraduate Research Assistant1999 — 2000Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  8. IntelTechnical Intern1999Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
  9. CERC, University of Texas at AustinGraduate Research Assistant1998 — 1999Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  10. Siemens Public Communication Network Ltd, IndiaEngineer, Software Development1997 — 1998Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

  1. The University of Texas at AustinMS, Computer Engineering1998 — 2000
  2. RV College Of EngineeringBE, Electronics & Communication1993 — 1997
  3. St. BedesHigh School, Science1986 — 1992
  4. Dominic SavioPrimary School1980 — 1986

Skills & more

Distributed Systems22Algorithms18Scalability15Object Oriented Design15Data Structures14Software Engineering10Web Services9Software Design8Machine Learning5Software Development3Ebooks2Agile Methodologies2
+11 moreComputer VisionImage SegmentationFile SystemsAPIsDigital Image ProcessingOCRImage AnalysisPattern RecognitionJavaRESTC++

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Colleagues at Monta Vista Capital

Glen Anderson
Partner at Monta Vista Capital
Job Simon
Venture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista Capital
Kaz Terada
Venture Advisor at Monta Vista Capital
Matt Cherian
Venture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
Prashant Shah
Partner at Monta Vista Capital
Roger Krakoff
General Partner at Monta Vista Capital
Venktesh Shukla
Founder & General Partner at Monta Vista Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Viswa Sankaranarayanan?
Viswa has nearly 25 years in technical leadership across Big Tech, including nine years on ML applied research at Waymo Research and Google Research, and earlier as a Principal Engineer on Amazon's Kindle team.
Where does Viswa Sankaranarayanan work?
Viswa Sankaranarayanan is Venture Partner at Monta Vista Capital.
Where did Viswa Sankaranarayanan go to school?
Viswa Sankaranarayanan studied at The University of Texas at Austin (MS, Computer Engineering); RV College Of Engineering (BE, Electronics & Communication); St. Bedes (High School, Science).

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