Kinara P.

Kinara P. has a strong background in engineering and analysis spanning over 10 years. Most recently, they worked as a Machine Learning Engineer for Edge Impulse starting in May 2023. Prior to that, they were a Deep Learning Engineer at Intel Corporation from April to December 2022. Kinara also served as a Senior Validation Engineer at Lonza from May 2021 to April 2022. Before that, they worked as a Computer Systems Validation Engineer 3 at Verista from October 2019 to April 2021. From October 2018 to October 2019, they were a Computer Systems Analyst at Pacific BioLabs, Inc. Early in their career, they worked as an Analyst at Bureau Veritas Group from February 2009 to July 2016. Overall, Kinara P. has gained significant experience in various engineering and analytical roles throughout their career.

Kinara P. holds a Master's degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Data Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Kinara also has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Thompson Rivers University. In addition to their formal education, Kinara has obtained various certifications, including Triplebyte Certified, Introduction to Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit for Computer Vision Applications from Intel Corporation, and Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning from Coursera. Kinara has also completed several online courses, such as CS 513: Theory and Practice of Data Cleaning, CS 498: Cloud Computing Applications, and CS 598: Foundations of Data Curation, offered by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through Coursera. Kinara also holds an Industrial Microbiology degree, specifically a Biotechnology Technologist (3-year) degree, from Centennial College.