Anirudha Shanbhag is an accomplished technology leader with extensive experience in software engineering and product development. Currently employed at Google since 2014 in an R&D capacity, Anirudha previously served as the CTO at Quikr.com, where responsibility encompassed the architecture and implementation of web and mobile platforms. Additional career highlights include roles as a Project Lead and Senior Staff Engineer at Interwoven Inc., an Architect and Director of Engineering at Maaya Inc., and a Staff Engineer at BEA Systems. Anirudha's career commenced as a Senior Software Engineer at Tandem. Anirudha holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Penn State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi.