Farooq Anjum

Farooq Anjum is an accomplished technology leader with extensive experience in research, engineering, and entrepreneurship across various sectors. Notable roles include Senior Research Scientist at Telcordia Technologies, Inc., and leading positions such as CEO/Co-Founder at GroGuru, where innovative irrigation solutions for agriculture were developed. Farooq also served as Senior Director of Engineering at On-Ramp Wireless and held advisory roles at several organizations, including Manifold. An adjunct professor at multiple institutions, Farooq has contributed to education in network security and middleware. Currently, Farooq holds the position of ML Lead at GoogleX, focusing on machine learning solutions for time series forecasting, and is a CTO/Co-Founder at several startups, including a virtual assistant platform for C-suite executives. Farooq's academic credentials include a Ph.D. and an MS from the University of Maryland.