Hema Raghavan

Hema Raghavan is the Co-Founder and VP of Engineering at Kumo. Prior to Kumo, they were the Founder and Head of Engineering at Kumo.AI, where they were responsible for all the AI (and AI systems) that drove edge building recommendations (eg., PYMK, Company Pages) at Linkedin as well as the AI for the centralized decision making system (ATC) that drove communications (email, notifications) for LinkedIn. The team has taken initiatives that has driven over 75% of the initiative based growth of consumer engagement at Linkedin (WAU, Sessions).

Hema has also worked as a Research Staff Member at IBM and a Scientist at Yahoo!. Hema has also worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and as a Student at Umass Amherst. Hema has also interned at Yahoo! and worked as an Associate Consultant at Citicorp Overseas Software Limited.

Hema Raghavan has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai. Hema has also completed a course on Unconscious Bias from LinkedIn.