Raju Karuppannan

Raju Karuppannan is an accomplished technology leader with significant experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data engineering. Currently serving as the Head of AI/ML Innovation Lab at Manhattan Associates since November 2019, Raju established an AI/ML innovation lab and developed a scalable ML platform on Google Cloud Platform for customer production environments. Prior to this, Raju held the role of Vice President and Head of Engineering at a startup in Bangalore from January 2015 to November 2019, where Raju created a Data Science Workbench and a scalable data platform utilizing advanced big data technologies. Raju's career also includes notable positions at Oracle as a Senior Development Manager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a Software Technical Lead, and Teradata as a Senior Software Engineer, contributing to the development of various database and RDBMS technologies. Raju holds a research candidate degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.