Vinod Viswanathan

Vinod Viswanathan is an experienced technology leader with a strong background in engineering and infrastructure management, particularly in the media and entertainment sector. At Netflix, Vinod held several key positions, including Principal Engineer for Content Infrastructure, where responsibilities included designing systems for content production and distribution while addressing GenAI needs, and Director of Content Engineering, managing teams to enhance media processing for global playback. Prior roles include building the backend engineering team at ZillionTV as Sr. Director of Software Engineering and co-founding Optena Corporation, focusing on enterprise computing solutions. Vinod holds a Master's degree in Information and Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor's degree in Management & Information Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.