Arpan Desai

Arpan Desai has an extensive work experience spanning over two decades. Arpan began their career in 2000 as a Software Development Engineer at Nokia and Microsoft. In 2001, they were promoted to Program Manager at Microsoft. In 2005, they joined Razorgator as a Product Manager and was promoted to Director of Product Management, Vice President of Engineering, and Chief Technology Officer over the years. In 2019, they held the position of Chief Technology Officer at both Nextbite and Ordermark. In 2021, they became a Member of the LA CTO Forum, where they provide help to startups and VCs as an Informal Technical Adviser.

Arpan Desai obtained a degree in Math/Computer Science from UC San Diego between 1996 and 2000. In 2017, they also obtained two certifications from Coursera, one in Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals and one in Machine Learning.