Ramya Shankaran

Ramya Shankaran is an accomplished engineering leader with over two decades of experience, currently serving as Sr. Director & Head of Engineering for Qualcomm's Autonomous Driving Data Platform since 2004. Ramya has successfully led global teams to drive innovative business initiatives, notably developing an AI-driven data platform to meet consumer data product needs. Prior to this role, Ramya held positions as Director of Engineering, overseeing the development of Qualcomm's Snapdragon products and creating a Data Mining Framework on AWS to enhance product quality. Ramya's career began with software engineering roles at Samsung Electronics and Hughes, focusing on embedded systems and resource management for mobile devices. Ramya holds multiple advanced degrees from the University of Southern California in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.