Rakesh Kamath

Rakesh Kamath has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Rakesh is currently working as the Director of Engineering at Shoelace Learning, starting in May 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Director of Engineering at Acuity Insights from April 2022 to April 2023. From January 2015 to March 2022, Rakesh was the Head of Engineering (CTO) at JoeZoo, where they co-founded and scaled the company's EdTech product to approximately 5.8 million users in 14,400 schools across 119 countries, achieving an exit in early 2022.

Before their role at JoeZoo, they worked at BMO Financial Group from 2010 to 2014. Rakesh held the positions of Director and Head of Strategic Digital Innovations & Programs from April 2012 to July 2014, where they led the digital transformation efforts and introduced new digital technologies to various business lines. Prior to this, they served as a Senior Manager of Strategic Innovations & Programs, focusing on emerging tech, mobile strategies, and marketing initiatives.

Rakesh started their career at Osellus Inc. in 2002, where they held the position of Principal Member Of Technical Staff. Rakesh was responsible for software architecture, engineering management, solution architecting, and product development. Rakesh also played a crucial role in the development of the IRIS Software process definition and enactment product.

Prior to Osellus, they worked as a Software Engineer at Clarixxon Technologies, where they implemented a custom MVC framework and developed feature sets for taxation and tax management products.

Overall, Rakesh Kamath has demonstrated expertise in engineering leadership, digital transformation, EdTech, and software architecture throughout their career.

Rakesh Kamath attended Indian School Muscat from 1984 to 1995, where they obtained their ICSE degree in Science. Later, from 1995 to 2000, they pursued a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Computer Science & Engineering at Adiyaman College of Engineering. Additionally, Rakesh Kamath has completed several certifications, such as "Python for Data Science and Machine Learning" and "Machine Learning A-Z™: Hands-On Python & R In Data Science" from Udemy. Rakesh also has certifications in "Docker Technologies for DevOps and Developers" and "Kubernetes + Docker" from Udemy, but the dates of completion for these certifications are not provided.