Yuktesh Chintamadaka

Yuktesh Chintamadaka has a diverse work experience spanning over a decade. Yuktesh is currently the Director - Academic Initiative at TheSmartBridge since August 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Esri India as the Manager - Developer Relations from August 2021 to July 2022.

Before joining Esri India, Yuktesh held various roles at IBM. From January 2018 to July 2021, they served as a Developer Advocate. In this position, they advocated for IBM technologies and engaged with developers. Additionally, from January 2015 to January 2018, they were the Community Manager for the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program in India, responsible for strategy and execution. Yuktesh also worked as an IT-Specialist in the IBM Academic Initiative from November 2010 to January 2018, where they focused on scaling IBM software through academia, students, and startups. Yuktesh also managed the annual application development contest, The Great Mind Challenge.

Prior to joining IBM, Yuktesh gained teaching experience as an Assistant Professor at MLR Institute of Technology from August 2009 to October 2010.

Yuktesh Chintamadaka earned a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering from MLR Institute of Technology from 2005 to 2009. Yuktesh then pursued a Master's Degree in Software Engineering from BV Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT) from 2012 to 2014. Currently, they are pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Big Data Analytics at KL University since 2015. In terms of additional certifications, Yuktesh has obtained the following: Data & AI Essentials from IBM in March 2021, IBM Quantum Conversations from IBM in April 2020, Agile Explorer from IBM (exact date unknown), and Applied Data Science with Python from IBM (exact date unknown).