Pattabi Seshadri

Pattabi Seshadri has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Pattabi currently works as the Head of Engineering, Access Control at Verkada, where they are responsible for building the next generation of access control systems. Prior to this, they served as the Backend Engineering Lead at Verkada.

Before joining Verkada, Pattabi worked as the CTO at Tika, a calendar-based productivity solution company. As the Co-Founder and CTO, they led product design, architecture, development, and fundraising efforts.

Pattabi also co-founded and served as CTO at Orzo, an AI-powered career development platform. Pattabi played a crucial role in helping companies engage and retain their employees by facilitating career development opportunities.

Earlier in their career, Pattabi worked at Google as a Software Engineer. Pattabi was the lead engineer for a backend service that generated significant revenue using NLP to suggest keywords to advertisers. Pattabi played a key role in improving precision, recall, and reducing storage needs.

Pattabi also has experience working at IBM, where they focused on hardware performance. Pattabi developed simulators to model microprocessor and memory subsystem performance, specifically working on POWER4, 5, 6, and 7 processors.

Furthermore, they worked as an Instructor at the University of Washington, teaching and sharing their knowledge in a teaching capacity.

Overall, Pattabi Seshadri has a diverse background and a strong track record in engineering, product development, and leadership roles.

Pattabi Seshadri completed their undergraduate education from 1997 to 2002 at The University of Texas at Austin, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Engineering. Pattabi continued their academic journey by pursuing a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Poetry from the University of Washington, which they completed between 2004 and 2006.