Top Hat
Athavan Karunakaran is a Software Engineering Manager at Top Hat since July 2022, overseeing a team of developers in creating scalable products and collaborating on roadmaps and engineering decisions. Previously, Athavan served as a Senior Full Stack Developer at Top Hat, where contributions included developing features to enhance university connectivity and building an AI-powered tool for student inquiries. Prior experience includes Senior Manager & Architect in Web Development at BMO Financial Group, where a headless CMS was implemented, and team leadership was provided. Athavan also held roles as a Web Development Team Lead at BMO, Technical Consultant at QA Consultants, Systems QA Analyst at Bell Business Markets, and QA Analyst at Amphenol Canada Corp. Athavan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.