Karthik Krishna

Karthik Krishna is an accomplished technology leader with extensive experience in data architecture, artificial intelligence, and IoT standards. Currently serving as the Founder and CEO of Upturn Corporation and Chief Technology Officer at Infobell IT since January 2022, Karthik previously held significant roles at Cisco as an Architect focusing on Big Data and AI Solutions from 2007 to 2021, including innovations in Hadoop architecture. Karthik also served as the Ex-Chairman of the IoT Benchmarks Standard Committee at TPC, contributing to the development of the TPCx-IoT benchmark. Karthik's earlier experience includes a research assistant role at the University of Delaware, where leadership of a computational genome research team resulted in publications in notable scientific journals, and a technical position at Oracle India Pvt Ltd. Karthik holds an M.S. in Computer & Information Science from the University of Delaware and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University.