Udiyan Padmanabhan

Udiyan Padmanabhan has a wealth of experience in the tech industry. Udiyan began their career in 1999 as a Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Michigan State University. In 2000, they joined Avadhi Finance and Technology as a Developer of a trading software. In 2001, they joined Microsoft as a Program Manager for the Windows CE Embedded Operating System. Udiyan then moved up the ranks to Senior Program Manager Lead for Windows Mobile, Principal Program Manager Lead for Hololens/Windows Holographic Incubation, and Principal Program Manager Lead for Office Sway. In 2017, they became the Co-Founder of YDrive, a company that helps build autonomous driving software powered by machine perception, as well as the Director of Altum Agro Tech Pvt Ltd.

Udiyan Padmanabhan received their Bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology between 1994 and 1998. Udiyan then went on to pursue a Master's degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University between 1999 and 2001.