Shankar Narayan Venkatesan is a highly accomplished researcher and software developer with extensive experience in the computer science industry. He has acquired an impressive educational background having earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Penn State University, a Visiting Ph.D. Scholar in Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and a Master of Electronics Engineering at Philips International Institute in Eindhoven.

Shankar Narayan Venkatesan has held various senior level positions at prestigious organizations including, but not limited to, Samsung Research India as a Principal Professional, Philips Research as a Principal Research Scientist, Microsoft Bing India as a Principal Software Development Engineer, Lockheed Martin as a Principal Member of Engineering Staff and Senior Staff Software Engineer which enabled him to acquire a wealth of valuable expertise and skills.

Shankar Narayan Venkatesan is also a former faculty member of the University of Minnesota and Rutgers University, showcasing his dedication to educating future technology leaders. His broad experience may be attributed to his deep interests in software development, information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning, data mining, and artificial intelligence.