Sriram Natarajan
Senior Director Of Engineering, Applied AI at GEICO
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSriram Natarajan is a seasoned technology leader who currently guides Applied AI engineering at GEICO, driving scalable AI-powered transformations across chat, voice, email, SMS, and notifications to redefine the insurance tech landscape. Prior to Geico, he led Google Assistant's rollout across Android Auto, Pixel Driving Mode, and multiple automakers, managing a 30+ person team and shipping AI features that engaged millions. As co-founder and CTO of Yuni, he built private, per-user AI models and a secure hosting platform for designers and enterprises, with robust safety checks and policy enforcement. His career also spans SDN and security leadership at Deutsche Telekom's Silicon Valley Innovation Center, and open-source contributions to the Ryu SDN framework, reflecting breadth across infrastructure and security. An active mentor and advisor, he contributes to the community through Substack and industry collaboration while championing responsible AI. Based in San Francisco with 12 years of experience, he combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership to scale AI initiatives responsibly.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Massachusetts Amherst
English, Tamil
Github Skills (9)
web-framework10
debug10
rest-api10
python10
network-programming10
sdn10
web-frameworks10
ryu10
openflow10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
faucetsdn/ryu
Mar 2014 - Sep 2014
Ryu component-based software defined networking framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Sriram contributed to the Ryu SDN framework by fixing bugs and implementing enhancements related to OpenFlow protocol handling and REST API functionality. Their work involved modifying code to correct bit masks, fix enum names, and add missing fields in OpenFlow statistics messages. The user also improved debug messages for unsupported requests and addressed issues with meter and group features. The commits demonstrate a focus on maintaining and updating the core functionality of the Ryu framework.
component-baseddefinednetworkingsoftware-defined-networkingnetwork
snrism/swarm
Mar 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:56 pushes, 13 branches in 1 month
clusteringkubernetesswarmdocker
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