Summary
Abesh Thakur is a founder and product-focused technologist with 12 years of experience building zero-to-one products that remove friction from how teams and people interact. He co-founded Two Big Ears, shipping a cross-platform real-time binaural audio engine acquired by Meta, then led product work at Facebook on social VR experiences for Oculus before founding That Works, a mission-control for product teams powered by proprietary ML to reduce meetings and fragmented workflows. Based in Lafayette, CA, he blends deep technical grounding in acoustics and real-time systems with hands-on product management and startup execution. Notably, his background in audio research and immersive media informs a pattern of solving noisy, multidisciplinary problems by simplifying interfaces and automating tedious work.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Acoustics and Music Technology, Master of Science (MSc), Acoustics and Music Technology at The University of Edinburgh
Selected for Student Exchange programme with Belvedre College, Dublin. The project involved working with kids with special abilities, taking part in community service programmes, attended Leadership training camps and lived in a remote village in India disconnected from any urban or modern development.
Took part in many elocution and extempore contests held in both English and Hindi.
Was briefly a part of the school marching band.
Won numerous certificates and prizes of academic merit and a gold medal in an inter year essay competition as well., Selected for Student Exchange programme with Belvedre College, Dublin. The project involved working with kids with special abilities, taking part in community service programmes, attended Leadership training camps and lived in a remote village in India disconnected from any urban or modern development.
Took part in many elocution and extempore contests held in both English and Hindi.
Was briefly a part of the school marching band.
Won numerous certificates and prizes of academic merit and a gold medal in an inter year essay competition as well. at St. Xavier's Collegiate School
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electronics and Communication Engineering at St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology
English, Hindi, Bengali