Aruna Neervannan
Founder at Rafiki AI
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAruna Neervannan is a founder and applied machine learning specialist with 8+ years of experience building AI-first products that turn hidden conversation signals into measurable business outcomes. She co-founded Rafiki AI to deliver affordable revenue and conversation intelligence and now leads Screenwise.ai, which uses voice interviewing to eliminate fake or misrepresented candidates and cut initial screening time by up to 80%. Her background spans deep learning research, enterprise software architecture, and mission-critical medical imaging systems, giving her a rare combination of research rigor and production-grade engineering. A University of Illinois CS master's graduate with a perfect GPA and two decades of product delivery, she excels at translating complex ML models into plug-and-play solutions that integrate with existing workflows. Notably, her work focuses on surfacing subtle, high-impact signals—signals sales and recruiting teams routinely miss—so organizations can act earlier and more precisely.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science & Engineering, 4.0, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science & Engineering, 4.0 at University of MadrasUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (28)
baidu8
attention-mechanism8
convolutional-neural-networks8
fasttext7
keras7
classification7
docker7
ray7
nlp6
machine-learning6
pytorch6
keras-tensorflow6
spark6
tensorflow5
deep-learning5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
arunarn2/AutoEncoder
Apr 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:20 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
arunarn2/ToxicCommentChallenge
Apr 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:29 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
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