Deepthi Kumar
Co-CEO at o1Labs
United States
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Top SchoolDeepthi Kumar is a technology leader and co-CEO with a decade of experience building and scaling protocol-grade software, currently leading o1Labs after progressing from protocol engineer to engineering manager. She has deep hands-on expertise in core blockchain development—contributing to Mina Protocol’s core mina_lib work on transaction validation, snapp functionality, timing and nonce handling—demonstrating comfort with low-level consensus and state integrity challenges. Her background spans research-grade functional programming from a CS master’s at Oregon State to production systems engineering early in her career, giving her a rare blend of academic rigor and practical delivery. Known for evolving from individual contributor to executive while retaining technical fluency, she’s adept at translating complex protocol requirements into robust implementations and operational teams.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Information Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Information Science and Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University - The Oxford College of Engineering
English, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi
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Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MinaProtocol/mina
Jun 2018 - Jan 2023
Mina is a cryptocurrency protocol with a constant size blockchain, improving scaling while maintaining decentralization and security.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:982 reviews, 1939 commits, 759 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Deepthi primarily focused on modifying the core codebase, specifically within the `mina_lib` directory. Their work involved merging branches related to "snapp" functionality and incorporating changes to data structures and validation logic related to transactions within the Mina protocol. They also modified code related to timing, nonces, and account preconditions. Overall, the user's commits suggest they're involved in core protocol development and implementing critical features within the Mina blockchain.
minaethereumsecurityblockchainocaml
maxking/cs583-project
May 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:10 pushes, 2 comments, 4 issues in 1 year 7 months
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