Gangadhar Payyavula is a founder and machine learning engineer with 11 years of experience applying deep learning and distributed systems to real-world problems. After earning an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, he advanced through engineering roles at Amazon and Meta, building production computer vision and multi-modal models for platform integrity and AI services. A top-10 finisher in the 2018 Data Science Bowl and an active hackathon competitor, he blends research-level modeling expertise with hands-on dataset curation and deployment experience. Now leading Cognet.ai in Seattle, he is recruiting an engineering team to translate state-of-the-art AI into scalable products. Less obvious: his career shows a consistent trajectory from applied ML internships to driving mission-critical systems at hyperscalers and now entrepreneurship, signaling both deep technical chops and product-minded leadership.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad
Masters Computer Science, Masters Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
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