Vaibhav Kulkarni is an engineering leader with 11 years of experience building data platforms and bioinformatics infrastructure across industry and academia, currently leading a cross-functional Data & Bioinformatics team in Lausanne. He has architected enterprise-scale central data repositories and productionized privacy-aware LLM applications, enabling automated ingestion, QC, and governance of clinical and non-clinical datasets. Vaibhav combines hands-on engineering—designing bioinformatics pipelines for multi-omics and biomarker discovery—with platform ops, deploying scientific analytics stacks (SAS Viya, Posit, Dotmatics) on controlled cloud environments. His background spans embedded systems, distributed systems research, and startup product work, giving him a rare blend of systems-level rigor and product-focused delivery. He has supported GxP-compliant DevOps, technical due diligence for healthcare investments, and research collaborations with translational medicine teams. An early cloud‑testbed founder and award-winning innovator, he often bridges academic research and production engineering to translate complex data into actionable insights.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science Computer Science, Doctor of Science Computer Science at University of Lausanne - UNIL
Master of Science - MS Embedded Systems (Electrical Engineering), Master of Science - MS Embedded Systems (Electrical Engineering) at Eindhoven University of Technology
Bachelor's degree Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at Goa Engineering College - Government of Goa
Master of Science - MS Information and Communication Technology, Master of Science - MS Information and Communication Technology at Technische Universität Berlin
Minor Business and Entrepreneurship, Minor Business and Entrepreneurship at EIT Digital Alumni
Master Thesis Distributed Systems, Master Thesis Distributed Systems at ETH Zürich
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Vaibhav Kulkarni - Data & Bioinformatics Engineering Manager