Varsha Shankar
Founder, Chief Executive Officer at Inference PM
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolVarsha Shankar is a founder and technical product leader with 13 years of experience building data-first products, leading cross-functional teams, and translating complex R&D into business outcomes. As CEO of Inference PM she combines SR&ED expertise with product management-as-a-service to help AI and data companies shape roadmaps that maximize R&D claims while delivering scalable launches. Previously she led driver-facing and multi-modal platform initiatives at Amazon’s Last Mile organization, owned end-to-end product and data strategy at Receptiviti, and has a strong ML and research background from roles at GadflyZone and the University of Pennsylvania. Comfortable moving between hands-on technical design and executive strategy, she has a track record of shipping high-impact systems (including a global feedback platform processing >800K weekly responses) and creating data pipelines that cut testing time by over 90%. Based in Toronto, Varsha pairs an M.S.E. in Robotics and an MBA with a knack for turning technical insight into auditable, fundable R&D narratives.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
M.B.A. Business Administration and Management General, M.B.A. Business Administration and Management General at University of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementBachelor Computer Engineering, Bachelor Computer Engineering at Delhi College of EngineeringM.S.E. Robotics, M.S.E. Robotics at University of Pennsylvania
English, Hindi, TamilGithub contributions (1)
bdol/eyetrack
Dec 2012 - Aug 2013
Contributions:84 commits in 8 months
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