Summary
Varun Singh is a seasoned product and technology executive with 14 years of experience building and scaling real-time communication platforms, currently serving as Chief Product & Technology Officer at Daily in San Francisco. A Ph.D. researcher-turned-founder, he built callstats.io from concept to multi-million ARR and an exit to 8x8, then led call quality and analytics integration across 8x8’s product portfolio. He combines deep protocol and standards expertise—co-editing WebRTC stats and contributing to W3C and IETF working groups—with hands-on engineering in systems like Chrome, Firefox, Jitsi, and mediasoup. Varun focuses teams on developer time-to-value, call reliability, and broad API coverage while driving growth through developer evangelism, DevRel, and product-led onboarding. His uncommon blend of academic rigor (congestion control, multipath RTP) and commercial execution has produced multiple patents and widely used browser integrations. He also advises startups across A/V, edtech, and web3, bringing a pragmatic founder’s perspective to early-stage teams.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D Multimedia Networks Resource Management Telecom Business, Ph.D Multimedia Networks Resource Management Telecom Business at Aalto University
B.Tech Telecommunication, B.Tech Telecommunication at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Masters in Communications Engineering Networking Multimedia Product Development, Masters in Communications Engineering Networking Multimedia Product Development at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
School Physics Chemistry Math Computer Science English, School Physics Chemistry Math Computer Science English at Naval Public School