Vihar Desu
Co-Founder, CTO at Proto AI
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolVihar Desu is a technology founder and CTO with nine years of experience building ML-driven products at the intersection of software and biomedicine. He co-founded Proto AI to democratize personalized and preventative care after helping scale cancer genomics infrastructure at Tempus AI and fine-tuning biology-focused LLMs at Vector Space Biosciences. Skilled in Python and TypeScript, he pairs hands-on engineering with domain depth from an MS in Biology & Statistics (Columbia) and a BS in Computer Science & Finance (WashU). His background spans startups, venture diligence, and even founding a campus salon, reflecting both entrepreneurial grit and operational versatility. Vihar is especially focused on precision drug delivery and minimally invasive screening strategies, bringing ML into translational workflows. Based in New York, he blends product-minded engineering with a translational vision for personalized healthcare.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Biology and Statistics, Master of Science - MS Biology and Statistics at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Finance, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science and Finance at Washington University in St. Louis
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Github Skills (45)
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gateway10
zero-trust10
reverse-proxy9
identity-aware-proxy9
vpn9
d3js8
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typescript8
identity-management7
isomorphic7
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
summaries-co/book-summarizer-api
Feb 2023 - Feb 2024
Contributions:62 PRs, 53 pushes, 54 branches in 1 year
summaries-co/book-extractor
Apr 2024 - May 2024
Contributions:3 reviews, 5 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 month
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