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Ananda Kanagaraj Sankar - Engineering Leader in San Jose, CA

Ananda Kanagaraj Sankar

Engineering Leader specializing in marketplace monetization, pricing, payments, and trust & safety

ThumbtackHarvard Business SchoolSan Jose, CA14 Years ExperienceDirector Level

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Early-stage founder in the ideation phase who previously took a hackathon concept in digital accessibility from prototype to a scalable SaaS platform, validating with developers, government web teams, and accessibility experts; the product was selected for deployment by the Indian Government. Strong focus on MVP validation, leveraging AI/automation, and building with limited resources; requires visa sponsorship due to immigration status.

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Key Strengths

  • Identified market gap in digital accessibility tooling and built a prototype to address it
  • Validated product with diverse stakeholders (developers, government web teams, accessibility experts) and refined around real workflows
  • Iterated from hackathon idea to scalable SaaS platform
  • Selected for deployment by the Indian Government
  • Resource-efficient product building focused on de-risking core assumptions via MVPs and early pilots
  • Evaluates ideas using prototype/pilot signals and durable macro trends vs short-term fads

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Experience

Engineering LeaderThumbtack Inc · Feb 2021 – Present
Engineering LeaderUber Technologies Inc · Feb 2016 – Feb 2021
Founder & Head of EngineeringPseudo Labs · Jul 2010 – Jul 2014
Software Engineer InternVMware · Jan 2015 – Jan 2015internship
Software Engineer InternBlackberry · Jan 2013 – Jan 2013internship

Education

University at Buffalomaster, Computer Science
Anna Universitybachelor, Information Technology

Awards

  • Microsoft awards for mobile applications (2014)

Languages

English

Certifications

Leadership & Strategy (Executive Education) - Harvard Business School

Publications

3 publications

Emotion Recognition (Machine Learning)Augmented Reality ShoppingGeospatial Safety Applications

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