Surendra Pepakayala is a seasoned technology professional and entrepreneur with over 19 years of experience in the US and India. He has broad experience in building enterprise/web software products as a developer, architect, software engineering manager, and product manager at both start-ups and multinational companies in India and the US. He is a hands-on technologist/hacker with deep interest and expertise in Enterprise/Web Applications Development, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Data Science, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.

A technologist turned entrepreneur, after 11 years in corporate US, Surendra has founded an enterprise BI / DSS product for school districts in the US. He subsequently sold the company and started a Cloud Computing, Big Data, and Data Science consulting practice to help start-ups and IT organizations streamline their development efforts and reduce time to market of their products/solutions. Also, Surendra takes pride in using his considerable IT experience for reviving / turning-around distressed products / projects.

He serves as an advisor to eTeki, an on-demand interviewing platform, where he leads the effort to recruit and retain world-class IT professionals into eTeki’s interviewer panel. He has reviewed drafts, recommended changes and formulated questions for various IT certifications such as CGEIT, CRISC, MSP, and TOGAF. His current focus is on applying Deep Learning to various stages of the recruiting process to help HR (staffing and corporate recruiters) find the best talent and reduce friction involved in the hiring process.