Kiran Ratnapu
About Kiran Ratnapu
Kiran Ratnapu is the Senior Director of Data Science at Coupa Software, with a background in founding multiple companies and extensive experience in risk technology and bioinformatics.
Current Role at Coupa Software
Kiran Ratnapu is the Senior Director of Data Science at Coupa Software. He has been with the company since 2017, contributing to the AI Center of Excellence in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this role, he focuses on leveraging data science and AI technologies to drive innovation and improve organizational effectiveness.
Past Roles and Career Path
Kiran has held several significant positions over his career. From 2015 to 2017, he was the Founder & CEO of Deep Relevance, a company later acquired by Coupa Software. Before that, he served as Vice President of Risk Technology at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch from 2006 to 2013 in Jersey City, NJ. Additionally, he has co-founded Adwyze Inc. and Collaborative CAD, and has worked as a Scientific and Bioinformatics Programmer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology.
Educational Background
Kiran Ratnapu has an extensive academic background. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2013 to 2014. Prior to that, he attended the National University of Singapore from 1998 to 2001. His foundational education took place at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where he studied from 1994 to 1998.
Significant Projects and Products
Throughout his career, Kiran Ratnapu has been instrumental in developing several data products and tools. Notably, he developed Spend Guard, a product designed to monitor customer spending for fraud or misuse. He also created Commodity Insights, a tool that offers customers visibility into their spending. Additionally, he designed Procurable Spend Spotlight, which identifies expenses that can be procured more effectively.