Venkatakumar Srinivasan, PhD
About Venkatakumar Srinivasan, PhD
Venkatakumar Srinivasan, PhD, is a Senior Software Engineer at Fortanix with extensive experience in software engineering and product architecture, including co-founding Xaptum and contributing to IoT infrastructure development.
Title
Venkatakumar Srinivasan, PhD, is currently a Senior Software Engineer.
Company
Venkatakumar Srinivasan has been employed at Fortanix since 2021, where he serves as a Senior Software Engineer.
Previous Employment
Before joining Fortanix, Venkatakumar Srinivasan worked at Xaptum as a Co-Founder and Product Architect from 2013 to 2021 in Chicago. He also has experience working in various capacities at Motorola Mobility in the United States, serving as a Software Engineering Research Intern in 2012 and as a Contractor in 2011. Additionally, he worked at Motorola Solutions as a Contractor in 2010, and at Novell, India as a Software Consultant from 2007 to 2008. He was also employed at Oracle, India as a Senior Applications Engineer from 2003 to 2007 and at Cognizant Technology Solutions as a Programmer Analyst from 2002 to 2003.
Education and Expertise
Venkatakumar Srinivasan earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Chicago, where he studied from 2008 to 2017. He completed his undergraduate studies at PSG College of Technology, achieving a BE in Computer Science & Engineering between 1998 and 2002.
Achievements
While working at Xaptum, Venkatakumar Srinivasan contributed to the development of the Edge Network Fabric™, an innovative edge computing infrastructure for IoT. His efforts helped address cybersecurity, data transit, and application enablement challenges within IoT ecosystems. His work aided in positioning Xaptum as a leader in the Application Enablement & Services market segment, targeting a $49 billion market opportunity by 2024.