G. D. (Ram) Ramkumar

Current

Chief of Architecture, Visual Search at A9.com

Past

Co-Founder and CTO at SnapTell Inc.
Sr. Software Architect at McDATA, Corp.
Software Architect and Senior Manager at Sanera Systems

Sr. Associate at Morgan Stanley
Sr. Researcher at Hitachi America Ltd

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Education

Stanford University
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

G. D. (Ram) Ramkumar’s Summary

* Entrepreneur
* Experience building successful startups SnapTell acquired by Amazon.com subsidiary A9.com in 2009 and Sanera Systems acquired by McDATA Corporation in 2003
* Technical expertise in algorithms, data mining and applications to consumer mobile and Internet.
* Experience building software products and leading projects from concept to delivery with rigorous execution.
* Over fifteen years of software research and development experience.

G. D. (Ram) Ramkumar’s Specialties:

Internet Consumer and Data Center Technologies

G. D. (Ram) Ramkumar’s Experience

Chief of Architecture, Visual Search

A9.com

(Public Company; AMZN; Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

* Technology development at A9.com, subsidiary of Amazon.com focused on search technologies in the SF bay area.
* Joined A9.com via acquisition of SnapTell
Co-Founder and CTO

SnapTell Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

February 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 5 months)

Co-founder of a technology startup that developed innovative mobile visual search service for consumers. SnapTell (http://snaptell.com) was funded by venture firms NEA and JK&B Capital.
Sr. Software Architect

McDATA, Corp.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MCDT; Computer Networking industry)

September 2003 — February 2006 (2 years 6 months)

Joined McDATA through the acquisition of Sanera Systems in 2003. Lead software architect of McDATA reporting to the CTO, responsible for technical roadmap leading to 2007-2008 and beyond.

Provide technical direction to a team of more than 100 engineers in 3 design centers. Lead technical due diligence and evaluation of new technologies in the areas of SAN Switching and Extension software. Participate in authoring ANSI standards. Develop API Strategy for interfacing with 3rd party Software Companies.
Software Architect and Senior Manager

Sanera Systems

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

December 2000 — September 2003 (2 years 10 months)

Dual roles of software architect and senior manager of startup software team.
Sr. Associate

Morgan Stanley

(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )
Sr. Researcher

Hitachi America Ltd

(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years )