Naghi Prasad
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ph. D., Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence 1991-01-01 - 1997-01-01
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS, AI & Cognitive Science 1990-01-01 - 1991-01-01
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
MS, Computer Science 1988-01-01 - 1990-01-01
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
B. Tech, Electircal Engineering 1984-01-01 - 1988-01-01Work Experience
Valet Closet
Current
Valet Closet
PathPresenter
Current
PathPresenter
SwoopTalent
2011-01-01 - 2021-08-01
SwoopTalent
Astound
2016-11-01 - 2020-06-01
Astound
Rakuten Advertising
2015-01-01 - 2016-11-01
Rakuten Advertising
Deep Forest Media (acquired by Rakuten)
2012-01-01 - 2015-01-01
Deep Forest Media (acquired by Rakuten)
Super Free Games
2011-04-01 - 2012-06-01
Super Free Games
Tapjoy (Acquired by ironSource)
2007-09-01 - 2011-04-01
Tapjoy (Acquired by ironSource)
Turn (acquired by Amobee)
2006-07-01 - 2007-08-01
Turn (acquired by Amobee)
HP Autonomy
2005-05-01 - 2006-06-01
HP Autonomy
Skills
Summary
I was most recently the CEO (and then CTO) and Co-Founder of Astound Inc, an AI-driven automation platform for Enterprise Service Management. Prior to that, I was the CEO and Co-Founder of Deep Forest Media, a cross device advertising platform and before that CTO of Tapjoy, the leader in distribution and monetization of Social and Mobile games and applications. Previously, I was the VP of Engineering for Turn, one of the largest online DSP platforms and for Verity, an Enterprise Search Software company. At PeopleSoft, I was the director of development for Enterprise Data Warehousing and business intelligence products group. As a director of engineering at VerticalNet, my team created the award-winning suite of Spend Analytics products. I was a key member of the Open Services marketplace initiative, one of the earliest Web Services applications. As a senior manager at the Center for Strategic Technology research of Accenture, I was the lead on projects involving simulation, modeling, text search and smart environments. Specialties: Mobile Advertising, Enterprise Software, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Text Search, Big Data, Large Scale systems engineering.
