About

Prashanth T.K. is a highly skilled and versatile professional with expertise in mathematics, computer science, and software engineering. He graduated from the University of Waterloo in Canada with a Master of Mathematics Computer Science Co-Op Degree and currently resides in Bengaluru, India, where he serves as a Director at Avalanche Peak Pvt. Ltd. Prashanth's expertise in software engineering is evidenced by his work as a Lead in Software Engineering and Junior Specialist at the University of California, Irvine, where he developed TargetZIKA, an app to empower citizens to tackle mosquito breeding and curb the spread of the ZIKA virus and Dengue epidemic in India and Brazil. His work on TargetZIKA is detailed in an ACM paper where results of micro-reporting virus hotspots on their mobile app have produced positive results in monitoring epidemics. He has also worked as a Research Intern at the Centre for Cloud Computing and Big Data, where he developed a pipeline to estimate the volume of a garbage dump using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks, Structure from Motion, and 3D Reconstruction. Prashanth is a highly creative individual who produces comedy commercials to sell laptops, smart home automation, and electronics on his YouTube channel, T.K. and The Blue Jays. He has also acted in theatre and released two rap albums, Wild Thoughts and South Indies, currently streaming on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, and all major streaming platforms. Prashanth's technical skills include Mobile, AI, Blockchain, Spark, Big Data, Sentiment Analysis, and Microservices. He is an active member of the tech community and has a strong social media presence on platforms such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Patreon, Github, Facebook, and Reverbnation. Overall, Prashanth is a highly skilled, versatile, and creative professional with a passion for technology, music, and comedy. He has relevant experience of 3.36 years and is always looking for new opportunities to learn and grow.