Venkatesh Krishnan
AI Infrastructure Product Leader at Meta (Ex- AWS)
- Role
- Product Management Leader at Meta
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Venkatesh Krishnan
Product leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling AI/ML platforms and infrastructure powering enterprise and developer adoption. Currently leading AI Infrastructure Foundations at Meta, enabling end-to-end lifecycle of AI models for ad monetization at global scale. Previously led product for Amazon SageMaker and Bedrock, driving multi-hundred-million-dollar revenue growth and launching 50+ generative AI capabilities. Proven track record of delivering high-impact platforms, aligning cross-functional organizations, and translating deep technical innovation into customer value. Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA in Technology Management from UCLA\'s Anderson School of Management. A prolific inventor with 50+ US patents (600+ international).
Experience
Product Management Leader
May 2025 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US
Lead product strategy and execution for AI infrastructure platform powering feature engineering, training, and deployment of models used in Meta’s Ad recommendation systems.~ Own end-to-end platform roadmap enabling scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient AI workloads across multiple product surfaces.~ Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, data science, and program management to deliver platform capabilities supporting billions of daily inferences.~Secured headcount and investment for 2026 roadmap by defining a multi-year platform strategy tied to measurable business impact and revenue growth.~Served as product lead for executive-sponsored initiative to unify data, modeling, and infrastructure across Ads, News Feed, and UGC, creating a next-generation AI platform that improves efficiency, reuse, and innovation velocity across Meta.
Education
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Strategy and Technology Management
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communications
Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Skills
- C
- Algorithms
- Product Development
- Embedded Systems
- Data Analysis
- 3gpp
- Signal Processing
- Wireless
- Leadership
- Unsupervised Learning
- Debugging
- Wireless Technologies
- Statistical Data Analysis
- Digital Signal Processors
- Soc
- Mobile Communications
- Mobile Devices
- Embedded Software
- Statistical Modeling
- Device Drivers
- Lte
- Digital Signal Processing
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