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Sudarshan Muralidhar

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Director of Engineering at Canary Technologies
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Sudarshan is the Director of Engineering at Canary Technologies, leading teams focused on Messaging AI and Voice AI for the hospitality industry. An alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania, he previously co-founded the ed-tech startup Upbeat, which was acquired after significant organic growth, and led a device sync team at MongoDB.

Beyond his engineering leadership, Sudarshan is a multi-talented individual with a black belt in Taido Karate and a passion for playing the flute. He has a stated interest in social impact and education, and also enjoys kickboxing and skiing. He also develops real-world competitive games as a side project.

He co-founded a music platform, grew it to 200, 000 users worldwide without external funding, and saw it get acquired within two years.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
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AI in Hospitality
As Director of Engineering at Canary Technologies, he leads the teams developing Messaging AI and Voice AI products for hotels.
Ed-Tech Startups
He co-founded and served as CTO of Upbeat, a music education technology platform that was acquired by MakeMusic in 2022 after achieving significant user growth.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Director of Engineering
Canary Technologies
12-2020 - 1-2025
Lead - Atlas Device Sync
MongoDB
3-2020 - 5-2022
Co-Founder
Upbeat [acquired by MakeMusic]
9-2016 - 11-2020
Software Engineer
Igneous (acquired by Rubrik)
8-2014 - 5-2016
NETS 212 (Scalable and Cloud Computing) Teaching Assistant
University of Pennsylvania
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Education
2012 - 2016
Master's degree
University of Pennsylvania
2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
University of Pennsylvania
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