Venkat Yashwanth Gunapati

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Director, Data Engineering at Capital One

Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Overview

Venkat Yashwanth Gunapati is the Director of Data Engineering at Capital One, specializing in machine learning, software architecture, and building data solutions. His career includes progressive leadership roles at Capital One and Real Chemistry. He holds a Masters from Case Western Reserve University and is described by colleagues as technically competent and passionate.

Outside his corporate roles, Venkat has a strong background in academic research focused on large-scale data systems. While at university, he co-authored several publications on photovoltaic informatics and renewable energy data acquisition networks, demonstrating an early interest in distributed computing and data warehousing for complex scientific applications.

He recently co-invented a patented technology for "Dependency tracking using application layer and network layer information" for Capital One in 2023.

Personality Overview

Believer

Imaginative

Relationship Oriented

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They excel at seeing the bigger picture, and the long-term impact of their decisions.

Topics They Care About

Data Engineering
This is his core expertise, demonstrated by his current Director position and multiple previous managerial roles in data and machine learning engineering at Capital One.
Applied Machine Learning
He has managed a Machine Learning engineering team and won an award for a hackathon solution that utilized a convolutional neural network for document classification.
Network Dependency
Co-invented and was awarded a patent in November 2023 for a system related to dependency tracking using application and network layer information at Capital One.

Media Appearances

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Work History

6-2022
Director, Data Engineering at Capital One
10-2021 - 7-2022
Senior Group Director at Real Chemistry
10-2020 - 10-2021
Group Director Software Solutions and Architecture at Real Chemistry
1-2020 - 10-2020
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Capital One
1-2019 - 1-2020
Manager, Machine Learning and Data Engineering at Capital One

Education

2012 - 2014
Master's degree from Case Western Reserve University
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) from Osmania University

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