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Viswanathan (Visu) Mahalingam

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Senior Director of Engineering, Core Platform at Ridecell
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Viswanathan is a Senior Director of Engineering and a founding team member at Ridecell. He manages core platform engineering teams across the US and India, focusing on infrastructure, data, and hardware integration. A Georgia Institute of Technology alumnus, his background includes embedded software development at Cisco and security research.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Senior Director of Engineering, Core Platform
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Core Engineering Platforms
Leads the teams responsible for Ridecell's core platform, including critical areas like infrastructure, data management, and hardware integration.
Tamil Literature
He is a published author of a Tamil travelogue and has also translated prominent Silicon Valley essays into Tamil, showing a deep passion for the language.
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Career

Work history

2-2022
Senior Director of Engineering, Core Platform
Ridecell
5-2019 - 2-2022
Director of Engineering, Core Platform
Ridecell
4-2016 - 4-2019
Engineering Manager, Core Platform
Ridecell
8-2012 - 3-2016
Senior Software Engineer
Ridecell
6-2010 - 8-2012
Software Engineer
Cisco
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Education
2008 - 2010
MS
Georgia Institute of Technology
2001 - 2005
B.TECH
PSG College of Technology
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