Virinchi Garimella's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Chief Product Officer and Founder - BIRD AnalyticsIndustry of Information Technology and ServicesGarimella held the position of Chief Product Officer and Founder at BIRD Analytics, a technology lead and engineering partner to leading retailers, agencies and other businesses. During his time at BIRD, Garimella developed and led product advancement and development, shaping the company’s product strategy and product vision. He also led support functions for the company’s software engineering team, Heads of Department for product engineering, and marketing.Garimella joined BIRD as a technology lead in January 2014, and then held the position of interim CEO from July 2014 until July 2019. In his interim role, Garimella led product direction and spearheaded product development for BIRD Analytics’ response to the evolving industry requirements. He was also responsible for developing andplementation of new product features and introducing new technology, which helpederentertain the company’s plunging stock price and bolster its competitive edge.Garimella’s most recent role at BIRD was as CEO and Founder of Lightning InsightsInc. In this role, he is responsible for creating and driving the company’s business success, while also maintaining a entrepreneurial ethos.Garimella has a background in information technology. He has held a number of technical positions at Oracle, where he worked on products such as the Oracle 11gR2 database and the Java SE 6 platform. He has also been a senior software engineer at Priceinteractive and a project manager at CTIS Inc., both senior software engineering teams at Oracle. Garimella holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Toronto.

🎓 Education

Virinchi Garimella currently holds a Master's degree in engineering from Portland State University, and also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Osmania University. Virinchi Garimella has 10 years' experience in engineering and has worked as a Research Engineer, M.D. (medical doctor), Manager of Plant Research, and finally an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Portland State University.Garimella has now completed her Master's degree in engineering and has since then been working as a Research Engineer at a company in Malaysia for the past 3 years. Garimella is currently a Research Assistant Professor of Engineering at the University of Kerala in Kerala, India, and is also working on a project in electrical engineering.Garimella is well-read in engineering, having read many engineering textbooks and papers. She is also experienced in conducting experiments and has a good working knowledge of software. Garimella possesses an excellent ability to communicate with colleagues, clients and students. Garimella is also highly motivated and is always able to make her results stick with her when she is presenting her work to audiences.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Virinchi Garimella has experience in product engineering from rear end to front end, CRM (customer relationship management), web development, market research, and lead sales. He has more than 12 years of experience in the industry. Garimella has worked with a team of engineers across 11 countries and five continents. Garimella is fluent in four languages and has a degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 1998.