Aparna Lakshmiratan

Aparna Lakshmiratan is currently serving as Sr. Director of AI Product at Cisco since December 2023, focusing on recruiting top AI product managers to advance Cisco's AI initiatives. Prior to this role, Lakshmiratan was VP of Product at Snorkel AI from March 2022 to September 2023. At Meta, from July 2015 to March 2022, significant contributions included leading the AI Platform product team, which delivered PyTorch and developed key components for the Meta ecosystem, including data labeling and feature engineering. Earlier experience at Microsoft as Principal Program Manager involved leading teams to create impactful products in Search and Ads. Lakshmiratan holds a PhD in Computer Science with a specialization in AI from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.