Kannan Narayanan

Prior to beginning his legal career, Kannan worked as a senior staff engineer at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a large semiconductor company that develops computer processors. While at AMD, Kannan researched and developed compilers and related technologies for heterogeneous compute architectures, including software for machine learning/AI. Before that, Kannan worked as a senior software engineer at Azul Systems, a privately-held company that develops runtime platforms for Java. He also worked as a senior compiler engineer at Intel Compiler Labs, and as a software engineer at Cisco Systems. Kannan also worked at three other early-stage fabless semiconductor startups, including Pathscale that developed x86- and MIPS-based hardware.

Kannan received his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law where he also earned a High Technology Law Certificate with honors. While in law school, Kannan served on the editorial board of the High Technology Law Journal, and co-organized a symposium on the impact of AI.

Kannan received his Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering (with honors) from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). He also has a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Kannan is fluent in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu.