Dr. Krishnakumar Narayanan serves as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering at Ecrio, where he leads the innovation, design, and delivery of Edge-AI and advanced communications software solutions. Under his leadership, Ecrio has introduced its flagship Edge AI Communication Platform, built on a seamless integration of Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) and next-generation critical communications across device, edge, and cloud environments for mission-critical sectors such as manufacturing, defense, oil & gas, and healthcare.
With over 25 years of expertise in software architecture and systems engineering, Dr. Narayanan has built and guided globally distributed teams to deliver robust, scalable, and production-grade solutions that anticipate the evolving needs of a connected world. Before joining Ecrio, he held engineering roles at Silicon Graphics (SGI), Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), and Wipro Limited, contributing to advanced graphics pipelines and foundational system software for early workstation platforms.
Dr. Narayanan earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Louisiana State University and a B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is the inventor of five U.S. patents in communications and application management and has published research in image processing and pattern recognition. Passionate about education, he actively promotes project-based learning and internship programs in academic institutions.