Prasanna Vijayanathan is a software engineer with over a decade of experience in creating high performance application and infrastructure. He currently works at Netflix and specializes in optimizing user experience by utilizing data analytics and modeling to better understand users. Before joining Netflix, he worked at LinkedIn for over five years in both leadership and engineering roles, where he focused on personalizing user experience through data and machine learning and optimizing infrastructure. He is passionate about creating accessible applications that provide the best possible experience for all users and volunteers at organizations to promote educational equity and develop future leaders.