Speaker Session: Vivek Ravisankar, Co-Founder and CEO of HackerRank

Join us to hear Vivek Ravisankar, Co-Founder and CEO of HackerRank, speak on January 24 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. at Theatre N.

HackerRank (https://www.hackerrank.com/) is a platform that ranks engineers based on their coding skills and helps companies discover talent faster. Programmers use HackerRank to improve their coding skills, while hiring managers use the site to find great talent.

Back in 2008, Vivek Ravisankar and Hari Karunanidhi worked as software engineers at Amazon and IBM, respectively, spending way too much time on engineering interviews. The duo wished they could focus more energy on building innovative products and less energy screening resumes and interviewing. Plus, it was really hard to spot great programmers using traditional recruiting methods. Together, they built automatic CodeChallenges that not only cut thousands of hours in recruiting collectively but also helped flatten the world by promoting a meritocracy. This innovation earned a spot at the prestigious Y Combinator startup accelerator program. And so HackerRank was born.

Learn how Vivek started HackerRank, how you can use the platform to find jobs, and to get advice on how to start your own company.

Admission is free. All are welcome.