Akhilesh is the technical lead for LinkedIn's Real-time delivery infrastructure and LinkedIn Messaging. He has been working on the revamp of LinkedIn’s offerings to instant, real-time experiences. Before this, he was the head of engineering for the Ride Experience program at Uber Technologies in San Francisco where he led a large team of. backend, web, iOS and Android engineers to build delightful mobile products and infrastructure for the core Uber rider application. He holds a Masters degree in CS from Stanford University.