E162 Krishna Janakiraman, Head of Data Science and Engineering at Plate IQ

Today's guest is Krishna Janakiraman, Head of Data Science and Engineering at Plate IQ, who makes automates Accounts Payable. Automated accounts payable software replaces manual data entry by digitizing your invoices down to the line item, automatically assigning them your proper GL codes, syncing the information to your accounting software and providing analytics around purchasing. Plate IQ also offers one-click bill pay, inventory, and cloud-based data storage that allows a restaurant to go paperless or work together over multiple time zones.

In the episode, Krishna will tell you about:

How they are streamlining and automating the back office operations,

The journey to scaling up the tech team from scratch,

Interesting projects they are working on applying Data Science and Machine Learning,

Use cases of the benefits that the Plate IQ platform brings to customers,

What he enjoys most about working at PlateIQ,

and What you can learn if interested in joining their team