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Arun is a seasoned, cross-functional engineering leader, an innovator, and a thought leader in all aspects of embedded systems: from silicon to software. Arun currently leads Market development and Business development efforts for Edge Impulse – a ground-breaking embedded machine learning development and deployment platform. Previously, as CTO of Voice BU at Poly, Arun led Technology Strategy and Technology Platforming efforts with a focus on wearable technologies. Before becoming the CTO, while his primary focus was around leading Plantronics' product development teams responsible for IoT-to-Cloud system architecture, embedded software, audio DSP, AI/ML technologies, and data insights & analytics, he was also leading Plantronics's strategic collaboration and partnership efforts with silicon, SaaS, and other ecosystem partners. Prior to Poly, Arun has held various engineering leadership positions at BlackBerry/RIMM, Ikanos/Conexant/GlobeSpan, and 3Com/USRobotics.