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Adappa Gourannavar

@adappagourannavar

Director of Engineering at Samsung Research Institute building Vision AI and camera platforms, including Expert RAW with 40M+ downloads.

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At Samsung Research Institute, I lead a 70+ engineer organization across Camera Platform and System, Vision AI, and Agentic AI. I grew the engineering organization from 7 to 70+ and led global 0-to-1 incubation across phones, wearables, tablets, and big-screen products.

I led the creation of 20+ launch-stage features, including Expert RAW, which reached 40M+ downloads. I also brought five Agentic AI solutions from research to production and architected five Visual MCP client/server systems.

Earlier at Samsung Research Institute, I led the Android Camera Platform and owned the Camera App, Framework, System, and Engine. Fun Mode, co-developed with Snapchat, generated 1B+ content creations over 3+ years.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Director of Engineering

Current

Samsung Research Institute

Jan 2021 - Present (5 years 9 months)

Leads 70+ engineers across Camera Platform, Vision AI, and Agentic AI systems. Drove 0-to-1 incubation of features like Expert RAW and FlexZoom, and pioneered Agentic AI solutions.

Vision AI Agentic AI Camera Platform Android NPU DSP Federated Learning MCP RAG Generative AI Team Leadership

Head of Visual SW Experience

Samsung Research Institute

Jan 2013 - Dec 2021 (8 years 11 months)

Led Android Camera Platform for flagship and mid-tier devices, delivering 20+ annual camera products. Co-developed Fun Mode with Snapchat, generating 1B+ content creations.

Android Camera Framework Systems Engine CPU GPU NPU Optimization GL View Galaxy Watch Integration

Tech Lead — Platforms & Ecosystems

Samsung Research Institute

Jan 2009 - Dec 2013 (4 years 11 months)

Built camera, video, and audio architectures for Tizen, Bada, and other platforms. Developed ChatOn and 20+ apps for the Bada App Store.

Tizen Bada SHP OCSP OpenMAX IL GStreamer FFMPEG Camera SDK Multimedia SDK

Platform Developer — Systems & Multimedia

Samsung Research Institute

Jan 2003 - Dec 2009 (6 years 11 months)

Developed DVB-H products and SHP Multimedia Abstract Layer enhancements. Designed and deployed camera, video, and audio architectures and multimedia proofs of concept.

DVB H Multimedia Cameras Video Audio SHP PoC Development