Pawan Deshpande

I like creating things -- be it software, teams, processes, products, art, or content. Here's a sample of some of my work that I can publicly share.

See my LinkedIn profile for my professional experience.

Publications

• Decoding Algorithms for Complex Natural Language Tasks
  Pawan Deshpande. Thesis Supervisor: Regina Barzilay.
  (Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation Prize)
  (Charles & Jennifer Johnson Award for Outstanding M. Eng. Thesis in Comp. Sci.)
• Generating a Table-of-Contents. ACL 2007. [Code & Data] [Slides]
  S.R.K. Branavan, Pawan Deshpande, Regina Barzilay.
• Randomized Decoding for Selection-and-Ordering Problems. NAACL 2007. [Code] [Slides]
  Pawan Deshpande, Regina Barzilay, David R. Karger
• Inducing Temporal Graphs. EMNLP 2006.
  Philip Bramsen, Pawan Deshpande, Yoong Keok Lee, Regina Barzilay
• Finding Temporal Order in Discharge Summaries. AMIA 2006.
  Philip Bramsen, Pawan Deshpande, Yoong Keok Lee, Regina Barzilay.
• Integer Linear Programming for Selection-and-Ordering Problems
  Pawan Deshpande. 2nd Annual CSAIL Student Workshop

Patents

• Machine Learning For Transliteration
  Lalitesh Katragadda, Pawan Deshpande, Anupama Dutta, Nitin Arora. (Google)
• Systems and methods for recommendation of personal network
  Bryant Fong, James Hilke, Venkatesh Veeraraghavan, Pawan Deshpande. (Microsoft)

Book Chapters

• Race and colorism in education
  Sailaja N. Joshi, Murali Balaji, and Pawan Deshpande

Portfolio

A sample of some of the products and creations that I have worked on over the years.

Curata CCS

My startup Curata's flagship content curation software designed primarily for B2B marketing teams. [Product Page]

Curata Reader

Multi-device and responsive Google Reader alternative that was named by CNet as one the top 5 feed readers and the "prettiest of the bunch".

Curata CMP

My startup Curata's content marketing platform for B2B Enterprise editorial calendaring, workflow, and full-funnel analytics. [Product Page]

Domino Model Monitor

Automated data and model quality drift monitoring for machine learning models in production. [Product Page]

Karmic

Karmic enables consumers to be informed and in control of the social and environmental impact of their spending.

Congressional Call Advocacy App

An advocacy app to easily contact your elected officials via phone and social media with guided talking points. [GitHub]

Congressional Call Campaign Chatbot

An upgraded version of the congressional call campaign application designed to run solely through a messaging interface built in Django with Twilio API. [GitLab]

Google Input Tools

Built the first working prototype in Kannada and Hindi. Available in all Google Products and 130+ languages.

Artwork

Selected paintings and sketches from over the years.

Content

Over the years, I have probably authored 100+ articles around the web. Below is a small subset with my more meaningful pieces.

SaaS Critical Care: How to 2x Renewal Rates

Personal Blog. August 1, 2023.
Customer success framework I developed & implemented that led to a doubling of our renewal rates over 9 months.

Your Facebook data is still vulnerable. I know because I made it that way.

Washington Post. April 13, 2018.
Op-Ed where I revealed an active vulnerability in Facebook amidst the congressional hearings based on my earlier social network work.

The Content Marketing Pyramid: Create More With Less

Chief Content Office Magazine. Aug. 24, 2014
Well adopted & extensible framework for repurposing content with 4,800 social shares to date.

Content Marketing Done Right

30+ page eBook that was one of the first resources to comprehensively discuss copyright & fair use online for marketing.

The Comprehensive Guide to Content Marketing Metrics & Analytics

A 35 page eBook that provides an overview of what to measure and how from the very top to the bottom of the sales & marketing funnel.

Understand How Content Is Influencing Buyers: A Primer on Attribution Models

Content Marketing Institute. Feb. 10, 2017
Explanation of complex and technical marketing attribution models in a way that anyone in marketing can understand.

Investments

I selectively and opportunistically invest in early-stage exciting startups.

Toast

Toast make an all-in-one restaurant management and point-of-sale system built on Android.
Funding Status: IPO 2021 (NYSE: TOST)

Upside Foods

Upside Foods grows future-friendly, real meat directly from animal cells that's good for you and the planet.
Funding Status: Series C ($606M to date)

LinkSquares

LinkSquares AI-powered contract management software enabling in-house legal teams to draft, store, search and analyze finalized agreements.
Funding Status: Series C ($161M to date)

Falkonry

Falkonry enables operational excellence for manufacturing and defense organizations through AI-based analysis of operational systems.
Funding Status: Acquired by IFS in 2023

Customers.ai

Intent-driven outbound sales automation platform.
Funding Status: Series A

Xpertly

Xpertly's mission is to create a new kind of marketing, one that builds credibility via the experts in a company.
Funding Status: Seed

Viyaat Agro

Unused land cultivation in India (Advisor)
Funding Status: Seed

Stage 2 Capital

Stage 2 Capital is a VC firm that invests in early stage B2B SaaS companies and works closely with portfolio companies to operationalize sustainable revenue growth and sales operations.

Stage 2 Capital Catalyst

The Stage 2 Capital Catalyst supports early stage B2B software companies in scaling their businesses by combining Venture Capital and Go-To-Market, empowering founders with hands-on coaching from an unrivaled network of go-to-market leaders.

Scale Angels

Angel fund by Scale AI employees and alumni. Largely AI-focused.