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. [Corpus]
  Philip Bramsen, Pawan Deshpande, Yoong Keok Lee, Regina Barzilay
• Finding Temporal Order in Discharge Summaries. AMIA 2006. [Corpus]
  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]

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.

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)

Customers.ai

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

Falkonry

Falkonry enables operational excellence for manufacturing and defense organizations through AI-based analysis of operational systems.
Funding Status: Series A

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.