Summary
Academic researcher with strong publication record in distributed systems and information retrieval, grounded in a Stanford PhD and multiple peer-reviewed conference papers. stanford+1
Entrepreneur and product leader who co-founded Aster Data Systems, advanced large-scale analytics (notably SQL-MR), scaled the company and led it through acquisition, demonstrating an ability to translate research into commercial products. iitbombay+2
SaaS founder focused on partnership ecosystems and co-selling: as CEO and Co-Founder of WorkSpan he is positioning the company around 'ecosystem management' and launching AI capabilities to operationalize partner-led revenue. workspan+2
Inventor with contributions to privacy-preserving search and distributed systems, evidenced by patents and patent applications listed under his name. google+2
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WorkSpan's Next Chapter: AI-Powered Partnerships and Series D Funding
March 1, 2025Company blog post authored by Mayank Bawa announcing WorkSpan AI and Series D funding, and discussing the 'partnership paradox' and AI teammates for sellers.
US7711727B2 — Uniform search system and method for selectively sharing distributed access-controlled documents
January 1, 2010Patent (listed with Mayank Bawa as inventor) describing privacy-preserving indexing and search over distributed access-controlled content.
US20070061472A1 — Identifier management in message transmission system
January 1, 2007Patent application (listing Mayank Bawa as an inventor) for identifier management in message transmission systems.
LSH Forest: Self-Tuning Indexes for Similarity Search
January 1, 2005Paper describing LSH Forest, an approach for self-tuning indexes for similarity search (published at WWW, 2005).
Online Balancing of Range-Partitioned Data with Applications to Peer-to-Peer Systems
January 1, 2004Research on balancing range-partitioned data and applications to peer-to-peer systems (published at VLDB, 2004).