# Chenda Bunkasem

> Research Scientist & Product Strategist

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chenda

Chenda's career began at the intersection of computer science and experiential technology.

Leading numerous startup teams, she has always sat at the intersection of enterprise and innovation. Her focus is on product, R&D, and strategy, supporting deal execution and platform management lifecycles for companies with B2C and B2B clients. Areas of research span agents/simulations, safety & alignment, multimodal reasoning, and any experimental machine learning.

## Work Experience
### Founder @ Eightcell
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Palo Alto, California, United States
Research and development at the core of AI with focus on graph machine learning (GNNs) for entity correlation and analysis.

### Principal @ Sovereign Systems
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Santa Monica, California, United States
Advanced encryption architectures (FHE) for data search & storage, while remaining compliant and secure.

### VP, Engineering @ Treever
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Keyboard integrated messaging utility tool deploying LLMs and text-to-video for sharing and saving clips.

### Co-Founder @ Humain
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Blockchain project focused on circular economy systems for underdeveloped countries, specifically in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

### VP, Product @ Blacktag
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Media startup focused on content creators and monetization. Oversaw all feature production, KPIs, strategy.

### VP, Machine Learning @ Undock
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
Calendar tool powered by machine learning, enabling users to predict and schedule meetings using NLP.

### Contributor, Synthetic Data @ aggregate intellect
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Research, interviews, and discussions on synthetic data/simulations for commercial artificial intelligence.

### R&D Management, Simulations @ Stealth AI Startup
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States
Technical /research lead of dataset generation group comprised of game, graphics, & devops engineers.

### AI Research Engineer, Computer Vision @ Stealth AI Startup
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York, United States
Computer vision (CNN, RNN, 3D scene construction, geometry) research engineer and data scientist.

### AI Research Engineer, Gameplay @ HumaNature Studios
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Maui County, Hawaii, United States
Game dev focused on NLP, procedural content generation, & NPC behavior for Google's Stadia project.

### Software Engineer, Automation @ Vision3
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | London, England, United Kingdom
VR experience & simulation environment involving photorealistic rendering, graphics, and motion capture.

### Software Programming Instructor @ BlueShift Education
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | London, England, United Kingdom
Teaching and mentoring students in maths & coding at the Wetherby preparatory school in Notting Hill.

### Software Engineer, Projection Mapping @ Barbican Centre
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | London, England, United Kingdom
Projection mapping and visuals for performance artists involving real time haptic technology and vocals.

### Sales Staff @ Horizn Studios
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Berlin, Germany
Experiential, sales, and events for the launch of smart-suitcase line involving tracking and charging.

### UI/UX Designer @ BitChat
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | London, England, United Kingdom
Location-based messaging app aimed to track and share events and activities of UoL campus students.


## Education
### Computer Science
Goldsmiths, University of London

### International Relations and Affairs
UCL

### Kentwood High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chendabunkasem

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Last updated: 2026-03-25