Thayabaran currently serves as the Director of Speech Analytics at Redenlab. In this role, Thaya drives advancements in speech analytics, automates processes, and enhances monitoring accuracy to ultimately improve healthcare outcomes.

His expertise and research are instrumental in optimising the application of AI in healthcare, particularly in the realm of speech related technologies. Additionally, he holds a senior post-doc position at the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology at the University of Melbourne.

Thayabaran is an applied A.I. scientist with a wealth of experience in both academic and industrial settings. He completed his Ph.D. and post-doc at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, with a research focus on phonetics and speech sciences. Following his academic endeavors, Thaya worked as a senior research scientist at Telepathy Labs in Zurich, where he specialised in the development of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for commercial applications.