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Bhavna Mahadevan

I'm a creative technologist who builds immersive, interactive, and story-driven experiences.

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I am a freelance Creative Technologist & Principal Engineer based in Atlanta with over a decade of experience developing meaningful, well-designed, immersive experiences to engage audiences in unique and interesting stories. I’m a self-starter and fast learner, able to pick up new technologies with ease, and I have completed projects for clients such as the World of Coca-Cola, PMG, IBM, Samsung, KPMG, Walgreens, Emory University, T-Mobile, Michelin, NRG, and Georgia Power. I thrive in environments where I can work with multidisciplinary teams on complex problems requiring design-forward solutions and creative uses of technology in the built environment.
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I am currently available for new projects. I prioritize opportunities that leverage both my experience in creative technology and my drive to make the world a better place.

Have a cool idea or project? Reach out to me at bhavna[at]bhavnaism.com. Let’s collaborate.

Services offered:

Develop (front-end and back-end) and deploy bespoke interactive, noninteractive, single- and multi-platform immersive experiences in a range of resolutions in the built environment.
Create hardware and software spec and high level project timelines for development, quality assurance, and installation.
Build physical prototypes to test installation setups for client projects and inform design concepting, including but not limited to: audiovisual (AV) signal extension, networking, file-sharing, large-scale resolution configuration, frame-sharing, and custom lighting.
Serve as liaison between client, AV integrators, fabricators, and other project partners to ensure all physical components of experience are properly acquired, integrated, and tested.
Install experience PCs and AV equipment onsite, test remote access, startup processes, and experience itself, and set up support process.

I graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, focusing in Digital Media and Human-Computer Interaction. I also received a Certificate in Social & Personality Psychology from the same university. I received my Master of Entertainment Technology degree from Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.

I am passionate about giving back to my local community. I was the Corporate Social Responsibility lead for the Atlanta Publicis Sapient and Razorfish offices for 2 years, and I founded and led a STEAM partnership for 3rd-5th graders at a local title I elementary school from 2018-2022.

Outside of my career, I'm a dancer, a DJ, a gamer, an animal lover, and a fan of all kinds of music. In my free time, I stay physically active with yoga, weightlifting, and dance, especially Brazilian Zouk, I DJ and VJ at local events, and I love to dance more than all other things. I've been trained in Carnatic (Indian Classical) singing since an early age, I make skincare products from natural ingredients, and I attend as many concerts as possible, especially those that leverage innovative technologies to create unique audience-artist interactions.