Wadhwa is a Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering; he previously held positions at at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, Stanford University School of Law, and Singularity University.  . Wadhwa is a globally syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, and a contributor to the the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, LinkedIn “Influencers” blog, and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)’s Prism magazine.  Prior to joining academia in 2005, he founded two software companies. He lives in Silicon Valley.