Headline

Lead Machine Learning Engineer | Computer Vision & GenAI

About

I am a Lead Machine Learning Engineer with over six years of experience specializing in computer vision, 3D reconstruction, and generative AI. Throughout my career, I have successfully bridged the gap between academic research and scalable production systems, including leading agentic document automation initiatives and optimizing deep learning pipelines. My background combines technical depth in AI model development with a proven track record in engineering leadership, team mentorship, and strategic roadmap planning. I am committed to building robust, efficient AI foundations that drive cross-functional impact.

Location

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka

AI stack

claude code

claude

elevenlabs

hugging face

LM Studio

OpenAI Agents SDK

Work experience

Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Truworth Wellness, Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Set up the org AI team; building agentic systems for document automation. - Deployed scalable tools and pipelines for cross functional use. - Mentoring junior engineers and driving cross-team adoption of AI workflows.

Research & Teaching Fellow at Plaksha University, Jan 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos, Mohali district, India, - Led projects on speech proficiency assessment and video emotion modeling, managing a 5-member research team. - Built end-to-end systems for data collection, model development, and deployment. - Conducted lab sessions, designed AI course assignments, and created exam question papers for undergraduate students. - Publications: 1. Akhila Yaragoppa, Utkarsh Agarwal et al., ”WIP: Automated Speech Proficiency Assessment for Conversations on Technical Subjects”, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference 2024 (FIE) 2. Akhila Yaragoppa, Siddharth, ”Saliency-guided Emotion Modeling: Predicting Viewer Reactions from Video Stimuli”, IbPRIA 2025

Research Engineer at Avataar.Me, Aug 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, - Built NeRF-based 3D reconstruction pipelines and improved model fidelity. - Achieved major compute optimizations with CUDA. - Led development of 3D generation POCs and text-to-3D workflows.

Research Engineer at Avataar.Me, Apr 2021 - Jun 2021 · 3 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Built the pipeline for single image to 3D generation, using GANs.

Senior Engineer at John Deere, Jul 2017 - Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Pune Area, India, Contributed to the development of software and hardware applications for the flagship planter machine and for other planting equipments by building features using C and C++.

Education

BTech - Bachelor of Technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka

Tech Leaders Fellowship, Machine Learning and AI, Plaksha University