Headline

Hands-On Data Science & AI Leader | AI, GenAI Strategy & Products | Allstate | Ex-GE, Swiss Re, TVS | IIT Hyderabad

About

Hands-on Data Science & AI leader who combines technical excellence with empathetic leadership. I am passionate about AI & Machine Learning and strongly believe that both can not only bring tangible business outcomes but also improve the quality of human life. I possess a unique ability to continuously strive for a balance between being very hands-on with execution while also bringing thought leadership to solving business problems and building products using AI & ML. Currently, I work in Claims at Allstate, one of the largest P&C insurers in the US, where I have been building AI products that drive real impact by improving the decision-making capabilities of our Claims Adjusters. My past experience includes Data & AI roles at companies like GE, TVS Motor Company, and Swiss Re. I have not only shipped real, production-grade ML models but also have experience leading global and culturally diverse teams. I am also a big believer in small and lean Data Science teams rather than large teams. Scale can always be achieved by building innovative, simplified, and robust solutions. P.S. The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

antigravity

gemini

github copilot

Work experience

Associate Principal Data Scientist | Global Manager, Data Science & AI at Allstate, Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, Hybrid, Leading a Global team of Data Scientists & AI Engineers across US , UK & India to build solutions that leverage both Structured & Unstructured data aka Multimodal Data to drive business outcomes. Building AI & ML solutions to empower Claims Adjusters at Allstate by leveraging both Generative and Discriminative AI models.

Senior Lead Data Scientist | Global Manager, Data Science & AI at Allstate, Mar 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led a Global team of NLP data scientists and ML Engineers across US , UK and India for Claims at Allstate. Building Information Extraction Models to improve Casualty & Liability outcomes for Auto Insurance Business of Allstate.

Lead Data Scientist at TVS Motor Company, Dec 2019 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Led a team of 3+ data scientists and Machine Learning Engineers to solve business problems that impacts metrics such as Customer Churn , Customer Repurchase rate , CLTV and so on. Collaborated with Data Engineers to set up an in-house Customer 360 and create reusable datasets on the Enterprise Data Lake to accelerate the build time of AI/ML Algorithms

Senior Data Scientist at Swiss Re, Dec 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru & Zurich, Part of the Costing Methods & Analytical Services Team ( Underwriting Function ) at Swiss Re. Responsible for building End-to-End Analytics Applications on Palantir Foundry ( An Apache Spark based Self Service Analytics Platform ) . Hands-on Experience in building Machine Learning Models , Advanced Analytics Solutions & Data Engineering Pipelines along with Programming Experience in SQL, Python and PySpark.

Staff Data & Information Architect at GE, May 2015 - Nov 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Lead multiple teams in GE Capital & GE Healthcare for various Data & Analytics Initiatives

Staff Data & Information Architect at GE Healthcare, May 2015 - Nov 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Senior Data & Information Architect at GE, Dec 2012 - May 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Education

Master of Technology - MTech, Computer Science ( Data Science Specialization ), Indian institute of technology Hyderabad

Secondary Education Certificate, VSS Nagar Govt High School