Abhishek Kumar — CEO
Abhishek Kumar is a data science consultant, author, and speaker with ~18 years of experience in AI and Machine Learning. He holds a Master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. His focus area is machine learning and deep learning at scale. He also received the Hal Varian Award for his work on deep learning at the University of California, Berkeley. He helps large enterprises utilize their data assets by applying data science principles using the latest techniques. He also specializes in building and managing scalable data products from conceptualization to deployment phase. He has worked on various machine learning and deep learning projects involving recommender systems, image recognition, forecasting, optimization, anomaly detection, and natural language processing. He is currently leading multiple large-scale Generative AI initiatives and engagements. He is currently working at Publicis Sapient as Senior Director of Data Science, spearheading the AI and Data Science practice with a focus on applying methods in machine learning to opportunities in retail, e-commerce, automobile, marketing, and operational optimization. He has worked with several Fortune 500 companies to help them create AI/ML/Data strategies and implement large-scale systems. Apart from being Recognized by Google as a Google Developers Expert - ML and Google-Cloud Champion, He is also a Pluralsight author and has authored several data science courses followed by data science aspirants across the globe. He is also a public speaker and has delivered talks in some of the most reputed conferences across the globe, including Strata Conference ( San Jose, NY, SFO) , Artificial Intelligence Conference (NY), ODSC (Bangalore), Google AI - ML Academy, Fifth Elephant. He owns 5 IPs and has also been featured in the "Top 40 under 40 Data Scientist" list. He is also an instructor and learning facilitator for the course "Future of Tech" (focusing on Data, AI, and innovation strategy) and "Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Application" at Berkeley HaaS Executive-Ed.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science and AI expert with extensive experience in enterprise-level solutions.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 18 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
Career Highlights
- 18 years of experience in AI and Machine Learning.
- Led multiple large-scale Generative AI initiatives.
- Recognized as a Google Developers Expert in ML.
Work Experience
Publicis Sapient
Senior Director Data Science (1 yr 10 mos)
Director Data Science (3 yrs 1 mo)
Senior Manager Data Science (2 yrs 6 mos)
Manager, Data Science (1 yr 9 mos)
NTPC
Manager - AI/ML (NTPC R&D Center) (9 yrs 6 mos)
Education
Masters of Information & Data Science at UC Berkeley School of Information
B.Tech at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
