Harsh Agarwal

VP of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in generative AI and computer vision technologies.
Led innovative projects at Adobe and Rephrase AI.
Strong background in machine learning and team leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media Technology expert specializing in generative AI and computer vision.

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Machine LearningComputer Vision

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AlgorithmsApplied ProbabilityCC++Deep LearningEnglishJavaManagementProject ManagementPublic SpeakingResearchStart-upsStatisticsTeam LeadershipTeamwork

About

Hi, I am keen on working on ideas that contribute significantly to society and are innovative. Fields of interests, myriad. Mostly anything related to human perception, AI and Machine Learning, especially when in the context of computer vision. These ideas have fascinated me for a long time, and now I am trying to convert them into reality.

Experience

Adobe

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Engineer (ASML)

Promoted

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Leading the Applied Science and Machine Learning (ASML) India team within Adobe's Firefly organization. Focus on developing Generative AI technologies for Firefly.com and Adobe's creative suite including Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Key responsibilities include:
Foundational Model Development: Contributing to foundational model training and development as part of Adobe's broader generative AI efforts.
Downstream Feature Development: Building production-ready features and applications on top of foundational models for Adobe's creative tools.
Cross-Product Integration: Collaborating on GenAI implementations across Adobe's creative ecosystem to enhance user workflows.
Team Leadership: Managing and growing the ASML India team to deliver scalable AI solutions for Adobe's creative products.

Deep LearningMachine LearningComputer VisionTeam Leadership

Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (Digital Video Audio)

Dec 2023 – May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Following Rephrase AI's acquisition by Adobe, I lead Generative AI initiatives for Adobe India, focusing on video AI technologies.
Key projects include:
Auto Dubbing and Lip Sync: Built end-to-end pipeline for video language translation with lip synchronization. Handled training, data optimization, and inference deployment.
Text-to-Avatar: Developed system using Adobe's stock actors to generate speaking videos from text input. Managed training and inference optimization.
Video Retargeting: Created technology that transfers facial expressions and head movements from driving video to target face. Led training and inference pipeline development (PoC delivered).
Zero-Shot Avatar Creation: Built solution to generate talking head videos from single image and audio input. Owned training and inference pipeline development.

Project ManagementComputer VisionMachine Learning

Rephrase.ai

Research Lead and Manager(Computer Vision/Machine Learning)

May 2020 – Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

As a founding team member at Rephrase AI, developed the core text-to-avatar technology stack that powered the company's two main products.
Key contributions:
Rephrase AI Studio: Built technology enabling users to create marketing and educational content using stock actors. Served enterprise clients including Amazon India and Red Ventures.
Personalized Video Marketing: Developed celebrity cloning technology for targeted video advertisements. Notable campaigns included the Cadbury SRK campaign, which won the Creative Effectiveness category at Cannes Lions 2023. Executed 100+ campaigns with various celebrities.
Cross-functional involvement: Contributed to training data development, actor shoot coordination, business strategy, customer success, and AI roadmap planning. Assisted in talent acquisition and technical hiring.
Rephrase AI was acquired by Adobe, with the team transitioning to lead Adobe's Generative AI initiatives in India.

Carnegie mellon university

2 roles

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Aug 2019 – Dec 2019 · 4 mos · Greater Pittsburgh Area

TA for Computer Vision 16720 A Fall 19

Research Assistant

Aug 2018 – May 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Pittsburgh Area

Australian centre for robotic vision

Summer Research Intern

May 2017 – Jul 2017 · 2 mos · Adelaide, Australia

Worked on a Deep Learning based VSLAM (Visual Simultaneous Localisation And Mapping) under Prof. Ian Reid. Tried to come up with ways in which we could estimate the depth and pose during locomotion in an unsupervised manner.

Indian institute of science

Research Intern

May 2016 – Jul 2016 · 2 mos · Bangalore

I was working at the VAL(Video Analytics Lab) which is a part of the SERC(Supercomputer Education and Research Centre) located at IISc Bangalore. The project was based on Semantic understanding of Sketches using Deep learning.