Sahil Makkar — CEO
Sahil is an experienced AI leader and consultant who excels at solving business problems and addressing customer pain points with empathy. He has a comprehensive understanding of the Data & AI spectrum, from offering creation and thought leadership to GTM strategy, consulting, presales and large-scale deployments. With his strong background in AI and data analytics, Sahil has successfully helped organizations optimize their operations and make data-driven decisions that drive growth and success. His expertise in AI and exceptional consulting skills allow him to work closely with clients, developing strategies aligned with their unique business goals. Currently serving as an AI Leader in the Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE), Sahil contributes to the CTO council for AI and technology growth. By staying up-to-date with the latest AI trends, he provides valuable insights and guidance to help his organization achieve strategic goals. In his tenure at Happiest minds, Sahil has led the growth of the AI practice by 3X, spearheaded marketing and healthcare analytics practices, and created innovative offerings such as Adaptive AI, AI@Scale, MLOps, Generative AI, ChatGPT, and Computer Vision. During his tenure at Viacom 18, Sahil, as an AI leader, successfully developed a recommendation engine for the Voot app. He collaborated with multiple teams to ensure the seamless implementation of the project, resulting in a cutting-edge recommendation engine that delivers personalized content to Voot users. At Genpact, Sahil played a pivotal role in transforming the offering of NLP and AI. He introduced deep learning, generalized NLP, and reusability to AI projects, leading to successful deliveries in AI, race optimization, and insurance analytics. As a leader, Sahil effectively led numerous presales calls and consistently delivered projects that exceeded client expectations. During his tenure at LTTS, Sahil established the entire AI practice within the CTO team. He concurrently led six to seven projects, championing reusability as a theme across all AI projects. With his leadership, Sahil managed a team of 12+20 data scientists and software professionals, delivering innovative solutions to complex business problems. Sahil's specialties include AI and data analytics, offering creation, thought leadership, GTM strategy, consulting skills, strategic thinking, problem-solving, leadership, team management, business acumen, and an entrepreneurial mindset. He has expertise in domains such as consumer electronics, media, healthcare, EdTech, retail, and HiTech.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned AI leader with expertise in B2B AI solutions and analytics.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 19 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Management Consulting
- Artificial Intelligence
- Marketing Analytics
- Leadership
- Machine Learning
- Product Development
- Predictive Modeling
- Business Analytics
Career Highlights
- Led AI practice growth by 3X at Happiest Minds.
- Developed a cutting-edge recommendation engine for Voot.
- Established AI practice within CTO team at LTTS.
Work Experience
rampp.ai
Founding Member: Vice President - Head of Consulting (1 yr 11 mos)
Happiest Minds Technologies
Sr. Director - AI (4 mos)
Director - AI | Principal Data Scientist (3 yrs 6 mos)
Jagdish Sheth School of Management
Advisor, Mentor (3 yrs 2 mos)
Viacom18 Media Private Limited
Director of Machine Learning (7 mos)
Genpact
Assistant Vice President - Data science (1 yr 5 mos)
L&T Technology Services Limited
Project Manager - Artificial Intelligence (1 yr 1 mo)
Wipro Limited
Technical Leader (1 yr 11 mos)
Sling Media
Software module lead (2 yrs 10 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (9 mos)
HCL Technologies
Technical Lead (7 mos)
Verismo Networks
Senior Software Engineer (2 yrs 8 mos)
Software Engineer (2 yrs)
Education
PGDM at JAGSoM - Jagdish Sheth School of Management
Management consulting at GrowthSchool
Post graduate at Illinois State University
PG Diploma at ACTS, CDAC Pune
B.Tech at Kurukshetra University