Sahil Makkar

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key 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.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned AI leader with expertise in B2B AI solutions and analytics.

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Skills

Core Skills

Management ConsultingArtificial IntelligenceMarketing AnalyticsLeadershipMachine LearningProduct DevelopmentPredictive ModelingBusiness Analytics

Other Skills

Artificial Neural NetworksBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Growth StrategiesCC (Programming Language)C++CommunicationCustomer SuccessData AnalysisData ScienceDebuggingDeep LearningDigital TransformationEmbedded LinuxEmbedded Systems

About

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.

Experience

Rampp.ai

Founding Member: Vice President - Head of Consulting

Apr 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • 🚀 About rampp.ai
  • rampp.ai is a GenAI based platform harnessing the transformative power of generative AI to drive real-time personalized transformation journeys, enabling agility, faster innovation, and business growth for enterprises globally. Our mission is to bridge the gap between ambition and achievement, making visionary futures accessible to all.
  • URL: www.rampp.ai
  • 👔 My Role
  • At rampp.ai, we thrive on pushing boundaries, ensuring unparalleled innovation and success for our clients. As a Founding member of the rampp.ai team, I am working for the mission and dedicated to accelerating our clients' transformation journeys. My role includes organizational leadership to enable growth and success of the organization.
Management ConsultingArtificial IntelligenceBusiness DevelopmentGenerative AIOrganizational LeadershipLean Startup+3

Happiest minds technologies

2 roles

Sr. Director - AI

Promoted

Oct 2023Feb 2024 · 4 mos · On-site

Director - AI | Principal Data Scientist

Apr 2020Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos · On-site

  • As the Leader of CoE Analytics practice, I am passionate about driving new growth through innovative offerings. With a proven track record as a Growth Hacker, I take a strategic approach that spans from tactics to operations.
  • In the past, I have successfully bootstrapped and led new Healthcare Analytics and Marketing Analytics practices, achieving significant revenue growth of 3 times in just three years. I take pride in creating multiple cutting-edge offerings, such as AI@Scale, Adaptive AI, Decision Intelligence, and Responsible AI.
  • My expertise covers the full job lifecycle, from offering creation to thought leadership to go-to-market strategy, presales, and delivery. As a member of the CTO council, I play a critical role in creating market-aligned offerings and designing learning paths that transform talent and pave new growth paths for the organization.
  • With a keen focus on innovation and growth, I am committed to driving measurable results and delivering value to customers.
Artificial IntelligenceMarketing AnalyticsLeadershipPredictive ModelingLarge Language Models (LLM)Organizational Development+1

Jagdish sheth school of management

Advisor, Mentor

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Hybrid

  • Advisor for Business Analyst program.
  • Mentoring : Business Strategy, Analytics and Domain/Industry Alignment

Viacom18 media private limited

Director of Machine Learning

Aug 2019Mar 2020 · 7 mos

  • We designed and developed a powerful recommendation engine and personalizer that helps users discover new content and enhances their viewing experience. Leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms and data analytics techniques, we wereable to create a system that delivers highly personalized recommendations based on user preferences, viewing history, and other relevant factors.
  • The recommendation engine and personalizer have been instrumental in driving engagement and retention on the Voot app, and have received positive feedback from users. By continuously analyzing user behavior and feedback, We have been able to optimize the system and improve its performance, delivering even more accurate and relevant recommendations.
Product DevelopmentExecutive LeadershipMachine LearningPredictive Modeling

Genpact

Assistant Vice President - Data science

Mar 2018Aug 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Led team for AI-related initiatives on deep learning, NLP, and image processing.
  • Leader for growth hacking with new offering creations.
  • Led projects in Insurance, electric car racing & CPG domain
Predictive ModelingBusiness AnalyticsOrganizational Development

L&t technology services limited

Project Manager - Artificial Intelligence

Feb 2017Mar 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • As founding member of CTO-Analytics team, I played a pivotal role in driving the success of the AI practice in the CTO office. My expertise in ML, NLP, and image processing allowed me to develop and mentor various AI-based projects that generated significant value for the organization.
  • In my capacity as a leader, I was responsible for engaging with sales and clients, contributing to RFI/RFP/RFS, and leading the team through the entire process from problem identification to deployment. I utilized my skills in task planning, team allocation, development and coding, mentoring and tracking, and demoing to clients to ensure the success of each project.
  • Through my leadership, I gained extensive knowledge and experience in best practices for AI-based projects, from the early stages to future value generation. My expertise in deep learning, NLP, and image processing was instrumental in delivering successful projects that exceeded client expectations and contributed to the growth of the organization.
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningLeadershipPredictive ModelingOrganizational Development

Wipro limited

Technical Leader

Mar 2015Feb 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • As an experienced AI leader, I have successfully implemented various AI-based projects, including log analysis using linear regression techniques and text mining to establish the relationship between various modules and memory leaks. Through root cause analysis, these efforts led to significant improvements in product performance.
  • Leveraging text mining and classification techniques such as Latent Dirichlet Allocation and SVM, I led the development of an automatic classification system for helpline tickets. As a result, 90% of ticket assignments were automated, saving considerable manual effort and eliminating monotonous tasks.
  • In addition to these efforts, I spearheaded the development of an automated log analysis system using text mining and classification techniques. The application accurately classifies machine-learning analysis to categories, ranging from strongly-correct to need-further-manual analysis, to create a more robust system.
  • By utilizing historical analysis techniques such as tf-idf and k-nearest neighbor algorithm, I led my team to fast solve bugs and duplicate issues, resulting in a streamlined development process.
  • As a leader, I successfully managed a team of five people to carry out multiple product development activities on STB, including feature development activities. Through my leadership, we were able to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.
PythonMachine LearningPredictive ModelingBusiness Analytics

Sling media

2 roles

Software module lead

Promoted

Apr 2012Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Worked on Next Generation sling products and analytics of it.
Predictive Modeling

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2011Apr 2012 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Working on Place shifting technologies.

Hcl technologies

Technical Lead

Dec 2010Jul 2011 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Set top boxes, C, C++, Linux.
  • Contributed in middleware features like cinemanow, USB explorer, Live streaming etc.

Verismo networks

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2008Nov 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • STB/DTV, C/C++, Linux. Position included some of the mentoring activities along with the design and coding. Settlement from all software stack to expertise on middlewares.

Software Engineer

Mar 2006Mar 2008 · 2 yrs

  • STB/DTV, C/C++, Linux

Education

JAGSoM - Jagdish Sheth School of Management

PGDM

Jan 2018Jan 2020

GrowthSchool

Management consulting

Mar 2023May 2023

Illinois State University

Post graduate — Business analytics and Intelligence

Jan 2017Jan 2018

ACTS, CDAC Pune

PG Diploma — Embedded systems

Jan 2005Jan 2006

Kurukshetra University

B.Tech — Electronics and Communication

Jan 2001Jan 2005

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