Purvag Patel

CTO

St. Louis, Missouri, United States12 yrs 11 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in building AI-driven platforms for journalism.
Led transformation of companies into AI-native organizations.
Proven track record in machine learning and data analysis.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Media technology expert with a focus on AI and machine learning.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

Other Skills

Data AnalysisSoftware ArchitectureAgile MethodologiesData SensorsContent GenerationSoftware DevelopmentAIAutomationAWS SagemakerKafkaRedisTensorFlowAdtechScalabilityMicroservices

About

Builder. AI leader. I've spent my career turning ML research into production systems at scale. Building agentic AI infrastructure to rebuild local journalism at scale. https://surroundsoundnews.com/

Experience

Surround sound media

Chief Technology Officer

Feb 2026 – Present · 1 mo · Remote

We're using AI to rebuild local journalism in America; one community at a time. We are building a platform that combines always-on data sensors, AI-driven curation, and agentic content generation to produce hyperlocal news at scale and fill the gap left by the nationwide newsroom.

Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningData AnalysisSoftware ArchitectureAgile Methodologies

Invisible universe

Head of Engineering & AI

Apr 2024 – Mar 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

Architected and built the 0-to-1 built a revenue-generating product, transforming the company into an AI-native animation studio. Led the end-to-end development of Invisible Studio, a proprietary GenAI platform serving consumer and enterprise clients by automating content creation from script to high-fidelity video. Established a technical moat through multi-agent orchestration layers and IP-consistent fine-tuning pipelines using LoRA.

Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSoftware DevelopmentData AnalysisAgile Methodologies

Square

2 roles

Head of Data Governance Foundation

Jun 2023 – Mar 2024 · 9 mos

Head of Machine Learning Evaluations

Sep 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

Led the development of an end-to-end machine learning model deployment and hosting solution boosting system reliability and developer productivity. My efforts in training and team development fostered team growth, and streamlined processes to foster a collaborative environment. My leadership was instrumental in leveraging a diverse tech stack, including, AWS Sagemaker, Kafka, Redis, ONNX, and TensorFlow, to develop scalable solutions.

Machine LearningAWS SagemakerKafkaRedisTensorFlow

Amazon

Software Development Manager

Aug 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

I lead cross-functional science and engineering team to optimize online ad auctions (Adtech) by building automation and scalable machine learning infrastructure to power a multi-billion dollar Ads program.

Machine LearningAdtechAutomationScalability

Zillow

2 roles

Senior Development Manager

Promoted

Feb 2018 – Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Managed a team enhancing Zillow's home shopping experience with search services. Architected machine learning solutions for 15K QPS services, significantly improving personalized shopping metrics. Led a revamp of the search services, boosting customer interaction, and supported the implementation of microservice architecture, handling 80% of company traffic.

Machine LearningMicroservicesData Analysis

Senior Software Development Engineer

Feb 2014 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs 11 mos

As the lead engineer, I spearheaded the development of personalized home recommendation systems, collaborating closely with data scientists and machine learning engineers. My hands-on work involved creating regression models, such as a random forest with scikit-learn, and integrating various collaborative filtering techniques to enhance recommendation accuracy. I built and managed scalable machine learning pipelines, processing 300-550 GB of daily data for model input, and developed data pipelines for dispatching ~50 million push notifications and emails daily. I have experience working with technologies including EMR, Apache Spark, Python, and Java.

Machine LearningData PipelinesRegression Models

Evolve24

Software Engineer

Apr 2013 – Jan 2014 · 9 mos · Fenton, Mo

We developed solutions for accumulation and analyses of a massive volume of social media and print data to help fortune 500 companies to understand how their products and campaigns are trending on social media.