Seasoned researcher and engineering leader with 13+ years of experience & outstanding track record of driving 0 to 1 initiatives successfully. My research interests lie in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Currently, I am a Staff Machine Learning Engineer part of Core Ads group at Meta Platforms Inc., working towards building a world class ads recommendations engine. I have been granted multiple patents for my work on Dynamic Ads, Incremental Conversion Optimization and Multi-advertiser Ads at Meta. My work has received special call outs during earnings reports by Meta’s Chief Operating Officer and been featured in more than 6 product press releases and 4 developer API releases. I have published novel research in several reputable international conferences like ECIR, COLING and received multiple grants to showcase my work during both academic and industry years. Before joining industry, I did Master of Science by Research and Bachelor of Technology (Honours) at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H), India specializing in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval. I am also the recipient of IIIT-H Research Award recognizing my early research contributions. I am also actively serving the research community as Program Committee member and reviewer for top conferences like AAAI, ECIR, AISTATS etc. in the domain of Artificial Intelligence.

My Mentoring Topics

• 1. Career guidance
• 2. Conflict resolution
• 3. Building influence
• 4. Leadership