Research Summary
I am interested in using data science and machine learning techniques for product innovation and operations. Key areas of research include: (a) Choice based modelling techniques to determine product selection and recommendation on e-commerce websites (b) Hierarchical bayesian techniques to determine the optimal price and product packaging (c) Machine learning for content optimization on websites.
Education
- B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay. Project: President S. D Sharma Gold Medalist
- M.S, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University. Project: Information Systems Lab Scholar
- MBA , MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University . Project: Zell Scholar Arcelor Mittal Scholar
Biography
- Ex-Google, Qualtrics Product Executive
- Led Qualtrics flagship survey product and grew it to a $300Mn business. Qualtrics was acquired by SAP for $8 Bn.
- Launched products from zero to multi-million $$ at Qualtrics, Google and Marvell Semiconductors
- Led teams of 100+ engineers and product leaders
- Built Data Science team for market research at Qualtrics and launched the world’s first AI driven tool for market research
- Awarded 20 Patents
- Kellogg (Zell Scholar), Stanford (ISL Scholar), and IIT Bombay (President’s Gold Medalist) alum
- McKinsey consultant to Hi-Tech, Healthcare, Energy and Financial Services CEOs
Sports
- Represented India at the World Swimming Championships '98
- India National Record Holder in Swimming
- Half-Iron Man Traithlete
- Chatrapati Shivaji Award for Sports '2001 in India.