Applied AI R&D

Professional History

Selected Industrial Projects

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During my undergrad, I worked on analyzing faulty point machines using pattern recognition techniques under the supervision of Dr. Ravishankar Dudhe, which sparked my interest in Machine Learning. I got accepted for the Masters in Computer Science program at UMich, where I focused on the Intelligent Systems track [Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics]. Post graduation I was selected for a brief co-op role at Walt Disney Imagineering at the R&D headquarters in Glendale.Though my work here focused on projects related to optical theory, holograms and camera sensors, my biggest takeaway from this creative experience was keeping an open mind, questioning the seemingly impossible and that it’s never too late to relearn. I spent the next five months working under the guidance of distingiushed Senior Scientist Dr. Lanny Smoot, having fun with optics,robotics and re-creating magic with science.

These cumulative experiences established my foundations for a decades long professional AI career in automotive, IoT , enterprise surveillance, residential security, connected vehicle technology, logistics warehousing and driver-vehicle safety domains.

I have been fortunate to work on high impact projects in a researcher and developer capacity at Toyota R&D in Mountain View , unicorn startups like Verkada(Series D) and Latch-a residential security startup (IPO’d), Kargo-a seed startup company and lately at Toyota Connected North America in the Mobility Data Science group.

My work has resulted in more than 10 multi-national patent invention disclosures and related publications in prominent conferences.

As an AI practitioner, I constantly question the end consumer of my work and strive to ensure that they are used ethically and responsibly.

Toyota Connected North America, Plano, TX

  • Senior Machine Learning Engineer, applied R&D on multiple AI projects for 2024 Toyota global vehicles.

Latch Inc.

  • Staff Software Engineer, Technical Lead, Interim Product Manager for a new product vertical(Video Management Systems for Residential Property Management Systems) for Latch OS.

Verkada

  • Early stage(seed) dedicated Computer Vision Engineer in a team of less than 20, developing foundational computer vision and machine learning algorithms for enterprise grade surveillance cameras. The startup is today more than 2000 employees strong, named one of top startups to work for by LinkedIn and has expanded it’s engineering and sales divisions worldwide.

Toyota Infotechnology Centre (Toyota Infotech Labs), Mountain View, CA

  • Computer Vision applied R&D in the Intelligent Systems Division at Toyota ITC, Silicon Valley’s R&D centre. The division was absorbed into Toyota North America in 2018

Fullscreen Inc, Santa Moniva, CA

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Walt Disney Imagineering R&D, Glendale, CA

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Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering, 2009-2011
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Bachelor in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, 2004-2008
Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, University of Mumbai, India

Embedded Systems Graduate Course, 2008 KRESIT, IIT Bombay, India