Los Gatos, California, United States
Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager (TLM) with expertise in AI/ML models, currently leading efforts in Google Search Ads. Extensive experience in Research & Innovation, with a strong track record of driving significant business impact. 🌐 Google: Leading ML/AI teams in search ads and recommendation products 🔬 Apple: Developed ML features for Apple Watch 📈 Startup Hedge Fund: Managed quants & devs at the intersection of AI & finance 💡 RGM Advisors: Developed ML models & trading strategies for global markets 📡 Qualcomm: Invented signal processing algorithms for mobile internet (12 patents) 🏛️ Cornell University: Signal processing & wireless networks research (21 publications) AI - Large Scale Machine Learning - Information Retrieval - Recommendations - Big Data - Search - Quantitative Advertising - Personalization - Quantitative Finance - Clustering - User Modeling - MapReduce - Python - C++ - Math - Doing New Things
I lead a high-impact team responsible for AI-driven personalization and intent modeling in Google Search Ads, driving +X% growth in recurring Google Ads revenue. I have extensive experience designing scalable AI systems, leveraging large language models, and optimizing ML pipelines at scale. My current work focuses on improving search ad relevance and performance through personalization.
Managed a team of quants & developers in a firm at the intersection of AI & finance. Product direction and execution. Spearheaded development of signals, cutting-edge ML models & cloud-based compute infrastructure.
Research and development of machine learning based system features and first-party apps for Apple Watch.
Intraday low-latency, high-frequency trading. Responsible for the PnL of a model portfolio that traded low-to-mid single digit market share across world equity & futures markets. Developed signals, machine learning models and quantitative trading strategies. Developed a cloud-focused statistical library and pipelines to build ML models at scale.
Developed signal processing algorithms and engineering solutions for mobile internet. 12 US patents. The algorithms got integrated into all 3.5G chipsets sold by the company, contributing to billions of revenue.