Samir P.

I drive planet-scale machine learning solutions that power AI-driven, customer-centric products. I specialize in optimizing models for efficiency, ensuring the seamless integration of generative AI and machine learning capabilities into global platforms. I lead strategic initiatives that accelerate innovation into production, continually pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities. My vision is a democratized AI/ML future where AI-powered features are universally accessible, safe, and effortlessly embedded into everyday life.

Translated technology into impact. With expertise in leadership, collaboration, and data-driven innovation, I've led ground-breaking initiatives across AI voice technology, cloud platforms and consumer devices as a Launch TPM and TPM lead: • Unlocking Alexa: Integrated Alexa speech AI with Fire Tablets, boosting capabilities and user engagement. Led cross-org team of 36 SWEs, from concept-to-launch of premium 10" Fire Tablet device. • Global Scale: Led the release of Alexa speech recognition models in 20+ languages across 8 devices. • AI-powered growth: Drove a 17% market share increase and +3.5 million user surge through revolutionary AI-powered speech processing. Integrated Alexa speech AI with tablets, unlocking groundbreaking identity verification and user engagement. Optimized data pipelines by transforming human annotations into high-quality machine learning datasets. • Execution excellence: Consistently exceeded customer expectations for quality, experience, and budget through flawless project launches, transparent communication, and impactful strategic documentation

Technical leader responsible for driving and delivering private cloud deployments and cloud migrations with over $60M cumulative budget. Led a team of highly qualified Dev-Ops engineers to deliver Mirantis OpenStack Cloud Platform across multiple large-scale data-centers, ranging from 50 nodes to 1000 nodes. • Delivered cloud solutions and services to worlds top telecom and media corporations • Forged strong partnership with 4 multi-billion corporations. • Responsible for accounts growth from $500k to $20M annually. • Designed, developed and delivered Cloud Migration Tools as a Product Manager. • Worked closely with customers to implement private clouds while increasing their business agility. • Implemented Agile methodologies across Deployment, Engineering and DevOps teams. • Built teams and mentored 80+ engineers across 3 business verticals. • Migrated 5 mission critical large-size data-centers from Grizzly/Havana to Icehouse/Juno. • Provided solutions and defined roadmap for in-place / live / cold datacenter migrations Notable area of expertise: =================== OpenStack, Network Storage, DevOps, CI/CD, workload migration, NoSQL, IaaS, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Kanban, Integrated services, Data platform

Responsible for driving and delivering projects across various product verticals with budgets of $20+ M through collaborative team work between Product Development, Release Engineering, InfoSec and Infrastructure teams. Received Star performance award. • Managed cloud engineering initiatives • Key role in migrating PayPal’s cloud infrastructure to open source. • Reduced product release cycle time impacting 3500 developers. • Delivered customer facing mission critical products reaching over 100+ million users • Coordinated Data Center expansion for all of PayPal’s developer community • Integrated business data and intelligence to enhance user and merchant experience. • Strategic product road-map based on user experience, site performance and operational load. • Live deployments that increased responsiveness and adherence to policies. • Implemented Agile methodologies across Engineering Environment teams. Technologies: ========== OpenStack, DevOps, SaaS, SOA, MongoDB, NoSQL, Redshift, Web Services, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Linux, Java, Apache, Service APIs and Databases

NorAm is a leading Warehousing and Logistics company in Retail, Trading and Marketplace products in partnership with companies such as Amazon, eBay, Groupon... Leadership and Vision: ================= - Head of Information Technology and Software Department - Responsible for leadership, vision, and solutions across all business verticals - Responsible for strategic business growth using software technologies, propelling revenue from $30M to $80M. Program Management: ================= - Managed all related third party application integrations, business contracts - Responsible for engaging Amazon, eBay and Groupon and launched 3 new business processes. - Developed Agile, SaaS Logistics systems and TradeIn platforms for NorAm’s customer focused business with Amazon, eBay, Groupon - Consolidated data across 5 business verticals and implementing data monitoring checks. - Managed database applications, technology interfaces and automation of warehouse processes. - Achieved 150% efficiency gain and 66% cost reduction through company-wide enterprise products and tools optimizations. People Management: =============== - Supervised, built and maintained onsite and offshore professional teams with resources in US, India, Thailand and Chile. - Worked cohesively with clients, engineering and user experience teams to develop right products. Technologies: ========== Agile Methodologies, Scrum, SaaS, MS-SQL, MySQL, PHP, Java, Scala, .Net, Apache and Web Services, CSS, Ajax and Mobile UI development.

Co-founded and led a $15+M company catering to clients in USA, UK and India and a team of 45 employees. Launched five successful web portals, payment gateways and ad content delivery systems. Specialized in seamless data integration, market yield optimization, price comparisons and publisher content delivery. - Executed 3 business verticals for 4 years with total revenue of over $15M. - Designed complex data models, pattern associations, anomaly detection systems - Launched several revenue generating product offerings. - Architected and designed 3 world-class SOA retail portals. - Aggregated 3 million records from over 1,000 sources including social media feeds, logs and sensor. - Consistently researched and implemented new industry technologies to address partner/client needs - Face of the company, deeply engaged with customers to demonstrate SamSej's value up and down the customer reporting chain. - Implemented Software Engineering standards, performance metrics, coding standards and SOPs Technology - .Net, C#, ASP, Java, MS-SQL, MySQL, Apache, IIS and Soap Web Services on the server; PHP, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax, XML and Mobile UI development on the client side.

- Managed team of 20+ with functional areas like Release Engineering, Quality Assurance, Processes and Automation. Instrumental in building, leading, managing and maintaining the team with Zero attrition. - Responsible for finalizing functional specs, design and architecture of Shard Infrastructure Group projects. - Introduced standards and processes for optimized execution of automation, build releases &test cycles. - Implemented measurement metrics for tracking progress and optimized utilization of resources. - Managed 8 applications in the shared infrastructure and security domain. - Improved team performance (delivery, accuracy) by about 20%.

Contract through ETouch Systems, California - Researched, planned, developed, installed, configured and maintained Java, Perl systems. - Analyzed existing business procedures. Proposed and implemented successful revised procedures. - Project Manager with hands on technical experience in PHP, My-SQL, Java, Perl, MS-SQL. - Designated Mentor and research spearhead for Software standards, processes with accurate metrics.

Contract through ETouch Systems, California - Hands on design and development experience in PHP, Perl, and Java applications with Oracle database. - Significant contributor to the second release of CMS Enterprise System for channel partners and affiliates. - Analyst for OnBusinessNetwork.com - Internet multimedia Cisco venture that used object-oriented programming languages, client/server applications development processes. - Worked closely with the Corporate Affairs and Executive team for improving business relations.

Analyst for Automated NAS Configurator using web technologies. Design and Architecture of NAS Configurator Instrumental in establishing processes between Engineering and QA Teams.

Computer Science, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic

Computer Science

Computer Science and Electronics