Abhinav Lakshminarayanan
Staff Applied Scientist @ Sojern | Applied ML & AI | Carnegie Mellon & BITS Pilani alum | Physics Olympiad Top 1%
- Role
- Staff Applied Scientist at Sojern
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Abhinav Lakshminarayanan
Staff Applied Scientist | Applied ML & AII lead ML and AI strategy across Sojern’s ad-tech portfolio, delivering measurable business impact through scalable applied AI systems while enabling org wide AI adoption. I partner with business and product leadership to identify, prioritize, and rapidly validate high-leverage AI initiatives that deliver measurable results at scale. Strategic Impact & Leadership• Solution Architecture & Efficiency: Architected and led the consolidation of fragmented ML pipelines into a Unified Shared Model Architecture and introduced high-impact features, reducing cloud spend by 10% while driving a 5–8% lift in conversion rate across production campaigns.• Org-wide AI Adoption: Partner with product leadership to translate business priorities into validated AI initiatives—from LLM-enabled workflow automation to ML-driven targeting and end-to-end campaign optimization—accelerating adoption across the organization.• Technical Leadership: Elevate engineering standards across teams through hands-on mentorship, deep technical design reviews, and rigorous feedback on modeling, experimentation, and production systems. Industry Experience• Wildlife Studios: Built User Lifetime Value (LTV) models that powered profitable, large-scale user acquisition. Drove data science roadmaps for high-growth initiatives and mentored cross-functional teams across DS, MLE, and analytics.• Aetna: Developed supervised ML systems to detect and remediate health insurance claims defects. Built unsupervised anomaly detection models to flag fraud, waste, and abuse—supporting investigative teams with high-signal insights. Expertise & FoundationsMy professional experience spans Software Development, Analytics Consulting, Data Science, and Applied Machine Learning & AI. My approach is rooted in a lifelong interest in science, which began with a childhood fascination with astronomy. At 16, I secured a rank among the top 1% nationally in the Indian National Physics Olympiad. This foundation instilled in me a first principles approach to solving problems—a mindset I apply today when architecting complex ML systems and navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape.Education: Masters, Carnegie Mellon University B.E.(Hons.), BITS PilaniIn my spare time, I enjoy playing football, reading, meditating, and traveling.
Experience
Staff Applied Scientist
Jan 2025 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN
Leading the efforts to leverage machine learning models and generative AI to enhance Sojern\'s travel marketing platform
Education
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
2008 — 2012
Carnegie Mellon University
Master's degree, Management Information Systems
2015 — 2016
Skills
- Ssis
- Algorithms
- Javascript
- Software Development
- Python
- Analysis
- R
- Sql
- Visio
- Android
- Core Java
- Sharepoint
- Linux
- Asp.net
- Team Management
- Data Warehousing
- Mysql
- Consulting
- Web Development
- C++
- Business Analysis
- Analytics
- Microsoft Sql Server
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Data Mining
- Requirements Analysis
- Xilinx
- Android Development
- Matlab
- Java
- Business Intelligence
- Statistics
- Html
- Eclipse
- Tableau
- Pspice
- Requirements Gathering
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
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