Assaad Mrad
ML @ Capital One
- Role
- Lead Ml Engineer at Capital One
- Location
- Durham, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Assaad Mrad
Lead Machine Learning Engineer with a combination of expertise in building statistical models (Ph.D.) and deploying production-grade systems. Currently, I lead ML initiatives at Capital One Shopping, bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI research and measurable business impact.
Experience
Lead Ml Engineer
Jun 2025 — Present · US
On-Device AI: Architected a distillation pipeline to compress LLM intelligence into a ~30M parameter multi-task e-commerce model (NER, ABSA, and intent), enabling sub-50ms inference in the browser.• Infrastructure Modernization: Led the transition of core RecSys model to AS Sagemaker and Airflow, achieving a 12.5x speedup in batch processing for dozens of millions of users, leading to fresher recommendation.• Ranking & Personalization: Delivered an 18% revenue lift for the feed by resolving temporal data leakage in features for a tuned XGBRanker model.
Education
American University of Beirut
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering
2012 — 2016
Duke University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental Science
2016 — 2020
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Java
- English
- Programming
- Microsoft Office
- C++
- First Aid
- Autocad
- Labview
- Engineering
- Teamwork
- Teaching
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