Kapilya Gangadharan

Data Scientist @O'Reilly Auto Parts

Springfield, MO, US

Specialized in designing and deploying large-scale Visual Similarity Search systems for Enterprise Search, leveraging deep expertise in Computer Vision, Multimodal Learning, and AI/ML. I currently lead innovation at the intersection of image understanding and intelligent retrieval — developing custom models, optimizing embedding architectures, and deploying scalable solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). My work spans the entire AI lifecycle from data preparation and embedding generation to real-time retrieval and deployment optimizing both performance and reliability.Key Expertise:• Visual Similarity Search for multi-category, SKU-level auto parts using custom multimodal neural networks.• End-to-end pipeline development: Data ingestion (GCS, BigQuery), augmentation, model training, embedding generation, and vector indexing.• Scalable deployment and retrieval infrastructure with feature-based enhancements leveraging shape, color histograms, and texture analysis for improved visual matching.• Cloud-native orchestration with microservices (Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions) for real-time inference.

Saveetha School of Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science

Periyar Maniammai University

Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science

Anna University Chennai

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology