Umair Abowath
Principal Data Scientist | Applied AI and R&D | Causal Inference and Optimization | Agentic AI | MS Georgia Tech
- Role
- Principal Data Scientist at Afiniti
- Location
- Arlington, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Umair Abowath
Most AI deployed today is not outcome aware. It acts, but rarely proves its own value. For 8 years that has been my obsession: building Applied AI systems that measure, optimize, and justify their own impact every single day.I am an Applied AI and R&D Lead at Afiniti, working across banking, insurance, healthcare, consumer finance, and telecom domains. End-to-end: from raw data through cloud deployment and on-prem deployment. My systems have delivered more than $20M in incremental annual value.I also invest and research markets personally, running my own data pipelines since I was a teenager. Numbers have always been how I make sense of the world.I publish too. Recent work on transformer models for earnings call analysis at arXiv:25•••••86.Core expertise: Causal Inference, Statistical Modeling, Mathematical Optimization, Agentic AI, LLMs and NLP, End-to-End ML PipelinesStack: Python, SQL, LangGraph, AWS, GCP, Spark, Streamlit, Tableau, Power BIFeel free to connect if our work or interests overlap.
Experience
Principal Data Scientist
Jan 2025 — Present · US
Expanded Role: Applied AI Research & Development• Leading the R&D and productization of an Outcome-Aware orchestration platform that utilizes Agentic AI and proprietary optimization techniques with IP-protected objective functions to optimize decision-making across Healthcare, Finance, and Telecommunications sectors.• Pioneering Afiniti’s expansion into the Outcome Orchestration domain, architecting a high-dimensional platform that bridges the value gap in enterprise AI by ensuring every interaction is tied to a measurable business KPI.• Delivering a verifiable ROI of over 10% in revenue lift and a 30% reduction in operational costs through simulation-validated, goal-oriented workflows that harmonize real-time demand-supply balancing.Data Science Architect / Principal Data Scientist• Spearheaded the integration of agentic AI into customer experience products, enabling measurable performance and delivering demonstrable value across contact center operations• Led a team of 5+ Data Scientists to optimize omni-channel customer interactions through advanced AI/ML pairing models• Designed, developed, and deployed AI/ML models using causal inference techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and behavioral analytics to drive actionable insights• Developed and executed strategies that enhanced customer experience and engagement for enterprise clients• Delivered innovative, data-driven solutions that improved business outcomes and client satisfaction across multiple verticals• Played a pivotal role in driving over 70% of Afiniti’s revenue since joining by enhancing proprietary software through feature design and close collaboration with engineering teams
Education
Army Public School
O'levles, Sciences
1998 — 2012
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS, Analytics - Computational, ML & AI
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2014 — 2018
Nixor college
A'Levels, Sciences
2012 — 2014
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