About

Adarsh Atluri is a Director of Software Engineering at Expedia Group with over 15 years of experience in the field. He has a strong passion for computers and computer games, which led him to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Although his original intention was to learn to create computer games, he shifted his focus towards data storage and pursued a Master's degree in Computer Science with a focus on databases and security. Adarsh's greatest strength lies in his ability to solve new problems and his eagerness to learn new technologies. During his tenure at Expedia, he has worked on a wide range of technologies including SQL, ASP.NET, C#, RESTful services in Java, MongoDB, Cassandra, Hadoop, distributed caching technologies, AngularJS, NodeJS, NLP modules, sentiment analysis modules, supervised learning models for recommendations, and reinforcement learning. Currently, Adarsh is the Director of Software Engineering for the Data & Intelligence team that is part of the Conversation Platform & Customer Experience team at Expedia. He leads a team in India that focuses on building recommendation engines using supervised learning models, reinforcement learning, optimal policy, real-time data processing, data warehouse, and data visualization. His team enables the Expedia group to provide intelligent, automated, and personalized post-booking service to customers. In the past, Adarsh has also led the Indian wing of the Voice and Customer Interactions team at Expedia, where he delivered effortless self-service for Expedia customers across all communication channels. He built a platform for providing structured self-service through voice and text bots via phone, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. Adarsh has a strong educational background, having completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Gandhi Institute of Technology, Visakhapatnam, India, and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology. He has also worked with a variety of technologies, including Reinforcement Learning, Supervised Learning, ML, SQL, Sentiment Analysis, Data Warehouse, AI, NLP, dotNET, ASP.NET, MongoDB, Cassandra, Hadoop, Senior Software Engineer, NodeJS, Java, Software Engineer, and AngularJS. With 16.79 years of relevant experience, Adarsh is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer.