About

Sahil Makkar is an experienced Principal Data Scientist with a demonstrated history of solving real business problems with AI. He has a strong empathy towards the pain points of customers, which helps him to provide better solutions. With a well-diversified experience from embedded to Artificial intelligence, he has a balanced approach with AI and Design thinking that has helped him to strategically digitally transform operations of various organizations. Sahil's specialties include Design, coding, architecture, mentoring, Business development, RFPs development, AI-based research to product development, data analysis, optimization, and performance. He has worked in various domains such as Consumer electronics, media, oil and gas, Aerospace, Healthcare, Insurance, Car racing, Automotive, CPG/Retail, etc. Currently, Sahil is working as a Principal Data Scientist - Business at Happiest Minds Technologies. He is responsible for leading complex projects that involve understanding customer journey maps and delivering product/services in a cross-team environment. In the past, Sahil has worked with companies like Viacom18 and Genpact. At Viacom18, he was the Director of Machine Learning and was responsible for the recommendation engine and Personalizer for the Voot app. At Genpact, he was the Assistant Vice President - Data science and led the team for AI-related initiatives on deep learning, NLP, and image processing. He also initiated better GTM and sales growth initiatives with reusability drive. Sahil holds a PGDM degree in Business Analytics, Digital Business & General management from ifim business school, a Postgraduate degree in Business analytics and Intelligence from Illinois State University, a PG Diploma in Embedded systems from ACTS, CDAC Pune, and a B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication from Kurukshetra University. He has a strong technical background and expertise in Research Scientist, Data Scientist, AI, Mobile, ML, Image Processing, Deep Learning, and NLP. Sahil has a relevant experience of 12.53 years.