Seasoned AI strategist and practitioner with over 2 decades of diversified IT experience. As Chief AI Architect at Reveal, I am currently leading all AI research / engineering efforts to build new and advanced capabilities in AI in the healthcare provider space. I have set up AI CoEs from scratch and scaled AI practices for large organizations like Accenture, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, WNS in my previous stints. I carry a Masters in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from the prestigious Liverpool John Moores University (U.K.) . I am deeply passionate about mentoring and coaching freshers, mid to senior level professionals looking to make career pivots to Data Science, AI ML related positions. I carry extensive experience of mentoring and consulting over 1000 professionals to bootstrap their AI careers and help devise a career roadmap for them. I also mentor early stage niche AI startups for idea incubation, idea validation, MVP creation, identifying product market fit and beyond. I am associated with Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay to mentor and guide early stage startups under their Flagship Eureka Program which is Asia's largest Business Model Competition. I am a movie buff and in my spare time I like to watch Netflix. I still nurture my passion for collecting rare and old stamps and coins.