Jayeeta Putatunda

Enterprise AI Leader | AI Advisory|
Global Speaker & Mentor|
AI100 Award Winner

Director of AI Center of Excellence at Fitch Ratings with 10+ years bridging AI innovation with enterprise governance in regulated financial services. NVIDIA Enterprise Platform Advisor (1 of 33 globally), Corporate VC Scout at HearstLab, and NY Ambassador for Women in AI (70K+ community). Published researcher (ACM ICAIF, AAAI), technical reviewer for NeurIPS and COLING. Featured in Gartner IT Symposium, Tamron Hall Show, and DataCamp (53K+ YouTube views). AI100 Award Winner (2024), Times Square Billboard Feature as Top 1% Mentor.

IMPACT

Purpose Driven Impact That Matters

60+
Tech Talks & Workshops
170+
Professionals Mentored
Top 1%
Mentor in North America
AI100
Award Winner 2024
70K+
Women in AI Community

ABOUT

Current Roles

Fitch Ratings

Financial Services

Director - AI CoE
Generative AI NLP AI Strategy RAG & Agents

NVIDIA

Technology

Enterprise Platform Advisor
Enterprise AI Platform Advisory

preql.ai

AI Startup

AI Board Advisor
Agentic Data Engineering FinTech Strategy

HearstLab

Corporate Venture Capital

Corporate VC Scout
AI/ML Startups Due Diligence Portfolio Strategy

Women in AI

Non-Profit

NY Ambassador
AI Literacy Community Building Events & Workshops
"My Purpose: Build AI Responsibly, With All and For All."


My Non-Traditional Journey

Foundation

Economics & Statistics

Built a strong analytical foundation combining economic theory with statistical modeling.

Early Career

Management Consulting

Developed business acumen and stakeholder communication skills in strategic consulting.

Transition

Quantitative Modeling

Pivoted to data-driven decision science, building predictive models for business impact.

SPECIALIZATION

Data Science & NLP

Specialized in natural language processing, building enterprise NLP solutions pre-LLM era.

SCALING NOW

Enterprise AI Leadership

Leading AI Center of Excellence at Fitch, pioneering agentic AI and generative AI solutions.

"Data, of all forms, is the best storyteller." - A core philosophy that drives everything I do!

EXPERTISE

Cutting-edge AI technologies with real-world enterprise applications

Enterprise AI & Agentic Systems

Building scalable agentic AI solutions, RAG frameworks, and knowledge graphs for enterprise applications.

Generative AI & LLMs

Leading-edge work in Generative AI, LLMs, and building solutions that deliver real value in financial services.

NLP at Scale

Deep expertise in Natural Language Processing, from traditional methods to state-of-the-art transformer models.

AI Governance & Responsible AI

Human-centered, values-aligned innovation with focus on ethical AI integration and enterprise governance.

Speaking Engagement
Watch Few of My Recorded Talks Here (Youtube)

Podcasts, panels, and technical workshops.

ADVISORY & MENTORSHIP

Shaping the future of AI and empowering the next generation of tech leaders

Global Enterprise Advisory Roles

NVIDIA Enterprise Platform Advisor Badge

NVIDIA Enterprise Platform Advisor

NVIDIA Corporation

Global Advisor

Selected as one of 33 global advisors shaping the future of accelerated computing solutions and enterprise AI deployment strategies.

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preql.ai

preql.ai Advisory Board

preql.ai

AI Board Advisor

Strategic guidance for an AI-powered agentic data-engineering startup for fintech, advising on product strategy and AI implementation.

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HearstLab

HearstLab

HearstLab

Scout for AI Startup and Scaleup

Corporate Venture Capital Scout, focused on funding women-led startups to address the gap where only 2% of venture capital goes to women founders.

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Non-Profit Leadership Roles

Women in AI NY Ambassador

Women in AI - NY Ambassador

Women in AI

NY Ambassador

Serving as NY Ambassador for Women in AI, organizing events and workshops for 70K+ community members.

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Women in Data Science Ambassador

Women in Data Science

Stanford University

Ambassador

Serving as ambassador for Stanford's Women in Data Science initiative.

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American Society for AI

American Society for AI (ASFAI)

American Society for AI

Distinguished Member

Connecting with AI leaders across tech, government, research, legal, policymakers, and defense to shape the future of responsible AI design.

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Mentorship & Education

Money20/20 Amplify Mentor

Money20/20 Amplify

Money20/20

Mentor & Ambassador

Mentoring fintech startups and entrepreneurs through the Money20/20 Amplify program, providing guidance on AI implementation and business strategy.

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Topmate Recognition

Top 1% Mentor Recognition

Topmate

Top 1% North America | Top 100 Data Coaches in US

Featured on Times Square Billboard as one of North America's Top 1% mentors and recognized as Top 100 Data Coaches in the US, providing career guidance and AI expertise to mentees worldwide.

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Rock the Street, Wall Street

Rock the Street, Wall Street

Rock the Street, Wall Street

Spring Programming Mentor

Served as a Spring programming mentor at the High School of Economics and Finance for Rock the Street, Wall Street’s investment literacy and financial career mentorship program for high school girls.

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Global thought leadership across premier AI and tech conferences

60+ Tech Talks
15+ Global Conferences
5+ Countries
Event type

2026

AI Hot 100 Summit
May 2026
Upcoming
Conference

AI Hot 100 Summit

Civic Hall, New York, NY

Panel Topic: TBD.

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AI Circle X Carbon Arc
Apr 2026
Community

AI Circle X Carbon Arc

New York, NY

Models, Chips & Graphs. Panel of 4 speakers. Invited through AI Circle.

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TIBA FinTech Columbia
Mar 2026
University

TIBA FinTech Speaker Series – Columbia University

Columbia University, New York, NY

AI and the Future of FinTech: Skills, Roles & Strategy.

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Tech Pulse 2030
Mar 2026
Conference

Tech Pulse 2030 – Agentic City: Preparing the Future AI Workforce

New York, NY

Preparing the Future AI Workforce in the Age of Agentic AI. Invited through AI 2030 / Capgemini.

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UN Women CSW70
Mar 2026
NGO

UN Women Commission on the Status of Women – CSW70

United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY

Breaking Structural Barriers: How Women Reach Equality and Justice. Invited through Women in AI, New York.

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ICDMAI 2026
Jan 2026
Conference

ICDMAI 2026

Kolkata, India

Special technical session on moving agents from prototype to production. Focus on infrastructure decisions, orchestration challenges, and governance frameworks that determine whether agents deliver value or become technical debt.

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2025

The AI Summit Series New York 2025
Dec 2025
Conference

The AI Summit Series New York

New York, NY

Panel discussion on building AI-ready infrastructure in fintech. Exploring enterprise AI architecture, data pipeline integration, and modernizing legacy systems for scalable AI deployment.

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WomenInGenAI Summit NYC
Dec 2025
Conference

WomenInGenAI Summit

New York, NY

Panel discussion on scaling AI in enterprise environments. Exploring governance frameworks, production-grade AI systems, and building AI that delivers real value when "move fast and break things" isn't an option.

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Pace University
Nov 2025
University

Pace University - Seidenberg School

New York, NY

Guest lecture at PACE AI Insight Series on "Building Agents That Actually Work: Tools, Orchestration, and the Path to Scale." Discussing tool design, orchestration patterns (ReAct vs. hierarchical agents), Model Context Protocol (MCP), and why 95% of AI implementations fail to reach production.

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Enterprise AI Summit
Oct 2025
Company

OneSixOne Ventures Enterprise AI Summit

New York, NY

Panel discussion hosted by OneSixOne Ventures & NextEra Energy Investments. Discussing where AI is delivering ROI in enterprise, how to govern agents without killing innovation, and what enterprise readiness looks like beyond the pitch deck.

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Encubay & Products by Women
Sept 2025
Community

Encubay & Products by Women

New York, NY

Panel session "Women Leading Change: AI & The Wealth Shift" at Fabrik NYC. Discussing how AI is rewriting who controls capital, innovation, and opportunity, and ensuring the future of AI includes everyone through representation and inclusive decision-making.

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AwaAI Event
Sept 2025
Community

AWAAI Innovate & Advance Series

Virtual

Tutorial on building multi-agent frameworks and responsible AI practices.

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Women in AI Event
Sept 2025
Community

Women in AI Peakskill

Virtual

Session on AI education and agentic AI systems. Community discussion on building AI skills, understanding agent architectures, and career pathways in AI.

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Women in AI Event
Sept 2025
Conference

Chai and AI Summit

Virtual

Women in AI Chai: Being a woman in tech is tough, in AI it’s even tougher. We’ll share chai and stories on what it takes to keep up. Breaking barriers event for Women in AI community.

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AI Event
August 2025
Company

Fiddler AI Webinar

Virtual

Guest interview with Krishna Gade (Founder and CEO of Fiddler AI) on lessons learned from building agentic systems. Discussing common failure points, why traditional testing falls short for non-deterministic agents, adopting a continuous observability mindset, and practical techniques for diagnosing failures by tracing the full logic chain: reasoning, planning, memory access, and tool use.

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AI4 Event
August 2025
Conference

AI4 Conference

Las Vegas, NV

Tech track speaker at AI4 conference. Sharing insights on enterprise AI, production systems, and the future of AI in business applications.

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RAISE Summit Paris 2025
July 2025
Conference

RAISE Summit Paris

Paris, France

Speaking at Europe's premier responsible AI summit. Discussing ethical AI deployment, governance frameworks, and building trustworthy enterprise AI systems.

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DataCamp Radar
June 2025
Company

DataCamp Radar

Virtual

Panel discussion on AI careers in tech. Sharing insights on building successful careers in AI and technology, skill development, networking strategies, and navigating the evolving AI industry landscape.

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AI Hot 100
June 2025
Conference

The AI Furnace - AI Hot 100

New York, NY

AI in Finance Roundtable at The AI Hot 100 Summit.

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NY Tech Week
June 2025
Conference

Tech Pulse 2030 - NY Tech Week

New York, NY

NYC launch of 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬, part of the TECH WEEK by a16z-series hosted by AI 2030. This exclusive gathering is co-hosted by the Lair East Labs, FinTech4Good, 1871, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and explores how 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀.

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AI in Finance
June 2025
Conference

The AI & Finance Conference

New York, NY

Panel on deploying autonomous agents and generative AI in financial services. Exploring agent architectures, use cases, and production deployment strategies for finance.

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WiDS NYC
May 2025
Conference

Women in Data Science NYC

New York, NY

Panel discussion at WiDS NYC on data science careers, AI applications, and advancing women in the field. Sharing insights on building impactful data science careers.

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CeADAR Ireland
May 2025
Company

CeADAR - Ireland's Centre for AI

Virtual

Expert panel "LLMs at the Edge: Challenges and Promises for Real-Time Intelligence" as part of CeADAR's Lighthouse Projects Programme. Discussing edge LLM deployment for financial services, including trading, fraud detection, privacy, and cost considerations. Exploring challenges around security, bias detection, user consent, and sustainability.

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WomenTech Global Conference 2025
May 2025
Conference

WomenTech Global Conference

Virtual

Keynote on integrating knowledge graphs with RAG systems for enhanced financial data analysis. Exploring causal AI approaches and structured reasoning for enterprise applications.

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ODSC East 2025
Apr 2025
Conference

ODSC East

Boston, MA

Hands-on workshop on developing production-ready AI agents for financial services. Covering agent architecture, financial data processing, and real-world enterprise deployment strategies.

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Saxo AI Quest
March 2025
Company

Saxo Investment Bank - India

Virtual

Keynote speaker at Saxo AI Quest innovation summit. Discussing AI innovation in financial services, cutting-edge applications, and the future of AI-driven trading and investment platforms.

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AI Event
March 2025
Company

Maven Course - Building Agentic AI Applications

Virtual

Guest speaker for the #1 rated course on Maven, "Building Agentic AI Applications with a Problem-First Approach" by Aishwarya Naresh Reganti and Kiriti Badam. The course teaches RAG, evals, agents, MCP, multi-agents, and context engineering—always as tools to solve business problems. Focuses on developing problem-first AI intuition, evals-driven mindset, practical prompt engineering, and building optimized agentic pipelines for enterprise use cases.

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UiPath Event
Feb 2025
Company

UiPath & FiF Collective

New York, NY

Panel speaker at UiPath Agentic Finance Event. Discussing automation, AI agents, and the intersection of RPA with intelligent AI systems for enterprise transformation.

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DataCamp
Feb 2025
Company

DataCamp Tech Tutorial

Virtual

Tutorial on DataCamp platform covering AI and data science topics. Hands-on learning session for building practical AI skills and data science expertise.

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AI Insights
Feb 2025
University

PACE AI Insight Series

Pace University - Seidenberg School, New York, NY

Guest lecture sharing insights on the future of AI and innovation in technology. Exploring emerging trends, breakthrough applications, and what's next in enterprise AI.

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Women in AI NYC
Jan 2025
NGO

Women in AI NY Chapter Launch with Meta

New York, NY

Led the launch of Women in AI NY chapter and hosted a community event in partnership with Meta and panel discussion on Future of AI Investing and Business. Building connections, sharing experiences, and advancing women's leadership in the AI community.

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2024

AI Summit Series - CausalRAG
Dec 2024
Conference

AI Summit Series - CausalRAG: Beyond Traditional RAG

New York, NY

Delivered a keynote on Causal AI and how to incorporate that with generative methodologies. Discussed how RAG falls short when faced with causal complexities of financial decision-making, and how integrating causal inference techniques like counterfactual reasoning, intervention, and causal discovery into the RAG pipeline helps build more trustworthy financial models with improved interpretability.

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AI Summit Series - Perfect Pitch Panel
Dec 2024
Conference

AI Summit Series - The Perfect Pitch: Captivating Your Investors

New York, NY

Moderated a panel discussion with esteemed Venture Capitalists including John L. (Co-Founder, CELA), Joseph Dormani (Partner, Thomson Reuters Ventures), Joyce J. Shen (AI Investor, Author, and Machine Learning at UC Berkeley), and Aaron Rubin (Partner, Gunderson Dettmer). Discussed what makes a pitch compelling, especially in the context of AI-driven ventures.

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DevFest 2024
Nov 2024
Community

Google Developers Group DevFest 2024

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY

Delivered a keynote at Google Developers Group's DevFest 2024 with the theme "Build with AI." Presented on why LLMs-as-a-judge won't fix your evaluation woes, diving deep into what we actually need for proper LLM evaluation. The event featured inspiring tech talks, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities for the developer community.

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ACM ICAIF Panel - Navigating Regulatory Challenges
Nov 2024
Conference

ACM ICAIF 2024: Navigating Regulatory Challenges in AI/ML Models for Finance

New York University, Brooklyn Campus

Moderated a powerful panel session at ACM ICAIF 2024 workshop on "Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Ensuring Robustness in AI/ML Models for Finance." Panel featured esteemed experts including Dr. Miquel Noguer i Alonso (Founder, AIFI), Harry Mendell (AI Architect, Federal Reserve Bank of New York), and Subhabrata Das, PhD (VP Asset Management, JPMorganChase).

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NLP and Data Science Career Tips
Oct 2024
University

NLP and Data Science Career Talk

NYU Center for Data Science, New York, NY

Guest lecture at NYU Center for Data Science sharing practical career insights and tips for professionals in NLP and data science. Discussed career paths, essential skills development, industry opportunities, and strategies for building a successful career in natural language processing and data science. Provided actionable advice for students and professionals looking to advance in these rapidly evolving fields.

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Comet ML & Lightning AI Event
Oct 2024
Company

Comet ML & Lightning AI: Evaluating the Evaluators!

Lightning AI Office, New York, NY

Delivered an insightful talk titled "Evaluating the Evaluators!" at the Comet ML and Lightning AI GenAI community meetup in New York. Dived deep into the complexities of assessing Large Language Models (LLMs), covering everything from evaluation metrics to open-source initiatives. The event brought together the GenAI community for networking and knowledge sharing, hosted by the Lightning AI team.

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Arthur AI Fest
Sept 2024
Company

Arthur AI Fest: Evaluation of AI Models

Virtual

Spoke at Stage 1: Rocking the Enterprise at Arthur's first virtual AI Fest event, discussing the evaluation of AI models. Addressed how current methods for assessing AI's societal impacts are too narrow and often come as an afterthought. The event featured an outstanding lineup of speakers from interdisciplinary fields including research, law, product, data science, and responsible AI from organizations like Hugging Face, Palantir Technologies, Coinbase, University of Oxford, Nomic AI, and Balyasny Asset Management.

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ODSC Europe
Sept 2024
Conference

ODSC Europe: Decoding LLMs: Evaluation is All You Need!

London, UK

Presented the talk "Decoding LLMs: Evaluation is All You Need!" at ODSC Europe 2024 in London. The title is a spin on Google's pivotal 2017 paper "Attention is all you need," emphasizing that cracking the evaluation layer is the KEY for successfully implementing LLMs for enterprise use-cases, especially in Finance.

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NLP and GenAI Guest Lecture
Aug 2024
University

NLP and GenAI Guest Lecture

Columbia University, New York, NY

Guest lecture at Columbia University on natural language processing and generative AI, sharing insights on current trends, applications, and future directions in NLP and GenAI technologies. Discussed the latest developments in language models and their practical applications.

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AI Camp - RAG and LLMs
June 2024
Community

AI Camp: RAG and LLMs - Advanced Applications

Microsoft New York Office, Times Square, New York, NY

Delivered a keynote at AI Camp on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Large Language Models, discussing advanced applications, best practices, and real-world implementations of RAG systems with LLMs. Explored how RAG enhances LLM capabilities by integrating external knowledge sources and enabling more accurate, context-aware responses for enterprise use cases.

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Comet ML NLP and LLMs
May 2024
Conference

Comet ML Convergence Conference: NLP, LLMs, and MLOps

Virtual

Workshop at Comet ML event covering natural language processing, large language models, and machine learning operations. Sharing best practices for building and deploying NLP models in production.

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DC Summit
Apr 2024
Conference

DC Summit - LLM Evaluation Strategies

The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Spoke at DC Summit on LLMs and different ways to build an LLM evaluation strategy. Key takeaways: Evaluation is essential for production deployment, Agentic AI design patterns are the future, and the open-source community is driving innovation. Discussed the importance of evaluation frameworks for deploying models into production.

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2022-2023

AI Summit NYC - Privacy Panel
Dec 2023
Conference

AI Summit NYC - Privacy in Gen AI Solutions

New York, NY

Panel discussion at The AI Summit NYC on ensuring privacy in building Gen AI solutions at the enterprise level. Emphasized that privacy is everybody's business and that technologists need to progress in the field while keeping privacy and data ethics at the center. Panel featured Samrah Kazmi (Koxa Corp.), Chastity J. (Citi), and Michelle Chen (Cloudflare), moderated by Dina Blikshteyn (Haynes and Boone, LLP).

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Role of LLMOps
Sept 2023
Community

Role of LLMOps in Enterprise AI

Virtual

Presented on the role of LLMOps (Large Language Model Operations) in enterprise AI, discussing best practices for deploying and managing LLMs in production environments. Explored the intersection of generative AI, MLOps, and LLMOps for scalable enterprise solutions.

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Data Science Salon Webinar
Aug 2023
Conference

Data Science Salon - Dive Deep into LLMs

Virtual

Interactive fireside chat panel hosted by Data Science Salon on "Dive Deep into LLMs: Insights & Lessons from the Frontlines." Discussed design principles for tailoring LLMs for specific needs, optimization techniques, scalability challenges, real-world deployment experiences, ethical considerations & bias mitigation, and performance monitoring. Panel featured Valliappan Narayanan (AT&T) and Nishan Subedi (DoorDash), moderated by Vikram Chatterji (Galileo).

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Data Science Salon Breakout Session
Aug 2023
Community

Data Science Salon - LinkedIn Live Breakout Session

Virtual

15-minute LinkedIn Live breakout session with Anna Anisin from Data Science Salon. Delved into how LLMs are changing traditional problem-solving approaches in NLP, extended insights from DSS NYC panel discussions on LLMs and their significance in the enterprise landscape, and discussed effective communication strategies for data scientists to get buy-in from leadership. Also highlighted work by companies like Cohere and Fiddler AI in productionizing LLM solutions with proper guardrails and evaluation standards.

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Data Science Salon July Panel
July 2023
Conference

Data Science Salon NYC - LLMs Panel

New York, NY

Panel discussion at Data Science Salon NYC on Large Language Models and Generative AI. Shared insights on LLM applications, deployment strategies, and their impact on enterprise solutions in the data science landscape.

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Google Developers Event
July 2023
Community

Google Developers Group - Power Women Event

New York, NY

Keynote presentation at Google Developers Group Power Women event in NYC. Shared insights on AI, technology leadership, and empowering women in tech through community engagement and knowledge sharing.

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WomenTech Network - NLP in Fintech
June 2023
Conference

NLP in Fintech: How Large Language Models are transforming the future of Fintech

WomenTech Network, Virtual

Presented at WomenTech Network Global Conference on how Large Language Models are transforming the future of fintech. Discussed the evolution of NLP in fintech, from early word vector models to state-of-the-art models with trillions of parameters. Explored practical applications including customer service automation, CRM optimization, credit rating systems, governance and fraud detection, and content generation. Covered transfer learning techniques and demonstrated real-world implementations using models like DistilBERT and Flan-T5 for extracting information from financial documents. Emphasized the importance of responsible AI application, human-in-the-loop approaches, and thorough evaluation before deployment.

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LLaMA and Data Science
Apr 2023
Conference

LLaMA and Open-Source LLMs

Virtual

Presented on LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI) and open-source large language models, discussing their significance in the data science and machine learning landscape. Explored how open-source LLMs are democratizing access to advanced AI capabilities and transforming the way we approach natural language processing tasks.

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Data Science Salon NYC
Dec 2022
Conference

Data Science Salon NYC - AI @ Fintech

New York, NY

Presented at Data Science Salon NYC on "AI @ Fintech," discussing how Large Language Models are changing the way we approach solving various challenges in the industry. Highlighted how open-source technologies and AI communities like Hugging Face are democratizing the adoption of NLP across industries. Emphasized that creative thinking on leveraging existing research and strategic implementation design is key to success. Discussed recent NLP breakthroughs including Meta AI's data2vec and RLHF models.

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AI Summit 2022
Dec 2022
Conference

AI Summit - NLP in Fintech

New York, NY

Presented at The AI Summit on how Large Language Models are revolutionizing the way we do business. Participated in a panel with Natalie Monbiot about the need to demystify AI and educate everyone to ensure better adoption. Discussed how NLP in Fintech is becoming a game changer, emphasizing the importance of choosing NLP solutions in an era of exponential growth and implementation of text-based solutions for all kinds of use-cases. Highlighted Cohere and their game-changing models.

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AI4 2022 Las Vegas
Aug 2022
Conference

AI4 2022 Conference

Las Vegas, NV

Presented at AI4 2022 conference in Las Vegas, marking the return to in-person conference talks in the post-pandemic world. Shared insights on AI, machine learning, data science, transfer learning, and natural language processing. Connected with industry leaders and contributed to the knowledge sharing at this premier AI conference.

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ICML 2022
July 2022
Conference

ICML 2022

Virtual

Presented at ICML (International Conference on Machine Learning) 2022, sharing research and insights on machine learning, technology, and AI advancements. Contributed to the global machine learning community through knowledge sharing and collaboration.

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ODSC Europe 2022
June 2022
Conference

ODSC Europe 2022

London, UK

Presented at ODSC Europe 2022 in London, sharing insights on data science, machine learning, and AI. Engaged with the European data science community and contributed to discussions on cutting-edge developments in the field.

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Chaplin College Event
Feb 2022
University

Careers in Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Data Science

Champlain College, Burlington, VT

Guest lecture on data analytics, data science, and business analytics. Shared insights on applying analytical methods to solve business challenges and drive data-driven decision making in organizations.

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2020-2021

ODSC West 2021
Nov 2021
Conference

ODSC West 2021 - DistilBERT Technical Talk

Open Data Science Conference West, Virtual

Final session in the DistilBERT technical talk series at ODSC West 2021. Presented on the powerful DistilBERT models developed by Google, discussing transfer learning concepts and their applications in solving various NLP challenges. Part of a diverse speaker panel in the NLP track alongside Chris McCormick and Mona Diab.

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Data Innovation Summit
Oct 2021
Conference

Data Innovation Summit - Transfer Learning & ML Models

Data Innovation Summit, Virtual (Stockholm)

Presented at the Machine and Deep Learning Stage on transfer learning and building ML models. Discussed advanced techniques for leveraging pre-trained models and adapting them for specific use cases, exploring how transfer learning accelerates model development and improves performance.

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DPhi Session
Sept 2021
Community

DPhi - BERT/DistilBERT & Transfer Learning

DPhi, Virtual

Hosted a session in association with DPhi on using powerful BERT/DistilBERT models developed by Google and leveraging transfer learning concepts to solve various NLP challenges. Explored how open-source technology enables learning and building innovative solutions, demonstrating practical applications of these state-of-the-art models.

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Machine Learning India
July 2021
Community

Machine Learning India - Telegram Talk

Machine Learning India, Virtual

First Telegram talk with Machine Learning India, discussing data science, machine learning, and AI topics. Engaged with the community on practical applications and emerging trends in the field.

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NLP Webinar
June 2021
Conference

Women in Tech Online Festival

Virtual

Presented on natural language processing at the Women in Tech Online Festival, sharing insights on NLP applications, techniques, and career opportunities in the field.

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ODSC March 2021
Mar 2021
Conference

ODSC East 2021

Open Data Science Conference, Virtual

Presented at Open Data Science Conference East, sharing insights on data science, machine learning, and AI applications. Engaged with the data science community on cutting-edge techniques and best practices.

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MLCONF EU 2020
Nov 2020
Conference

MLCONF EU 2020

Machine Learning Conference Europe, Virtual

Presented at MLCONF EU on transfer learning and natural language processing. Discussed advanced techniques for leveraging pre-trained models and adapting them for specific NLP tasks, exploring how transfer learning revolutionizes model development.

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Data Summit Connect 2020
Nov 2020
Conference

Data Summit Connect 2020

Data Summit Connect, Virtual

Presented on transfer learning and natural language processing at Data Summit Connect. Shared insights on leveraging pre-trained models for NLP applications and discussed practical approaches to building effective NLP solutions using transfer learning techniques.

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ICML 2020
July 2020
Conference

ICML 2020 - NLP and Social Good

International Conference on Machine Learning, Virtual

Presented at ICML 2020 on natural language processing and its applications for social good. Discussed how NLP technologies can be leveraged to address societal challenges and create positive impact through responsible AI development.

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NLP Webinar
July 2020
Media

NLP Webinar

Virtual

Conducted a webinar on natural language processing, covering fundamental concepts, practical applications, and emerging trends in NLP. Engaged with participants on building effective NLP solutions and career opportunities in the field.

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WomenTech Global Conference 2020
June 2020
Conference

WomenTech Global Conference 2020

WomenTech Network, Virtual

Presented on "Transfer Learning With BERT: Building a Text Classification Model" at the WomenTech Global Conference 2020. Discussed how to leverage BERT models and transfer learning techniques to build effective text classification systems. WomenTech Network promotes gender diversity in tech and connects professionals with companies that value diversity and inclusion.

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Celebrating excellence in AI innovation and leadership

Top 25 Visionary Women in FinTech AI
2024

Top 25 Visionary Women in FinTech AI

Selected by Data Science Salon and Formulatedby as one of the 25 women leading AI in the finance industry.

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Times Square Billboard Feature
2024

Times Square Billboard Feature

Featured in Times Square by Topmate as one of the Top 1% mentors in North America and Top 100 Data Coaches in the US.

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NVIDIA Enterprise Platform Advisor
2024

NVIDIA Enterprise Platform Advisor

Selected as one of 33 global advisors helping shape enterprise AI platform strategy as part of NVIDIA’s Enterprise Platform Advisor program.

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MEDIA & FEATURES

Television, podcasts, and thought leadership features

JUDGING

Evaluating innovation and excellence in AI, fintech, and social impact

Global Judging & Evaluation

Congressional App Challenge

Congressional App Challenge

U.S. Congress

Panel Judge 2024 & 2025

Panel judge evaluating innovative mobile applications with 13,800 students producing over 4,600 applications in 394 congressional districts. Panel jury for Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17).

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Money20/20 Amplify

Money20/20 Amplify

Money20/20

Cohort Selection Judge 2025

Judge for the prestigious fintech startup cohort selection process.

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Social Shifters

Social Shifters

Social Impact

Judge 2024 & 2025

Judge for social impact and innovation initiatives.

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AI Awards & Summit London

AI Awards & Summit London

AI Summit

Judge 2025-2026

Judge for AI excellence awards at the premier European AI summit.

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AI Summit NYC Startup Accelerator

AI Summit NYC Startup Accelerator

The AI Summit

Judge 2024

Judge for the startup accelerator program at The AI Summit NYC.

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AI Journal & theCUBE Awards

AI Journal & theCUBE Awards

Industry Awards

Judge 2025-2026

Judge for The AI Journal Global Excellence Awards and theCUBE Award 2024.

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The AI Journal Global Excellence Awards 2023

The AI Journal Global Excellence Awards 2023

The AI Journal

Panel Judge 2023

Honored to be part of the judging panel for The AI Journal Global Excellence Awards 2023, evaluating innovative AI products and solutions. The real value of AI is not just in ideas, but how it is implemented - the key to success. Judged alongside incredible tech leaders, evaluating amazing products the industry is building leveraging AI at its core.

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Technical Conference Paper Reviewer

NeurIPS 2024

Neural Information Processing Systems

EvalEval & SafeGenAI Tracks

Technical paper reviewer for NeurIPS evaluation and safe generative AI tracks.

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ACM ICAIF P2P 2024

ACM

Technical Reviewer

Technical reviewer for ACM International Conference on AI in Finance.

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COLING CHiPSAL 2025 & 2026

COLING

Technical Reviewer

Technical reviewer for computational linguistics conference.

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IEEE EDUCON 2026

IEEE

Technical Reviewer

Technical reviewer for IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference.

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PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH

Peer-reviewed research and technical publications

2026

AI for Humanity - ASFAI Living Anthology

Chapter co-authored with Daniela M.: “Responsible Evaluation by Design (REvD): Measuring AI’s Total Impact,” in Part 1: Ethics & Responsible AI. American Society for AI (ASFAI) living anthology launched at Davos—ongoing weekly chapters on human-centered AI across ethics, education, policy, and finance.

2024

ACM ICAIF - International Conference on AI in Finance

Accepted workshop paper and poster presentation on AI applications in financial services. From Prototype to Production: Deploying Real-World AI / ML Models in the Financial Industry and paper titled: Responsible Evaluation by Design: Measuring AI’s Total Impact in Financial Applications

2025

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

Accepted Lab Paper at the premier AI conference. Hands-on workshop on using cutting-edge AI technologies for financial inclusion. Sharing how to simplify complex financial documents and make essential services accessible to underserved communities.

2021

Transforming Natural Language Text to SQL

Technical article exploring techniques for using semantic parsing in combination with syntactic mapping to create a domain-independent methodology of transforming natural language queries to structured query language. Published on Indellient blog.

2020

Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Fraud Analytics

Technical article on how Natural Language Processing with Machine Learning is used to detect fraud and misinterpreted information. Explores NLP applications in insurance and banking industries.

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