Seasoned executive and academic with expertise in digital transformation; created and led multi B$ data-driven businesses for global scale. In my most recent role prior to MIT Media Lab, I was the Chief Technologist at the NatWest Bank, overseeing bank’s data and AI infrastructures as it makes its transition into a digital bank of the future.Prior, I was the Chief Data Scientist at Airtel (400 million subscribers in 18 countries), leading digital and data driven growth and transformation for “Airtel 3.0”. Past, I have led Facebook’s emerging market products with 350 million users/ $2B revenue, headed America Online’s (AOL) global data analytics and products with $1B topline, have successfully built two start-ups (Salorix, Origin) and been part of the journey to one starup's (Delhivery) Unicorn status that led to IPO. I have built world-class teams of business leaders and technologists from scratch to produce cutting-edge products, driving significant values.I am a Ph.D. from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/ UMD and an alumnus of MIT and IIT-Bombay. A speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos 2020 and a writer, having been covered in the Mashable, TechCrunch, Forbes, Le Monde, Economic Times etc.