Lead Data Scientist with 15+ years of experience in data analysis, modeling, algorithm development, machine learning, deep learning methodologies and generative AI architectures for the delivery of end-to-end AI projects. A highly skilled and results-driven Data Scientist with over 5 years of experience specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Natural Language Understanding (NLU). Proven expertise in developing and fine-tuning transformer-based models, designing generative AI models, and implementing cutting-edge algorithms to enhance language understanding tasks. Dynamic self-starter with a proven track record of developing, training and optimizing Linear and Logistic Regression, SVM, k-NN, XGBoost, CNN, RNN, VGG, ResNet50 and GANs, VAEs, and LLMs and Generative AI models.